Lok Sabha Question No. 2489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Manufacturing of New Vande Bharat Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Ravindra Kushawaha, Subrata Pathak, Khagen Murmu, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2489

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## MANUFACTURING OF NEW VANDE BHARAT TRAINS

## 2489.  SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Vande Bharat Express trains introduced during the year 201222;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  planned  to  manufacture  500  new  generation Vande Bharat Trains during the next three years in the country;
- (c) if so, the funds allocated in this regard;
- (d)  whether  it  is  also  true  that  Vande  Bharat  train  with  sleeper  coaches  are likely to be introduce soon, if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be made operational;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  proposed  2000  km  of  railway  network  to  be brought  under  Kavach,  the  indigenous  world  class  technology  and  capacity augmentation in 2022-23, if so, the details thereof;
- (f)  whether  the  Government has planned to develop 100 PM GatiShakti Cargo terminals for multimodal logistics during the next three years in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (g)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2489  BY  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH,    SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUSHWAHA, SHRI  SUBRAT  PATHAK,  SHRI  KHAGEN  MURMU,  SHRI  VIJAYAKUMAR  (ALIAS) VIJAY  VASANTH,  SHRI  RAJA  AMARESHWARA  NAIK,  SHRI  RAJVEER  SINGH (RAJU  BHAIYA)    AND  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 15.03.2023 REGARDING MANUFACTURING OF NEW VANDE BHARAT TRAINS (a)  The  first  Vande  Bharat  Express  was  introduced  w.e.f.  15.2.2019  between New  Delhi  and  Varanasi.  Presently,  10  pairs  of  Vande  Bharat  Express  are  in operation over the Indian Railways (IR) network. (b)  to  (d)  Provision  of  Vande  Bharat  trains  including  other  items  of  coaches comes under PH 21-Rolling Stock Programme (Carriages), for which an amount of `19479 crore has been made available in Revised Estimate of Financial Year 2022-2023. Furthermore, IR has issued a production plan of 102 Vande Bharat Rakes (35  in  2022-2023  and  67  in    2023-2024)  as  per  IR  design  within  Indian Railways  production  Units  ((Integral  coach  factory,  Rail  coach  factory  and Modern coach factory). Total 75 Vande  Bharat rakes  are planned as Chair Car version  and  remaining    planned  as  Sleeper  version.    IR  has  also  planned  to manufacture  400  Vande  Bharat  trains  (Sleeper  version)  of  three  different technologies for which Tenders have been floated to select Technology Partners for manufacturing within IR Production Units with IR manpower. In addition to the above, 8000 Vande Bharat Coaches have also been proposed under Budget 2023-24. (e) It has been proposed to progressively cover Railway network with Kavach. At present, Kavach has been implemented on 1455 route km on South Central Railway. Further, contracts have been awarded for Kavach work on approximately  3000  route  kms  of  Delhi-Mumbai  and  Delhi-Howrah  sections  of Indian Railways and work is in progress.

(f)  and  (g)  In  order  to  boost  investment  from  industry  in  development  of additional terminals for handling rail cargo, a new Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) policy has been launched on 15.12.2021. These terminals will be constructed on non - Railway land, as well as partially or fully on Railway land. The target is  to  commission  100  Gati  Shakti  Cargo  Terminals  (GCTs)  in  three financial years i.e.  2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25, out of which 30 GCTs have already been commissioned. So far, 145 applications for development of Cargo Terminals  under  the  GCT  policy  have  been  received  and  103  in-principle approvals have been issued.

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