1. The President is pleased to sanction
Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 (Seventy Eight) days wages
without any ceiling on wages for eligibility for the financial year 2015-16 to
all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding all RPF/RPSF personnel).
Where wages exceed 7000/- per month, Productivity Linked Bonus will be
calculated as if `wages’ are 7000/- p.m.
2. ‘Wages’ for the purpose of calculating
Productivity Linked Bonus shall include ‘Basic pay’ as defined in the Railway
Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008 and dearness allowance drawn during the
period from 01.04.2015 to 31.12.2015. ‘Wages’ during the period from 01.01.2016
to 31.03.2016 shall include ‘Basic pay’ as defined in the Railway Services
(Revised Pay) Rules, 2016. Other conditions of eligibility, method of
calculation of wages, etc., as prescribed in this Ministry’s instructions and
clarifications issued from time to time, shall remain unchanged.
3. It has also been decided that in the case of
eligible employees mentioned in Para 1 above who were not placed under
suspension, or had not quit service/retired/expired during the financial year
2015-16 or were on leave where leave salary admissible is not less than that
admissible on leave on average pay, may be paid an amount of 17,951/- towards
Productivity Linked Bonus for the financial year 2015-16. In the case of
employees other than those mentioned above, the amount of Productivity Linked
Bonus may he calculated in accordance with the extant instructions on the
subject.
4. Further, in relaxation to the provisions in
Rules 905(2), 908 and 909 of State Railway Provident Fund Rules, as contained
in Chapter 9 of R-1/1985 edition (2003 Reprint edition), such of the
subscribers to the SRPF as are entitled to Productivity Linked Bonus may, if
they so desire, deposit the whole or part of the amount admissible under the
Scheme in their respective State Railway Provident Fund Accounts.
5. Disbursement of Productivity Linked Bonus
for the financial year 2015-16 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees
mentioned in Para 1 above should be made on priority in the same mode as payment
of salary before the ensuing Puja/Dussehra holidays.
6. This issues with the concurrence of Finance
Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
(Salim Md. Ahmed)
Dy. Director / Estt. (P&A)II
Railway Board.