Indian Railways - Budget 2020-21 Highlights

Indian Railways - Budget 2020-21 Highlights

·         Financials

Segment	Target (Rs. in Crores)	Percentage
Coaching Earnings	61000	27
Goods Earnings	147000	65
Sundry Earnings	17613	8
Gross Earnings	225613	100

·         Capex - Capital Expenditure - Rs. 1,61,000 Crores

·         Budgetary support - Rs. 70,000 Crores (44% of Total outlay)

·         Freight target - 1265 Million Tonnes

·         Operating Ratio - 96.2 % (2019-20 Revised - 97.5%)

·         Salary payout - Rs. 93,000 Crores (Approx) - 43 % of Total Working Expenses

·         Eliminated unmanned Level Crossings

·         Setting up of large solar power capacity alongside the Rail tracks

·         Redevelopment of 4 Railway Stations .  They are 1. Chandigarh 2. Surat (Gujarat) 3. Anand Vihar (New Delhi) 4. Bijwasan (New Delhi)

·         Already in progress - Habibganj (Bhopal)- WCR - 93 % completed and Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) - WR - 91 % completed

·         150 Passenger trains  - Private players.

·         HSR  - High Speed Rail Project between Mumbai to Ahmedabad - to be complete by 2023

·         Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project -148 Kms - Rs. 18,600 Crores  (20 % equity by Central Govt. and Up to 60 % by External assistance)  - Fares on Metro model  (So don't expect subsidized fares like in other suburbans i.e., Mumbai, Hyderabad etc. )

·         More Tejas type trains

·         Kisan Rail through PPP - for carrying of perishable products like milk, meat,fish etc through Refrigerated coaches attached to Passenger and Goods Trains.

·          Electrification as on 01.04.2019  - Indian Railways Network - in Route Kilo Meters (RKMs)

Total	Broad Gauge	Electrified
69182 RKMs	64298 RKMs (93 % of Total Track)	35488 RKMs ( 55 % of BG Track )

·         Achieve electrification of 27000 kms of track

India - Budget 2020-21

                              (Rs. in Crores)

Segment	Receipts	Expenditure
Revenue	2020926	2630145
Capital	1021304	412085
Total	3042230	3042230