{
  "id": 14433898,
  "title": "Diwali bonus: Good news for railway employees! 78-day bonus worth ₹2,009 crore approved",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/diwali-bonus-good-news-for-railway-employees-78-day-bonus-worth-2-009",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T11:20:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/diwali-bonus-good-news-for-railway-employees-78-day-bonus-worth-rs-2-009-crore-approved-11791976364046.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Union Cabinet has approved a productivity-linked bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days of wages, amounting to ₹2,009.61 crore, for 11.4 lakh eligible non-gazetted railway employees ahead of Diwali. The bonus, which covers employees across various categories including loco pilots, track maintainers, station masters, train managers, and technicians, is worth ₹17,951 for the maximum eligible employee. The decision comes as the railways recorded a cargo loading of 1,670 million tonnes and carried nearly 7.41 billion passengers in 2025-26.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Economy",
        "title": "Cabinet approves 78-day bonus worth Rs 2,009 crore for 11.4 lakh railway employees ahead of Diwali",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cabinet-approves-78-day-bonus-worth-rs-2-009-crore-for-11-4-lakh",
        "published": "2026-10-14T10:38:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}