Festival largesse for over 11 lakh Railway staff
The Hindu
Cabinet nod for 78 days’ wages as bonus to cost ₹1,984 cr
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the productivity linked bonus equivalent to 78 days wages for Railway employees with estimated financial implication of ₹1,984.73 crore.
The decision will benefit about 11.56 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees.
“The Union Cabinet has approved the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the financial year 2020-21 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel),” the government said in a statement.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.