Railway Budget 2012

Railway Budget 2012

1.     Increase job opportunities:  from 80k(2011-12) to 1Lac (2012-13)

2.     Highest plan outlay ever Rs.60k cr (2012-13) Highest Outlay ever

i)                   40% from GBS(Gross Budgetary Support)

ii)                30% from Internal Generation

iii)              25% Market borrowing (Rs.15k cr)

3.     New Services: 75 Express, 21 Passenger Services, 9 DEMU, 8 MEMU

4.     New Railway LINK: Agartala(Tripura) – to – Akhaura (Bangladesh)

5.     Sub Urban Services: 75 Mumbai, 18 Chennai, 44 Kolkatta, 60 Kolkatta Metro

6.     Eco-Friendly & Welfare Initiatives

i)                   Bio-tiolets

ii)                Bio diesel plant: Raipur(Chattisgar), Tondairpet( TN)

iii)              Rail Neer plant: Palur (TN), Ambernath(Maharastra)

iv)              Abolish all unmanned level crossing ( in next 5yrs)

v)                50% Concession in fare (AC2, AC3, Sleeper)for Aplastic Anaemia & Sickle cell Anaemia patients

7.     Wagon and Coach factories

i)                   Wagon factory- Sitapali(odisha- Ganjam dt)

ii)                Two coach factory – kutch(Gujarat), Kolar(Karnataka)

iii)              Rail coach factory – palakkad(kerala)

iv)               Traction alternator for High HP loco – Vidisha (MP)

v)                Two project @ West Bengal

a)  Next Generation propulsion sys @ shyamnagar

b) Augumenting ancillaries unit chittaranjan loco @ Dankuni

vi)              New Coach terminal – Naihati (Bengal- Bakin Chandra Chattopadhyay Birth place)

8.     Authority and Admin Initiatives

i)                   Two Corporations

a)     Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) – to redevelop station

b)    Logistic Corporation

ii)                National High Speed Rail Authority – (Note: To Study on Delhi-jaipur- ajmer- jodhpur corrider)

iii)              Independent Railway Safety Authority – Statutory body as recommended by Kadkodhkar committee.

iv)              Two New member in Railway Board- Safety & Marketing

9.     Increase in charge/Ticket fair

i)                   Passenger fair ( 8% to 33%)

a)     2p/km – suburban & II class

b)    3p/km – mail & Exp II class

c)     5p/km – Sleeper class

d)    10p/km- AC chair car, AC 3 tier, I class

e)     15p/km – AC 2 tier

f)      30p/km – AC 1 tier

ii)                Freight charge: 20-28%

iii)              Minimum fair platform ticket: Rs. 5

10.                        Indian Railway: Earning & Spending 2011-12

Earning	Paise per Rupee (%)	Spending	Paise per Rupee (%)
Goods Traffic	65p	Staff( wage/ allowance)	37p
Passenger	27p	Fuel	17p
Sundry other	4p	Store	4p
coaching	2p	Depreciation Reserve fund	6p
Misc. Recpt	2p	Pension fund	16
		Lease charge	4p
		Dividend	5p
		Dev fund	2p
		Misc	9p

11.                         Operating Ratio – Amount spent to generate 100 Rs Revenue

          Efficiency Indicator: 95% (2011-12) to be reduced to 84% (2012-13)

12.                         For Sports Person:

i)                   Rail Khel Ratna Award – 10 rail sports person every year.

ii)                Arjuna awardee – facility of travelling by Rajdhani & shatabti