It would benefit 11 lakh employees and would cost the exchequer Rs 2,000 crore, Prakash Javadekar said.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved 78-day wages as productivity bonus to railway employees, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.

This is for the sixth consecutive year that productivity linked bonus is being given to railway employees.

It would benefit 11 lakh employees and would cost the exchequer Rs 2,000 crore, Prakash Javadekar said.