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| Date | 2022-03-11 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | freight |
Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India
REFERENCE DIVISION PARLIAMENT LIBRARY AND REFERENCE, RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SERVICE (LARRDIS) RESEARCH AND INFORMATION DIVISION REFERENCE NOTE No.07/ RN/Ref/March/2022 March 2022 INDIAN RAILWAYS The main thrust in the Budget 2022-23 for the railways is passengers safety, speed and modernisation of passengers and goods carrying infrastructures and promoting of local goods. Introduction Indian Railways has a crucial role in the economic growth and development of our country. Be it carrying agriculture produce to distant places, aiding growth of industries and connecting major ports, railways have significantly helped in bridging the distance between the different places and regions of our country. As a relatively cheap mode of transport, it has been a preferred mode of travel and one of the instruments in national integration. Feedback : refdiv-lss@sansad.nic.in Prepared by the Infrastructure and Energy Desk, Reference Division. Officers associated with the preparation - Smt. Shalima Sharma, Joint Director, Shri P.K. Mallick, Director and supervised by Shri Prasenjit Singh, Additional Secretary. Feedback is welcome and may be sent to refdiv- lss@sansad.nic.in The Reference Note is for personal use of the Members in the discharge of their Parliamentary duties, and is not for publication. Railways have also a played vital role in mitigating the suffering of people in natural calamities, drought, floods, famines, earthquake etc. Railways are specially suited to carry bulky materials like coal, petroleum and oars etc. Over the years the railway engines have developed from steam to diesel and now majorly to electric. This has added to make the train services super fast which has in a way contributed to quick movement of passengers and materials. During 2020-21, Indian Railways carried 1230.9 million tonnes of freight as compared to 1208 million tonnes in 2019-20 and 1250 million passengers in 2020-21 as compared to 8086 million passengers in 2019-20. Budgetary Allocation In the Union Budget 2022-23, which was presented in the Parliament on 01 February 2022, total Budgetary Estimates(BE) amounts to Rs 3,944,909 crore, out of which Rs.1,40,367 crore have been allocated to the Ministry of Railways, which comes to 3.6 percent of the total budget allocation. Capex Fund Railways has highest ever total plan Capex Fund of Rs.2,45,000 crore. This works out to 14% higher than the budget estimates of 2021-22. Budget Estimates 2021-22 and 2022-23 (Rs. in crores) Source RE 21-22 BE 22-23 % increase over RE 21-22 Gross Budgetary Support 1,17,300 1,37,300* 17.1% Internal Resources 2,900 7,000 180.0% External Budgetary Resources 95,200 101,500 6.6% Capex 2,15,000 2,45,800* 14.3% Years 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 Operating Ratio 97.45% 98.93% 96.98% The target for operating ratio for 2022-23 is 96.98%, this means that the Railways aims to spend Rs 96.98 for every Rs 100 it earns in 2022-23. The thrust of Annual Plan 2022-23 is on infrastructure development, throughput enhancement i.e. the quantum of traffic which can be transported over the Section in a Period of 24 hours, development of terminal facilities, augmentation of speed of trains, signaling systems, improvement of customer amenities, safety works of road over/under bridges etc. The following throughput enhancement plan heads have been allotted highest ever funds in BE 2022-23 - Zincr) Plan head BE 2021-22 BE 2022-23 Increase over BE 2021-22 New Lines 17046 26343 55% Gauge Conversion 2303 3500 52% Doubling 26116 37157 42% Rs.38,687 cr of Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) allocated for investment in Public Sector Undertaking/Joint Ventures/Special Purpose Vehicles (PSU/JV/SPVs), with allocation for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) of रे 12,135 cr, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) of रे 19,102 cr and Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRCL) of ~ 1,100 cr. Capacity Enhancement Plan
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