Railway budget 2011-12

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Railway budget budget 2011-12

Presented by:

Anuradha saini

Athumani

Rahul Goyal

Presented To:

Ms. Ashima Thapar Faculty, PCTE

Introduction

Railway budget was being presented on25th February, 2011.

Railway¶s services are comparable to

emergency services, required all the time.rail transportation is vitally interlinked withthe economic development of the country.

We need a large heart and a large mind toundertake big works.

railways have developed several business-oriented policies for the first time.

Railways

Infrastruc

ture for

Industry

Initiative

Special Freight

Train operators

Automob

ile and

Ancillary

New Catering

Policy

some of policy

initiatives

Projects

Announced setting up of a large number

of rail-based factories/manufacturing

or on t ese projects are at different

stages of progress

Increasing demand

Components are not readily available.It as been decided to set up rail-based

industries.

Policies

85 proposals ave already beenreceived.

Ot er are also elcome

New Manufacturing units

work on thenew coachfactory at Rae

Bareli isprogressing

rapidly now

Work on the

wagon factoryin rissa willalso be takenup once the

site isfinalized.

Perambur¶ssecond unit

and Palakkadcoach factory

will start soon

New initiatives

� Jammu-Kashmir Rail Link projectinvolves a large number of bridges.

� Railways will set up a Bridge factory inJ&K

� propose to set up a state-of-the-artInstitute for Tunnel and Bridgeengineering at Jammu.

I propose to set up a metro coach factory on the land purchasedfrom willing sellers at singur/adjacent polba.

Imphal, Manipur will soon be connected to the railway network.

Proposal of opening up a centre of excellence in software at

Darjeeling under the aegis of centre for railway information systemsSetting up of a railway industrial park through a joint venture

between Burn

Standard Co. Ltd. and SAIL has already been initiated in this Park.

A captive thermal power plant of 1,000 MW at Nabi nagar is at anadvance stage of construction.

A second thermal power plant of 1,320 MW capacity at Adra is inthe process of being set up.

New Manufacturing Initiatives

Expansion of rail infrastructure

� railways will be achieving its target of 800 km,

� for gauge conversion 700 km for doubling and 1,000 km of electrification.

� Railways¶ efforts to provide dignity to the poor through the Izzat scheme

� we have decided to give them small shelter throughS

ukhi GrihaS

cheme.

� This scheme is being taken up on pilot basis to provide 10,000 dwellingunits at Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli and other places.

Annual plan 2011-12

Rs. 57630cr

The highestever plan

investment bythe railways.

Which will beraised throughGBS, diesel

cess, internal

resources,market

borrowingsthrough IFRC.

10000 cr will beraised throughtax free bonds.

Projected lines

� greater thrustis given to theexpansion of the railnetwork withallocation of `9,583 cr for new lines.

In the lastbudget I hadannouncedupdation of

surveys for 114socially

desirable newlines.

ut of this 94will be

completed byMarch, 2011

and theremaining by

December,2011.

there is ascheme for 12five year plan

for sociallydesirable lines.The scheme isbeing named,

PradhanMantri RailVikas Yojana.

To connect unserved and

underserved regions to the rail network.

Wadsa-Gadchirholi in Maharashtra

Bhadutola-Jhargram via Lalgarh in WestBengal

Gudur-Durgrajpuram in Andhra Pradesh

Hansdiha-Godda in Jharkhand

A non-lapsable Fund for railwayprojects in the northeast region hasbeen created that will boost theprogress of projects.

All the state capitals of this regionexcept Sikkim will get connected by railnetwork in the next seven years.

India¶s longest tunnel between Banihaland Qazigund would be completed thisyear.

Safety

� We are trying sincerely to ensure any incidents do not occur.

� Railway is passenger friendly, safe and a cheap mode of transport. Rail faresare close to one-fourth that of the road.\

� our recent trials with an improved version of ACD have met with success and itwill be commissioned on three zonal railways,

� The number of incidents at unmanned level crossings, has come down by 36%with the elimination of 1,500 unmanned crossings, construction of 172 R Bsand 240 RUBs/subways.

safety

� Frequent calls for µrail rokos¶ are not only crippling operations on IndianRailways but also causing immense hardship to passengers,

� A GPS based µFog Safe¶ device edhas been deploy

� We cannot ensure efficient and punctual operations of trains without the help of state governments.

� I am now making an offer that whichever state ensures trouble-free train runningfor the whole year, shall be given two new trains and two projects as a special

package.

� An All India Security Help Line on a single number has been set up

Modernization of railways

A project with IIT, Chennai on prototype manufacture of ultrasonic systems;

Partnership with Jadavpur University for development of new designs for rail steel bridges;

A collaborative study with IIT, Mumbai on the problem of corrosion of rails;

E-procurement and e-auction to ensure transparency andeconomy.

Issuing paperless railway receipts;

InitiativesGreen initiatives

� Fr ee supply of 14 lakhCFLs to r ailwayhouseholds

� Regener ative br aking inMumbai EMUs

� Windmill at ICF, Chennai

� Pr oduction of locos withµhotel load conver ter¶

� Use of bio-diesel, CNG andL NG in locos, wor kshopsetc.

Adarsh stations

� upgr adation of 584 stationsas Adar sh Stations, out of which 442 stations will be

completed by Mar ch 2011.� The r emaining will be

completed in 2011-12.

� safe dr inking water, pay &use toilets, high-level

platfor ms, better accessibility for the

physically challengedamong many other facilitiesat these stations.

Measures to improve passenger

amenitiesIntroduction of a pan-India, multi-purpose ³Go-India´ smart cardon a pilot basis.

Better accessibility at stations for physically challengedcustomers;

A new portal for e-ticketing by Centre for Railway Information

Systems (CRIS) is ready and will be launched shortly.

Provision of internet access on Howrah-Rajdhani Express as apilot project;

Introduction of advance booking of retiring rooms.

Extension of Rail Yatri Sevaks with modern trolleys to six more

stations:

Different facilities proposed

physically handicapped persons are not entitledfor concessions on Rajdhani and Shatabdi

trains. It is proposed to extend the concessionfacility to them in these trains also.

Press correspondents are now entitled to avail50% concession with family for two years.

At present the concession for senior citizens isextended to both men and women at 60 years of age. I propose to reduce this in case of women

to 58 years.

Staff welfare measures

Expand the scope of Liberalized ActiveRetirement Scheme for Guaranteed

Employment for safety category.

extending medical facilities to both dependentfather and mother of railway employees.

Increasing the scholarship for the girl child

Setting up of a Railway Vidyalaya PrabandhanBoard (RVPB) to improve quality of education to

children studying in 269 railway schools.

Staff welfare

Recruitment

recruitment is inprocess of1.75 lakhs

13,000 posts in RailwayProtection Force.

for the first time,railways are inducting16,000 ex-servicemenby end of March 2011.

Training

A training centre isproposed to be

started at Kharagpur.

Setting up of Polytechnics

Metropolitan Projects

� Every day over 5 lakhpassengers utilize the metro

services.� It is also proposed to take up the

following new surveys for newconnectivity of Kolkata metro.

� It is also proposed to introduce34 new services in Kolkata Metroin the coming year.

KolkataMetro is

expandingits

network.

Financial performance

Indian Railwaysare passing

through a very

difficult phase.

we have not

only paid thefull dividend for 2009-10, butalso achievedan operating

ratio of 95.3%.

The total grossearnings havenow been fixedat `94,742 cr

which is `177 cr higher than the

budget.

we will save

`3,700 cr by our economy driveand other austerity

measures.

Budget estimates

railways¶ earnings are set toexceed the rupees one lakh

crore mark.

rdinary Working Expenses havebeen assessed at `73,650 cr.

The expected perating Ratio is91.1%.

PSUs earning a net profit of `1,782 cr. These PSUs paid a

dividend ̀ 311.88 cr to the railways.

Hamara Mushkil Daur Gujar Chuka Hai

Aur Hum Din-o-din Majboot Hote Jayenge

Few benefits proposed

In 2011-12, the covering around 1,000 kmare proposed to be electrified.

There is no increase in passenger faresproposed for this year.

Mobile vans for issuing e-tickets will beextended to government medical college

hospitals, High Courts, District Court,University campus, IT hubs, IITs and IIMs.

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