What is the total amount sanctioned for the Productivity Linked Bonus to railway employees?
- A.Rs 1,879.23 crore
- B.Rs 2,009.61 crore
- C.Rs 2,245.50 crore
- D.Rs 3,102.40 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 2,009.61 crore. That is the amount the Union Cabinet approved for paying a bonus of 78 days' wages to railway employees, and it is spread across 11,40,770 employees. The other three options are not figures from the decision and are included only because an amount in the two thousand crore range is easy to confuse. The matching per-employee number is the ceiling of Rs 17,951 for the full 78 days, which an aspirant should learn alongside the total. Note that the bonus reaches about 11.40 lakh non-gazetted staff, so gazetted officers are outside its scope. The performance that supported the approval belongs to 2025-26, a year in which the railways loaded a record 1,670 million tonnes of freight and carried close to 7.41 billion passengers.
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Practice Questions
The Productivity Linked Bonus approved for railway employees is equal to how many days' wages?
- A.60 days
- B.72 days
- C.78 days
- D.90 days
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The Union Cabinet cleared a Productivity Linked Bonus equal to 78 days' wages for railway employees, and this is the figure every other number in the decision hangs on: the total sanctioned amount, the per-employee ceiling and the count of employees covered are all tied to the same 78 days.
Read the full explanation →According to the decision, how much freight did Indian Railways load in 2025-26?
- A.1,512 million tonnes
- B.1,670 million tonnes
- C.1,845 million tonnes
- D.2,100 million tonnes
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The bonus was approved on the strength of the railways' performance in 2025-26, and the government cited a record freight loading of 1,670 million tonnes for that year together with a passenger count of nearly 7.41 billion.
Read the full explanation →What was the weight of the WPI Food Index, and what inflation did it record in September 2026?
- A.Weight 24.99 per cent, inflation 8.66 per cent
- B.Weight 15.97 per cent, inflation 7.05 per cent
- C.Weight 22.75 per cent, inflation 8.14 per cent
- D.Weight 63.12 per cent, inflation 9.76 per cent
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The WPI Food Index is a composite built from food articles within the Primary Articles major group and manufactured food products within the Manufactured Products group, and it carries a weight of 24.99 per cent in the index.
Read the full explanation →What is the base year of the Wholesale Price Index series used in this release?
- A.2011-12
- B.2004-05
- C.2022-23
- D.2017-18
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Every index figure in the release, for the Wholesale Price Index as well as for the Output Producer Price Index and the trial Input Producer Price Index, is stated on the 2022-23 base year.
Read the full explanation →Which major group recorded the highest year-on-year wholesale inflation in September 2026?
- A.Primary Articles
- B.Manufactured Products
- C.Fuel and Power
- D.Electricity
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The same group had risen 22.93 per cent in August 2026, so the pressure in this basket also widened over the month.
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