Lok Sabha Question No. 5175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Rail Neer Plants
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5175 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## RAIL NEER PLANTS

†5175. SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of profits earned by the Railways from sale of Rail Neer during the last one year;
- (b)  the  funds  provided  and  utilised  for  installation  of  Rail  Neer  plants during the last three years;
- (c)  whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  set  up  more  Rail  Neer  plants  in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh for supplying water in all the important trains and outlets;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the time by which these plants are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on  the Table of  the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  5175  BY  SHRI  BHANU  PRATAP  SINGH  VERMA  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING RAIL NEER PLANTS & (b):  There is a marginal profit to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism 1.10 per bottle by sale of Rail Neer . The funds  invested  for  installation  of  Rail  Neer  plants  during  the  last  three

(a) Corporation limited (IRCTC) of ₹ years are as under:-

| Financial Year   |   Total Profit Earned ( ₹ in Lakh) |   Funds invested for installation of Rail Neer Plants ( ₹ in Lakh) |
|------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14          |                             265.12 |                                                                200 |
| 2014-15          |                             541.67 |                                                                200 |
| 2015-16          |                            1670.43 |                                                                600 |

(c)  to  (e):  Indian  Railway  Catering  and  Tourism  Corporation  (IRCTC)  has been mandated by Ministry of Railways to set up Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)  Plants  for  production  of  PDW  under  the  brand  name  'Rail  Neer'. Seven  Rail Neer PDW plants are presently  operational, out of which five plants  at  Nangloi  (Delhi)  (2003),  Danapur  (Patna)  (2004),  Palur  (Chennai) (2011), Ambernath (Maharashtra) (2014)  and Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh) (2017) have been set up by IRCTC from its own funds. Two more plants, one at Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) (2015) and another one at Parassala (Trivandrum) (2016) have been set up by IRCTC under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.  The production capacity of these seven plants is  approximately 8.3 lakh litre of Rail Neer PDW per day.  At present demand of Rail Neer in Uttar Pradesh is met through Amethi, Danapur and Nangloi Plants.

Details of proposed Rail Neer  plants to be set up by IRCTC in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh are as under:-

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|   S.no. | Name of location     | Installed Capacity (litre /day)   | Name of State   | Target date of commissioning   | Mode of installation   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Nagpur               | 72,000                            | Maharashtra     | July, 2017                     | PPP                    |
|       2 | Hapur                | 1,00,000                          | Uttar Pradesh   | September, 2018                | Company owned          |
|       3 | Sankrail             | 1,00,000                          | West Bengal     | September, 2018                | Company owned          |
|       4 | Bhopal (Mandideep)   | 72,000                            | Madhya Pradesh  | September, 2018                | PPP                    |
|       5 | Jagi road (Guwahati) | 72,000                            | Assam           | September, 2018                | PPP                    |
|       6 | Vijayawada           | 72,000                            | Andhra Pradesh  | December, 2018                 | PPP                    |
|       7 | Ahmedabad            | 72,000                            | Gujarat         | December, 2018                 | PPP                    |
|       8 | Bhusawal             | 72,000                            | Maharashtra     | December, 2018                 | PPP                    |
|       9 | Jaipur               | 72,000                            | Rajasthan       | December, 2018                 | PPP                    |
|      10 | Ambala               | 72,000                            | Haryana         | December, 2018                 | PPP                    |

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