Lok Sabha Question No. 2471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: National Rail Plan Vision-2030
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2471 TO BE ANSWERED ON  16.03.2022

NATIONAL RAIL PLAN VISION - 2030

2471. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK: SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Indian  Railways  has  prepared  a  National  Rail  Plan  (NRP)  for India-2030;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the Government  has  launched  Vision  2024  for  accelerated implementation of certain critical projects;
- (d)  if so, the details of such projects;
- (e) whether the Government has identified new High Speed Rail Corridors; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2471 BY SHRI MANOJ KOTAK AND SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2022  REGARDING NATIONAL RAIL PLAN VISION - 2030.

(a) and (b): Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India - 2030. The Plan is to create a 'future ready' Railway system by 2030.  The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%. The objective of the Plan is to create capacity ahead of demand, which in turn would also cater to future growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the modal share of Railways to 45% in freight traffic and to continue to sustain it.

## The key objectives of the National Rail Plan are:-

-  Formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.
-  Reduce  transit  time  of  freight  substantially  by  increasing  average speed of freight trains to 50Kmph.
-  As part of the National Rail Plan, Vision 2024 has been launched for accelerated implementation of certain critical projects by 2024 such as 100% electrification, multi-tracking of congested routes, upgradation of speed to 160 kmph on Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes, upgradation of speed to 130kmph  on  all other Golden Quadrilateral-Golden  Diagonal  (GQ/GD)  routes  and  elimination  of  all Level Crossings on all GQ/GD route.
-  Identify new Dedicated Freight Corridors.
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- Identify new High Speed Rail Corridors.
-  Assess  rolling  stock  requirement  for  passenger  traffic  as  well  as wagon requirement for freight.
-  Assess  Locomotive  requirement  to  meet  twin  objectives  of  100% electrification (Green Energy) and increasing freight modal share.
-  Assess  the  total  investment  in  capital  that  would  be  required  along with a periodical break up.
-  Sustained involvement of the Private Sector in areas like operations and ownership of rolling stock, development of freight and passenger terminals, development/operations of track infrastructure etc.

(c)  and  (d):  Yes  Sir.  58  Super  critical  Projects  of  a  total  length  of  3750  kms costing ₹ 39,663 Crore and 68 Critical Projects of a total length of 6913 kms costing ₹ 75,736 Crore, have been identified for completion by 2024. (e)  and (f):  At present, Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project (508 Km) is the only sanctioned project of High Speed Rail (HSR) in the country which  is under  execution with financial and technical assistance from Government of Japan. Further, Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the following seven High Speed Rail (HSR) corridors is under progress: Delhi-Varanasi Delhi-Ahmedabad Mumbai-Nagpur Mumbai-Hyderabad Chennai-Mysore Delhi-Amritsar Varanasi-Howrah The decision on sanctioning any HSR project depends on the outcome of DPR, techno-economic feasibility, availability of resources and financing options.

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