Lok Sabha Question No. 3196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Funds under Plan Expenditure
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2016

## FUNDS UNDER PLAN EXPENDITURE

- †3196. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  released  under  the  plan  expenditure  in  the railway budget during the last three years;
- (b) the  details  of  funds  allocated  to  production  units  and  Railway PSUs, zone-wise;
- (c) whether the funds released under plan expenditure have not been fully utilised during the above period;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure optimum utilization of funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3196 BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2016  REGARDING FUNDS UNDER PLAN EXPENDITURE

(a):  The  details  of  funds    released  under  the  plan  expenditure during the last three years is as under:

( ` in crore)

| Funds                                                          |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Capital                                                        |  24131.9  |  27072.4  |  30121.2  |
| Safety Fund                                                    |   1578.32 |   1982.98 |   2206.44 |
| Depreciation Reserve Fund                                      |   7045.47 |   7119.91 |   7286.93 |
| Development Fund                                               |   2457.82 |   2561.43 |   2611.07 |
| Capital Fund                                                   |      0    |      0    |   5449.24 |
| Open Line Works Revenue                                        |     28.02 |     27.67 |      0    |
| Extra Budgetary Resources (Indian Railway Finance Corporation) |  15141.9  |  15224.9  |  11044.1  |
| Total                                                          |  50383.4  |  53989.3  |  58718.9  |

(b):  The  details  of  funds  allocated  to  production  units,  Railway Public Sector Undertakings  and Zonal Railways for the last three years is appended as Appendix-I and Appendix-II.

(c)&(d):  The  funds  released  under  Plan  Expenditure  have  been fully utilised.

(e): To ensure optimum utilization of funds, all those projects/sections which were nearing completion were provided with  adequate  funds  to  reap  the  fruits  of  investment  already made in them.

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## APPENDIX-  I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3196 BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN TO BE ANSWERED IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  16.03.2016  REGARDING  FUNDS  UNDER  PLAN EXPENDITURE

## Plan head Investment in Public Sector Undertakings

( ` in crore)

|                                    |   RE 2012-13 |   RE 2013- 14 |   RE 2014-15 |
|------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
| Indian Railway Finance Corporation |       679.27 |       1014.69 |        542.5 |
| Bharat Wagon & Engineering Limited |        12    |          9.94 |         18   |
| Burn Standard Company Limited      |        12    |          2    |          7   |
| Braithwaite Company Limited        |         4    |          4    |          4   |
| Total                              |       707.27 |       1030.63 |        571.5 |

Plan head Investment in Joint Ventures/ Special Purpose Vehicles

|                                        |   RE 2012-13 |   RE 2013- 14 |   RE 2014- 15 |
|----------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
| Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.                  |      1364.12 |          1547 |        2529   |
| Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation |      1542.69 |          5069 |        4250   |
| Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd.      |         0.1  |            10 |         100   |
| Railway Energy Management Company      |         0    |             5 |          10   |
| Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.    |         0    |           100 |         900   |
| National Capital Region Transport      |         0    |             0 |          22.5 |
| Corporation Total                      |      2906.91 |          6731 |        7811.5 |

## Plan outlay- Production Units

|                                     |   RE 2012-13 |   RE 2013- 14 |   RE 2014- 15 |
|-------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
| Chittaranjan Locomotives Works      |      2867.07 |       3077.59 |       2756.81 |
| Diesel Locomotives Works            |      3675.85 |       4751.1  |       5071.03 |
| Integral Coach Factory              |      2380.88 |       2183.67 |       2642.62 |
| Rail Wheel Factory                  |      1314.62 |       1402.56 |       1101.5  |
| Diesel Locomotives Modernisation    |      1333.46 |       1722.03 |       1540.93 |
| Works Rail Coach Factory Rai Bareli |         0    |          0    |        887.7  |
| Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala       |      2290.21 |       2276.18 |       2263.34 |
| Rail Wheel Factory Bela             |         0    |          0    |          0    |
| Total Gross                         |     13862.1  |      15413.1  |      16263.9  |
| Credits                             |     13115    |      14833.5  |      15318.9  |
| Net Plan                            |       747.04 |        579.58 |        945    |

APPENDIX - II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3196 BY SHRI RAHUL KASWAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2016 REGARDING FUNDS UNDER PLAN EXPENDITURE

Railway Zone-wise  Plan Outlay (excluding Investment in Public Sector Undertakings/ Joint Ventures/ Special Purpose Vehicles)

( ` in Crore)

|                                        |   RE 2012-13 |   RE 2013-14 |   RE 2014-15 |
|----------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Central Railway                        |      5157.16 |      6861.26 |      5492.53 |
| Eastern Railway                        |      6023.89 |      5785.99 |      5093.11 |
| East Central Railway                   |      4946.42 |      4869.77 |      4344.34 |
| East Coast Railway                     |      2408.42 |      2475.72 |      2661.58 |
| Northern Railway                       |      9730.76 |     12081.3  |     10306.7  |
| North Central Railway                  |      3276.43 |      3247.97 |      2987.61 |
| North Eastern Railway                  |      2220.04 |      2341.11 |      2769.35 |
| Northeast Frontier Railway             |      5418.7  |      5826.23 |      8301.03 |
| North Western Railway                  |      3641.86 |      3259.55 |      4410.22 |
| Southern Railway                       |      4690.58 |      5573.43 |      4389.74 |
| South Central Railway                  |      6663.2  |      5744.12 |      5192.15 |
| South Eastern Railway                  |      3517.17 |      4470.22 |      2997.61 |
| South East Central Railway             |      3693.03 |      2577.22 |      2199.77 |
| South Western Railway                  |      2805.8  |      3515.31 |      3177.84 |
| Western Railway                        |      4422.53 |      4521.87 |      4284.21 |
| West Central Railway                   |      3464.79 |      3837.78 |      3310    |
| Metro Railway                          |       850.98 |       531.21 |       537.61 |
| Research Design & Survey               |        51.19 |        28.06 |        25    |
| Organisation Metro Project Corporation |        28.82 |        33    |         9    |
| Railway Electrification                |       854.6  |      1211.99 |      1399.99 |
| Railway Board                          |         0    |         3    |     17127.8  |
| Gross Plan                             |     73866.4  |     78796.1  |     91017.2  |
| Credits                                |     25962.6  |     27778.4  |     34547.5  |
| Net Plan                               |     47903.8  |     51017.8  |     56469.7  |

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