Lok Sabha Question No. 941 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Development of Basic Infrastructure
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 941 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2023

## DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE

941.  DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  funds  under  the  programme  for  development  of  basic infrastructure of Railways have been allocated during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, year / railway zone-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 941 BY DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA AND DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.07.2023 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE

- (a)  :  The  Net  Capital  Expenditure  (CAPEX)  for  development  of  basic infrastructure including acquisition,  construction  &  replacement  of assets  on  Indian  Railways,  in  Revised  Estimate,  during  the  last  three years and the Budget Estimate of the current year (excluding investment from PPP), is shown below:

( ₹ in crore)

|   Revised Estimate 2020-21 |   Revised Estimate 2021-22 |   Revised Estimate 2022-23 |   Budget Estimate 2023-24 |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|                     146692 |                     190000 |                     230600 |                    243200 |

- (b):  The Zone wise detail of Net CAPEX (excluding investment from PPP) during the above period is given in the following table:

( ₹ in crore)

| Railway zone               |   Revised Estimate 2020-21 |   Revised Estimate 2021-22 |   Revised Estimate 2022-23 |   Budget Estimate 2023-24 |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Central Railway            |                    8608.46 |                   11222.7  |                   16720    |                  10600.7  |
| Eastern Railway            |                    7156.82 |                    7486.94 |                   13462.9  |                   4078.9  |
| Northern Railway           |                   43419.4  |                   61310.5  |                   62703.4  |                  64862.9  |
| North Eastern Railway      |                    4530.86 |                    5250.62 |                    7070.22 |                   4448.45 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway |                    5986.98 |                    9025.39 |                   13292.5  |                  10988.8  |
| Southern Railway           |                    6041.41 |                    8167.75 |                    9390.08 |                   8322.67 |
| South Central Railway      |                    9079.04 |                    9960.81 |                   11077.3  |                  10274.4  |
| South Eastern Railway      |                    5569.4  |                    7183.21 |                    8214.03 |                   6580.01 |
| Western Railway            |                    7881.57 |                    8319.99 |                   10444    |                  12749    |
| East Central Railway       |                   11915    |                   14845.1  |                   18968.5  |                   8568.23 |
| East Coast Railway         |                    4860.18 |                    7128.95 |                   10672.1  |                  10077.4  |
| North Central Railway      |                    4580.87 |                    7530.26 |                   10785.4  |                   9183.1  |
| North Western Railway      |                    4405.6  |                    3518.31 |                    4447.91 |                   4524.45 |
| Southeast Central Railway  |                    3784.7  |                    4737.87 |                    7067.11 |                   5331.85 |
| South Western Railway      |                    3578.93 |                    4450.05 |                    5236.54 |                   5360.82 |
| West Central Railway       |                    4288.15 |                    6623.43 |                    8086.77 |                   7357.06 |
| Metro Railway, Kolkata     |                     740.48 |                    1463.69 |                    2229.37 |                   3466.92 |

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