2. RAILWAY BUDGET : HIGHLIGHTS
Operating ratio of 88.8 percent achieved
Dividend reduced from 5 to 4 percent
Electrification of 1,200 km to be completed this year
72 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 18 in
Kolkata
An independent Rail Tariff Authority has been formalised
Diesel price hike added Rs 3,300 crore to fuel bill of
Railways
Railway revenues to show a balance of Rs 12,506 crore
in 2013-14
Planned investment of Rs 63,363 crore for 2013-14,
including Rs 600 crore from PPP route
3. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Operating ratio expected to improve to 87.8 per cent in
2013-14 from 88.8 per cent in the current fiscal
5.2 per cent growth in passenger traffic expected in 2013-14
Railway hopes to end 2013-14 with a balance of Rs 12,506
crore
Rs.100 crore for improving stations in New Delhi
Railways to set up a Debt Service Fund
Freight earning to grow by 9 per cent to Rs 93,554 crore.
Freight target fixed at 1,047 MT for 2013-14, 40 MT over the
current year
4. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Marginal increase in cancellation, reservation charges
No fresh hike in passenger fares
Modest 5-6% hike in passenger fares will add to corpus, and
translate into better amenities
Rs 3,000 crore loan from Finance Ministry re-paid with
interest by Railways this financial year
Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management to be set
up at Secunderabad to train rail officers on a regular basis
Railway Energy Management Company to be set up to
harness solar and wind energy
47,000 vacancies for weaker sections and physically
challenged to be filled up soon
5. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Rs 9000 crore investments expected including Rs 3,800
crore in port connectivity and Rs 800 crore in iron ore mines
connectivity
Allocation of Rs 1,000 crore each made for railway land
development authority and railway station development
authority.
Railways set to enter 1 billion ton freight club of China,
Russia and US
Common rail-bus ticket to be introduced for Katra-
Vaishnodevi pilgrims
New train Azadi Express to places linked with the freedom
struggle to be introduced, fares to be concessional
6. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Internet booking to be provided from 0030 hours to 2330
hours
Internet booking to be strengthened with next-
generation e-ticketing system to eliminate delays
Special A/C coaches ‘Anubhuti’, to be introduced in
select Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains to give excellent
ambience with commensurate fare
Railways will use Aadhar data base for bookings and
validation of passengers
SMS alert service being rolled out shortly to intimate
passengers about reservation status
7. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Free wi-fi facility to be provided in select trains
Plan to allow e-ticketing via mobile phones
Railway committed to bring marked change in passenger
amenities
Seventeen bridges identified for repair
Smoke and fire detection system envisaged
Railways to set up six more Rail Neer bottling plants
10% reservation for women in RPF
Presence of women in RPF to go up
Plan for elephant corridor safety
8. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Fall in accidents — per million accidents down from .41 to
.13
There has been significant drop in train accidents
Corporate safety plan proposed
Railway safety fund inadequate
Rs. 95,000 crore shortfall, meeting this shortfall will mean a
paradigm shift
Rs 1 lakh crore to be raised from public-private partnership,
Rs 1.05 lakh crore through internal resources in the 12th
Plan
12th Plan railway size to be Rs 5.19 lakh crore, with gross
budgetary support of Rs 1.94 lakh crore
9. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
Steep increase in input costs have been met with hike in
Freight rates: Bansal
Railways powerful vehicle driving the growth of the country:
Bansal
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presents his maiden
budget in Parliament
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal arrives in Parliament
to present his maiden budget.