Lok Sabha Question No. 1525 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-19
Subject: Improvement of Railway Infrastructure
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1525 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2018

## IMPROVEMENT OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

†1525.  DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  investment  made  to  improve  the  Railway  infrastructure during the last three years in view of the increasing rail accidents in the country;
- (b) the plan for the next five years in view of the increasing load on Railway infrastructure;
- (c) the details of the specific steps taken to mobilise resources for the development of Railway infrastructure; and
- (d) the details of the specific steps taken to augment the capacity of human resources in the railway during the last three years and to bring it at par with the international standards?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1525  BY  DR.  RAMESH  POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK'  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  19.12.2018 REGARDING IMPROVEMENT OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

(a):  Capital  expenditure  (Capex)  of  Railways  is  majorly  aimed  at improving  and  augmenting  infrastructure  for  enhancing  safety. Capital expenditure by Railways in last three years is as under:

| Year         |   Capex ( ₹ in cr.) |
|--------------|---------------------|
| 2016-17      |              109935 |
| 2017-18      |              101989 |
| 2018-19(BE)* |              146500 |
| Total        |              358424 |

(b):  In  view  of  increasing  load  on  railway  infrastructure,  Indian Railways has assessed that an investment to the tune of ₹ 8.56 Lakh Cr  in  five  years  from  2016  will  be  required  against  infrastructure project including acquisition, construction, replacement & renewal of assets etc.

(c):  Railways  have  taken  various  steps  to  mobilize  resources  for developing  its  infrastructure  since  2014-15  from  Extra  Budgetary Resources. From 2015-16 contribution of funds from Extra Budgetary  Resources  namely  Institutional  Finance  (EBR  (IF))  and Public  Private  Partnership  (EBR  (PPP)  has  been  substantial.  From 2015-16 to 2018-19(BE) Indian Railways has been able to mobilize ₹ 68107  crore  from  EBR  (IF).  PPP  policy  initiatives  in  the  same period has resulted in investment of ₹ 92915 crore. Year-wise detail of both the resources is as below:

## ₹ in Cr.

| Year          |   EBR(IF) |   EBR(PPP) |
|---------------|-----------|------------|
| 2010-15       |         0 |          0 |
| 2015-16       |      9888 |      15081 |
| 2016-17       |     11465 |      26834 |
| 2017-18(RE)** |     20314 |      24000 |
| 2018-19(BE)*  |     26440 |      27000 |
| Total         |     68107 |      92915 |

To address Railways' requirement for critical safety works, the Government  has  introduced  a  new  fund  'Rashtriya  Rail  Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) since 2017-18. It has a corpus of ₹ 1 lakh crore to be utilized  over  a  period  of  five  years  and  has  an  annual  outlay  of ₹ 20,000 crore.

(d): There are 7 Centralized Training Institutes (CTIs) to cater to the training  needs  of  Railway  officers  and  17  proposed  Zonal  MultiDisciplinary  Training  Institutes  and  68  proposed  Divisional  MultiDisciplinary Training Institutes and specialized training centers for non-gazetted staff. Recruitment and training on Railways have been tailored to adapt to modern technology in Rolling stock, Track and Signaling systems and use of Information Technology. Apart from inhouse training, railway employees are also sent for foreign training under transfer  of  technology  and  are  also  provided  inputs  through leading  training  institutes  within  India.    About  more  than  3.5  lakh employees  are  trained  annually  on  Indian  Railways  which  roughly works out to more than a quarter of total staff strength.

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