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Diwali Bonus: Railway employees got Diwali gift, 78 days bonus will be credited to their account

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Diwali Bonus: Railway employees got Diwali gift, 78 days bonus will be credited to their account

Cabinet Decisions: The Union Cabinet has approved Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for railway employees. Apart from this, Chennai Metro Phase 2 has been approved. Three corridors will be built in this phase.

Cabinet Decisions: The Union Cabinet has approved several schemes. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the Union Cabinet has approved Chennai Metro Phase 2. Three corridors will be built in this phase, which will have a total of 120 stations. This corridor will be built by Chennai Metro Rail Limited. Its total cost will be Rs 63,246 crore, which the Center and the State will bear half-half. Apart from this, Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) has been approved for railway employees. Railway employees will be given a bonus of 78 days. 11.72 lakh railway employees will benefit from the cabinet decision.

PLB scheme of Rs 2029 crore approved, recruitment is being done on 58,642 posts

Information Broadcasting and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, ‘For the good performance of railway employees, the Cabinet has approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) of Rs 2,029 crore, which will benefit 11,72,240 employees. According to the government, this amount will be given to various categories of railway employees like track maintainer, loco pilot, train manager (guard), station master, supervisor, technician, technician helper, ‘pointsman’, ministerial staff and other employees.

The 119 km long second phase will be divided into three corridors

On the Chennai Metro Phase 2 project, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said, ‘The Union Cabinet has approved the second phase of Chennai Metro at a cost of Rs 63,246 crore. This 119 km long second phase will be divided into 3 corridors and will have 120 stations. 120 stations are being built so that more and more people can use the metro at a walking distance from their homes. If you look at the example of Tokyo, then the metro is available at a walking distance from every place. The same method will be adopted in Chennai Metro as well.’

Two agricultural development schemes worth Rs 1 lakh crore approved

The Union Cabinet has approved two major agriculture schemes with an outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore to promote sustainable agriculture and ensure food security. The names of these schemes are ‘PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana’ (PM-RKVY) and ‘Krishi Unnati Yojana’ (KY). The Cabinet approved PM-RKVY to promote sustainable farming and Krishi Unnati Yojana to achieve food security for self-reliance. A total of Rs 1,01,321.61 crore will be spent on these two agriculture schemes.

Approval given to National Mission on Edible Oilseeds

The Union Cabinet approved the National Mission on Edible Oil-Oilseeds. Rs 10,103 crore will be spent on this scheme for the next six years i.e. till the financial year 2030-31. The government said that the goal of the mission is to increase the primary oilseed production from 3.9 crore tonnes in the year 2022-23 to 6.97 crore tonnes by the year 2030-31. Apart from this, the Union Cabinet approved giving classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages.

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