Lok Sabha Question No. 2257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Rail Connectivity
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2257 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2015

## RAIL CONNECTIVITY

## 2257.  SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of projects and programmes intended to promote and expand rail connectivity to the rural and backward areas with hitherto railway links and the funds allocated and released in this regard during the last three years and the current year, State/zone-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Railways  propose  to  begin  private  public  partnership towards this objective;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Railways in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a):    Based  on  demands  raised  by  State  Governments,  Central  Ministries, Members  of  Parliament,  other  public  representatives  &  Railways'  own requirement,  the  proposals  for  new  line  projects  are  considered.  They  are taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last  mile connectivity, missing links  and  alternate  routes,    augmentation  of  congested/saturated  lines, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects, overall availability of funds and competing demands which covers connectivity in backward & rural areas also.  The projects are not sanctioned State-wise,  area-wise  and  region-wise.    Since  new  lines  generally  straddle over more than one State, details of ongoing projects are maintained Zonewise.   Railways have taken up 151 number of New Line projects. Zone-wise details of the funds allocated during last three years and the current year is appended. (b) to (d):   For encouraging PPP (Public Private Partnership) on Railways, a Policy on Participative models for rail connectivity and capacity augmentation was issued in December, 2012.  Model Concession Agreements for  Non-Government  line  model,  Joint  Venture,  Build  Operate  and  Transfer (BOT)  and  Customer  funded  models  have  been  issued.    Till  now  under different  PPP  models,  9  projects  have  been  implemented,  14 projects  have been approved for implementation, besides 6 projects which have been given 'in principle' approval. Ministry  of  Railways  in  November,  2014  has  also  issued  Sectoral guidelines for Domestic and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

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APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2257  BY  SHRI  M.I.  SHANAVAS  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING RAIL CONNECTIVITY

(a):  Details of the funds allocated / released during last three years and the current years zone-wise is as under:-

(Outlay in ` Crores)

|   S.No. | Zonal Railway      |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|---------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Central            |        90 |       157 |        80 |       306 |
|       2 | Eastern            |       278 |       150 |        87 |       343 |
|       3 | East Central       |       885 |       942 |       698 |      1279 |
|       4 | East Coast         |        96 |       193 |       499 |       599 |
|       5 | Northern           |      1194 |      1228 |      1710 |      2352 |
|       6 | North Central      |        45 |        60 |        52 |        45 |
|       7 | North Eastern      |        41 |        31 |        51 |        88 |
|       8 | Northeast Frontier |      1655 |      1411 |      4020 |      4451 |
|       9 | North Western      |        90 |       116 |        60 |       170 |
|      10 | Southern           |       111 |       116 |        64 |       168 |
|      11 | South Central      |       274 |       437 |       922 |      1150 |
|      12 | South Eastern      |       101 |        23 |        26 |        20 |
|      13 | South East Central |        27 |        27 |        41 |       241 |
|      14 | South Western      |       222 |       252 |       493 |       962 |
|      15 | Western            |       110 |        85 |       105 |       140 |
|      16 | West Central       |        75 |       191 |        99 |       625 |

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