Lok Sabha Question No. 448 (STARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Revenue Generated by Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 448 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025 REVENUE GENERATED BY RAILWAYS

## *448. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total revenue generated by the Railways during the financial year 2024-25;
- (b) the details of revenue  generated  during  the  last three financial years;
- (c) the details of revenue generated by the railway freight in the current financial year;
- (d) whether  the  Government  plans  to  increase  railway  freight revenue and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any incentives have been introduced by the Government with the aim for industries to shift to rail freight from road transport and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION &  BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  448  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 02.04.2025

(a) to  (e)  Details of total   revenue of Indian Railways during the last three financial years is as under:

| Financial Year (FY)   | Total Revenue (₹ in crore)   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22 (COVID year)  | 1,91,278                     |
| 2022-23               | 2,40,137                     |
| 2023-24               | 2,55,366                     |

During FY 2024-25 (till Feb'25), the  total  revenue    is  ₹  2,38,310 Crs which includes ₹1,54,835 Crs from freight traffic.

To  increase  freight  revenue,  Indian  Railways  is  taking  multipronged  approach  such  as  General  Purpose  Wagon  Investment Scheme  (GPWIS),  Liberalized  Special  Freight  Train  Operator (LSFTO)  scheme  and  Automobile  Freight  Train  Operator  (AFTO) scheme  to  increase  the  freight  handling  capacity  in  Indian Railways.  'Gati  Shakti  Multi-Modal  Cargo  Terminal  (GCT)'  policy has  been  launched  in  the  year  2021  with  the  objective  of increasing investment in development of additional terminals for handling rail cargo.

So far, 97 new  GCTs  have  been  commissioned  since  the implementation of the policy, with an estimated traffic capacity of 149 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

Contd…2/-

In  addition  to  above  a  number  of  incentives  are  being  given  to Railway customers which includes- granting of 50% discount in haulage  charges  of  empty  container  laden  rakes  returning  to originating cluster after transporting the Tiles traffic to destination,  Liberalized  Automatic  Freight  Rebate  scheme  for traffic  loaded  in  empty  flow  direction,  discounts  on  loading  of bagged consignment in open and flat wagon, short lead concession for traffic upto 90 Km (except for Coal & Coke, Iron ore,  Military  traffic  and  Container  traffic),  rationalised  freight rates  for  automobile  traffic  etc.  Measures  to  enhance  earnings from freight traffic is a continuous and an ongoing process.

The details of freight carried by Indian Railways since FY 2020-21 is as under:

| Financial Year (FY)   |   Freight Loading (in Million Tonnes) |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2020-21 (COVID year)  |                                  1233 |
| 2021-22 (COVID year)  |                                  1418 |
| 2022-23               |                                  1512 |
| 2023-24               |                                  1591 |
| 2024-25               |                                  1617 |

During 2024-25, Indian Railways has transported more than 1600 MT of freight traffic, becoming one of the top 3 freight carrying Railways in the World.

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