Information and Broadcasting Minister Ms.Ambika Soni said that the Cabinet also accepted the Railway Ministry's proposal for payment of productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days for all eligible 12.61 lakh non-gazetted railway employees. The financial implication of bonus payment will be around 1100 crore rupees.

The Union Cabinet also approved the proposal for setting up of Central Procurement Agency, CPA, for Department of health and Family Welfare. This agency will procure drugs, vaccines, contraceptives and medical equipment for its various disease control programmes departmentally and through Procurement Agents.

The Cabinet also approved the proposal for placing the new instrument adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for domestic workers before Parliament.
The Cabinet also gave its sanction for the establishment of six new National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research. These institutes will be established in Gandhinagar, hyderabad, Kolkata, Hajipur, Guwahati and Rae Bareli.