Lok Sabha Question No. 3400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-09
Subject: National Rail Plan 2050
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3400 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2023

## NATIONAL RAIL PLAN 2050

## 3400.  SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government has proposed an investment plan worth Rs 38 lakh crore for draft National Rail Plan for 2050;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  present  capacity  utilization  of  high  density network routes and high utilised network routes against  100% capacity utilization and the proposed achievement of 100 percent by next 25 years therefor;
- (c)  the  comparative  study  of  income  from  operation  of  passenger services, non-revenue and freight services since 2015 thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  allocation  and  expenditure  under  Rashtriya  Rail Sanraksha Kosh for financing critical safety related works therein?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3400 BY SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  09.08.2023  REGARDING  NATIONAL RAIL PLAN 2050 (a) Indian Railways have prepared National Rail Plan (NRP) to create a 'future ready' Railway system for India. It aims to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase share of Railways in freight transportation. The objective of the Plan is to create capacity ahead of demand, which in turn would also cater to the future growth in demand upto 2050. Total estimated cost of the proposals in National Rail Plan is more than ` 38 lakh crore. (b)  Over  High  Density  Network  (HDN)  routes,  177  sections  covering length of 8,299 route km (75% of total HDN route km) are having more than  100%  capacity  utilization.  While,  over  High  Utilized  Network (HUN) routes, 175 sections covering length of 8,665 route km (37% of total HUN route km) are having more than 100% capacity utilization. To achieve 100% capacity utilization on these sections, 71 projects of doubling/multi-tracking/bypass  line,  covering  a  length  of  5,531  km costing  about ` 88,179  cr  over  HDN  routes  and  117  projects  of doubling/multi-tracking/bypass  line  covering  a  length  of  13,093  km costing  about ` 1.65  lakh  crore  over  HUN  routes  are  under  various stages of planning/sanction/execution. (c) Category wise & year wise details of revenue generated by Indian Railways since 2015 are as under:

( ` in cr)

| Year     | Passenger Revenue   | Other Coaching Revenue   | Freight Revenue   | Sundry Other Revenue   |
|----------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 2015-16  | 44,283.26           | 4,371.49                 | 1,09,207.65       | 5,928.55               |
| 2016-17  | 46,280.46           | 4,312.00                 | 1,04,338.54       | 10,368.04              |
| 2017-18  | 48,643.14           | 4,314.43                 | 1,17,055.40       | 8,688.18               |
| 2018-19  | 51,066.65           | 4,474.46                 | 1,27,432.72       | 6,996.23               |
| 2019-20  | 50,669.09           | 4,640.79                 | 1,13,487.89       | 5,862.75               |
| 2020-21  | 15,248.49           | 2,096.74                 | 1,17,231.82       | 5,938.61               |
| 2021-22  | 39,214.39           | 4,899.56                 | 1,41,096.39       | 6,067.96               |
| 2022-23* | 63,416.85           | 5,958.32                 | 1,62,262.90       | 8,498.60               |

* Provisional

(d) Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) was created in 2017-18 for execution of assessed safety works with a corpus of ` 1 lakh crore over a period of five years. The projects taken up under this fund relate to track  renewal,  bridge  works,  signaling,  rolling  stock,  training  and amenities for safety critical staff. RRSK works to be funded from Gross Budgetary  Support  (GBS)  and  Railways  revenue/resources  including mobilization  of  resources  through  Extra  Budgetary  Resources  (EBR), as per Ministry of Finance guidelines on RRSK. Details of expenditure incurred are as under:

| Year    |   Expenditure ( ` in Cr) |
|---------|--------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                  17259.5 |
| 2018-19 |                  19595.6 |
| 2019-20 |                  16799.6 |
| 2020-21 |                  27713.3 |
| 2021-22 |                  27374.5 |

RRSK has been further extended for five years from 2022-23.

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