New Delhi: Indian Railways employees will get a bonus equivalent to 78 days of wages this year, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. The move, the minister said in a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, will benefit 11 lakh railway employees.
The bonus will cost the government Rs. 2,024 crore, he said.
Javadekar also said this will mark the sixth straight year in which the Railway staff will get a bonus.