Lok Sabha Question No. 2721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Fertilizers Rake Points
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Subrata Pathak, Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Shrirang Appa Barne, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2721

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## FERTILIZERS RAKE POINTS

2721.   SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of fertilizer rake points which have all necessary infrastructure  like  platform,  covered  shed,  electricity,  approach  roads  for trucks etc. that are available in various parts of the country, State-wise;
- (b)  the details of funds allocated, released and utilized for creation of such infrastructure during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (c) whether supply of fertilizers and its distribution has been affected due to non availability and poor infrastructure at rake points and if so,  the Statewise details thereof; and
- (d)  the details of new rake points proposed to be set up in 2021-22, Statewise  particularly  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha and Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) There are over 926 rake points on Indian Railways distributed all over the country which have the necessary infrastructure for handling fertilizers.  A list  giving  state-wise  distribution  of  fertilizer  rake  points  is  appended  as Appendix-I.

- (b)  Creation  or  strengthening  of  infrastructure  at  existing  fertilizer  rake points in the country is a need based ongoing process subject to operational and  technical  feasibility along  with  resource  availability.  For  creating infrastructure,  specific  works  are  sanctioned  in  the  Budget  and  funded through  the  Railways'  Annual  Capital  Expenditure.  In  the  last  three  years, infrastructure  has  been  created  at  various  rake  points  by  sanctioning  60 such  works  in  the  budget  at  a  cost  of ` 1975  Cr..  The  details  of  fund allocated,  released  and  utilized  in  the  last  three  years  state-wise  are appended as Appendix-II.  Allocations are usually made in the beginning of the  financial  year  which  are  subject  to  change  and  there  is  a  established practice of re-appropriation of funds from one  plan head  to another depending  on  the  priority  of  work.  The  amount  spent  in  creation  of infrastructure  in  the  last  three  years  is  much  higher  in  comparison  to allocation over the three years which clearly indicates that Indian Railways gives high priority to creation of infrastructure and development of its freight terminals.
- (c)  No,  Sir.    Transportation  of  fertilizers  is  done  by  Railways  as  per requirement  of  Ministry  of  Chemicals  and  Fertilizers.  There  has  been  no report from Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers that supply of fertilizers and its distribution has been affected due to non-availability and poor infrastructure at rake points.
- (d) As and when proposals for new rake points are received from the Ministry of  Chemicals  and  Fertilizers  for  the  year  2021-2022,  the  same  shall  be considered by the Ministry of Railways based on operational and technical feasibility.

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APPENDIX  -  I  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2721 BY SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK, SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA,  SHRI  RAVI  KISHAN,  SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO,  SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT, SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK AND SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.03.2021  REGARDING FERTILIZERS RAKE POINTS

## (a) State /UT-Wise Distribution of Fertilizers Rake Points

| Name of State/UT     |   Point |
|----------------------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh       |      46 |
| Assam                |      33 |
| Bihar                |      55 |
| Chandigarh           |       1 |
| Chhattisgarh         |      30 |
| Dadar & Nagar Haveli |       3 |
| Daman & Diu          |       2 |
| Goa                  |       1 |
| Gujrat               |      38 |
| Haryana              |      35 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |       6 |
| Jammu and Kashmir    |      23 |
| Jharkhand            |      17 |
| Karnataka            |      42 |
| Kerala               |      20 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |      74 |
| Maharashtra          |      89 |
| Manipur              |       1 |
| Mizoram              |       1 |
| Nagaland             |       1 |
| Odisha               |      37 |
| Puducherry           |       1 |
| Punjab               |      56 |
| Rajasthan            |      68 |
| Tamil Nadu           |      35 |
| Telangana            |      24 |
| Tripura              |       3 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |     128 |
| Uttrakhand           |      11 |
| West Bengal          |      45 |
| Grand Total          |     926 |

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APPENDIX - II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2721  BY  SHRI  SUBRAT  PATHAK,  SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUSHWAHA,  SHRI  RAVI KISHAN, SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU, SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA  BARNE,  SHRI  RAJENDRA  DHEDYA  GAVIT,  SHRI  SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK AND SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.03.2021 REGARDING FERTILIZERS RAKE POINTS

(b) Financial status of ongoing 60 goods shed/Freight Terminal over IR in last years

| S. No .   | State                               |   No of works |   Cost ( ` Cr.) |   Alloca tion as per B.E (2018- 19) ( ` Cr.) |   Actual expend iture in 2018- 19 ( ` Cr.) |   Alloca tion as per B.E (2019- 20) ( ` Cr.) |   Actual expend iture in 2019- 20 ( ` Cr.) |   Alloca tion as per B.E (2020- 21) ( ` Cr.) |   Actual expendi ture in 2020-21 ( ` Cr.) |
|-----------|-------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Assam                               |             2 |           43.28 |                                        7.68  |                                      7.68  |                                        2.56  |                                      2.56  |                                        5.7   |                                     2.4   |
| 2         | Bihar                               |            10 |          121.11 |                                       24.001 |                                     38.371 |                                        4.615 |                                     39.966 |                                       11.205 |                                    44.88  |
| 3         | Chhattisagarh                       |             2 |           13    |                                        0.26  |                                      0.28  |                                        0     |                                      0     |                                        0     |                                     0     |
| 4         | Delhi                               |             1 |          225.59 |                                        2     |                                      8.71  |                                       46.58  |                                      6.96  |                                        1.8   |                                     4.7   |
| 5         | Gujarat                             |             4 |           24.29 |                                        5.72  |                                      4.16  |                                        1.5   |                                      2.36  |                                        0.54  |                                     0.71  |
| 6         | Haryana                             |             2 |          805.45 |                                        3     |                                      0     |                                        0     |                                    450     |                                        0     |                                     0     |
| 7         | J&K                                 |             1 |           18.52 |                                        0.5   |                                     18.52  |                                        0     |                                      0     |                                        0.5   |                                     0     |
| 8         | Jharkhand                           |             3 |           23.28 |                                        3.64  |                                      1.985 |                                        8     |                                      3.475 |                                        2.46  |                                     2.709 |
| 9         | Karnataka                           |             1 |            4.57 |                                        0     |                                      1.54  |                                        0.1   |                                      0.5   |                                        5     |                                     0     |
| 10        | Kerla                               |             1 |            5.44 |                                        0     |                                      0.098 |                                        0     |                                      0.516 |                                        0     |                                     0.304 |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh                      |             5 |           90.57 |                                        2.47  |                                     52.48  |                                        8.9   |                                     63.13  |                                        6.56  |                                    63.84  |
| 12        | Maharashtra                         |             3 |           22.5  |                                        1.023 |                                      1.384 |                                        0.002 |                                      0.24  |                                        0.001 |                                     0.004 |
| 13        | Odisha                              |             9 |           93.96 |                                        5.711 |                                     10.38  |                                        8.289 |                                      5.375 |                                        1.647 |                                     3.301 |
| 14        | Punjab                              |             1 |            9.11 |                                        0.001 |                                      1.75  |                                        0.56  |                                      6.5   |                                        2.5   |                                     0     |
| 15        | Rajasthan                           |             1 |            8    |                                        0.45  |                                      0.56  |                                        0     |                                      0     |                                        8.4   |                                     0.07  |
| 16        | Tamilnadu                           |             2 |           12.65 |                                        2.02  |                                      0.7   |                                        0.505 |                                      0     |                                        0     |                                     0     |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh                       |             5 |          244.33 |                                        1.99  |                                     16.34  |                                        6.1   |                                     21.75  |                                        1.5   |                                    27.42  |
| 18        | Uttarakhand                         |             2 |           12.75 |                                        1.351 |                                      1.149 |                                        0.387 |                                      0     |                                        0.3   |                                     0.47  |
| 19        | West Bengal                         |             4 |          165.85 |                                       70.5   |                                     23.418 |                                       24.632 |                                     30.374 |                                       32.71  |                                    24.825 |
| 20        | Odisha,Adhra Pradesh & Chhattisgarh |             1 |           30.8  |                                        4     |                                      6.68  |                                        2.5   |                                      1.02  |                                        1.6   |                                     0.05  |
|           | Total                               |            60 |         1975    |                                      136     |                                    196     |                                      115     |                                    635     |                                       82     |                                   176     |

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