Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Cabinet Approves Railway Bonus, Bihar Infrastructure Projects
The government held meetings and made some important decisions.
They agreed to give railway workers a bonus equal to 78 days of pay, costing nearly 19 billion rupees.
Also, they approved projects in Bihar, including building a new four-lane road and doubling a railway line.
The road project will help connect different areas, and the railway project will increase the length of the existing rail network.
These decisions are part of government efforts to improve infrastructure and support employees.
Cabinet approved a bonus for 11 lakh railway employees.
The bonus is equivalent to 78 days of wages.
CCEA approved a road project in Bihar (NH-139W).
CCEA approved a railway line doubling project in Bihar.
Projects will improve infrastructure in Bihar.
- Who
- Railway employees, Cabinet, CCEA
- What
- Approved bonus and infrastructure projects
- When
- Announced Wednesday, September 24, 2025
- Where
- New Delhi (Cabinet and CCEA meetings), Bihar (project locations)
- Why
- Railway bonus approved before holidays, projects for development.
- Event
- Cabinet and CCEA meetings held
- Railway Bonus
- 78 days' wages for 11 lakh employees
- Bonus Cost
- ₹1,886 crore
- Bihar Road Project
- 4-lane road on NH-139W, ₹3,822.31 crore
- Bihar Rail Project
- Doubling of Bakhtiyarpur-Rajgir-Tilaiya railway line, ₹2,192 crore