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1INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2007-08

Welfare, Development andEmpowerment of Women 57

Facilities to Persons withDisabilities 58

Security 60

Vigilance 61

Promoting Hindi 63

North Eastern Region 64

Railway Engineers Regiments(Territorial Army) 66

Public Relations 67

Undertakings andother Organisations 68

Advisory Boards 77

Glossary 78

Summary of Audit Observationsprovided by C & AG 80

Financial Statements andOperating Statistics 91

ContentsOrganisation Structure 2

Apex Management 3

Review–Prospects 5

Finance 8

Freight Operation 13

Passenger Business 19

Planning 25

Engineering 26

Electrification 31

Signal and Telecom 32

Safety 35

Rolling Stock 39

Materials Management 43

Research and Development 45

Managing the Environment 48

Personnel 49

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ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS

MINISTER OF STATEFOR RAILWAYS-MSR(A)

MINISTER OF STATEFOR RAILWAYS-MSR(M)

RAILWAY BOARD

ZONAL RAILWAYS PRODUCTION UNITS OTHER UNITSPUBLIC SECTORUNDERTAKINGS/

CORPORATIONS, ETC.

(As on 8th June, 2009)

MEMBERELECTRICAL

FINANCIALCOMMISSIONER

MEMBERMECHANICAL

MEMBERTRAFFIC

MEMBERENGINEERING

MEMBERSTAFF

GENERAL MANAGERS

CHITTARANJANLOCOMOTIVE WORKS

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVEWORKS

INTEGRAL COACHFACTORY

RAIL COACH FACTORY

RAIL WHEEL FACTORY

CAO (R)*

CENTRALORGANISATION FORMODERNISATION OFWORKSHOPS

DIESEL LOCOMODERNISATIONWORKS

GENERAL MANAGERS

CENTRALORGANISATIONFOR RAILWAYELECTRIFICATION

METRO RLY.,KOLKATA

NF RAILWAY(CONSTRUCTION)

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

RAILWAY STAFF COLLEGE

DIRECTOR - GENERAL &EX. OFFICIOGENERAL MANAGER

RDSO

GENERAL MANAGERS

CENTRAL

EASTERN

EAST CENTRAL

EAST COAST

NORTHERN

NORTH CENTRAL

NORTH EASTERN

NORTHEAST FRONTIER

NORTH WESTERN

SOUTHERN

SOUTH CENTRAL

SOUTH EASTERN

SOUTH EAST CENTRAL

SOUTH WESTERN

WESTERN

WEST CENTRAL

CONCOR

CRIS

DFCCIL

IRCON

IRCTC

IRFC

KRC

MRVC

RCIL

RITES

RLDA

RVNL

Bharat Wagon &Enginering Co. Ltd.

DIRECTOR-GENERALRLY. HEALTH SERVICES

DIRECTOR-GENERALRPF

SECRETARYESTT. ADMN.

MATTERS MATTERS

* Chief Administrative Officer (Railways)

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CHAIRMANRAILWAY BOARD


Apex ManagementMinister of Railways Mamata Banerjee

Ministers of State for Railways E. AhamedK. H. Muniyappa

Members, Railway BoardChairman S. S. Khurana

Financial Commissioner Sowmya RaghavanMember Electrical Sukhbir Singh

Member Engineering Rakesh ChopraMember Mechanical Praveen Kumar

Member Staff A. K. GoyalMember Traffic Shri Prakash

Secretary K. B. L. MittalDirector-General

Railway Health Services V. K. RamtekeRailway Protection Force Ranjit Sinha

General Managers, Zonal RailwaysCentral B. B. ModgilEastern Deepak Krishan

East Central Girish BhatnagarEast Coast A. K. Jain*

Northern Vivek SahaiNorth Central Sudesh KumarNorth Eastern U. C. D. Shreni

Northeast Frontier Ashutosh SwamiNorth Western Ashok Gupta

Southern M. S. Jayanth*South Central Kuldeep Chaturvedi*South Eastern A.K. Jain

South East Central N. S. KasturiranganSouth Western Kuldeep Chaturvedi

Western R. N. VermaWest Central V. K. Manglik

General Managers, Production UnitsChittaranjan Locomotive Works V. Shanker

Diesel Locomotive Works S. M. BhardwajIntegral Coach Factory M. S. Jayanth

Rail Wheel Factory R. K. UpadhyayRail Coach Factory Pradeep Kumar

General Managers. Construction UnitsMetro Railway, Kolkata V. N. Tripathi

Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction) Shiv KumarCentral Organisation for Railway Electrification G. R. Vij

Director-GeneralRailway Staff College A. K. Vohra

Director-General & Ex-Officio General ManagerResearch, Designs and Standards Organisation H.S. Pannu

Chief Administrative Officers (Railways)Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshop K. D. Mainrai

Diesel Loco Modernisation Works A. K. Malhotra* Looking after. (As on 8th June, 2009)

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Review-ProspectsResults : 2007-08

Financial PerformanceThe year ended with an excess of Rs.13,431.09 crore,

out of which Rs.2,359.00 crore were appropriated toDevelopment Fund and Rs.11,072.09 crore appropriated toCapital Fund.

Freight OperationsThe originating revenue loading was 793.89 million tonnes

excluding loading of Konkan Railway in 2007-08 comparedto 727.75 million tonnes in the previous year. The transportoutput in terms of revenue net tonne kms. (NTKms.) was521.37 billion in 2007-08 compared to 480.99 billion in2006-07. Earnings from freight traffic (excluding miscellaneousgoods earnings) was Rs.46,425.49 crore – up byRs.5,352.28 crore (13.03%) from the previous year.

Passenger BusinessDuring 2007-08, the number of passengers carried was

6,524 million compared to 6,219 million in 2006-07 thusregistering an increase of 4.9%. Passenger kilometers whichis the product of the number of passengers carried and averagedistance traversed was 770 billion, up by 11 % from 695billion in the previous year. Passenger earnings increased byRs.2,607.3 crore (15.2%) compared to 2006-07.

Engineering WorksDuring the year, 156 kms. of new lines were constructed

and 1,549 kms. of track was converted to broad gauge.4,002 kms. of track renewal was carried out in 2007-08 asagainst 4,686 kms. in the previous year.

Electrification502 kms. of route length was electrified during 2007-08.

Safety, Signal and TelecomThere were 193 consequential train accidents during 2007-

08 excluding 1 accident each during 2007-08 and 2006-07on Konkan Railway. Train accidents per million train kms.on IR came down from 0.22 in 2006-07 to 0.21 in 2007-08. Telephones were provided additionally at 203 mannedlevel crossings. As a step towards improving passenger


amenities, Public Address System at 3,133 stations, TrainIndication Boards at 1,055 stations and Coach GuidanceBoards at 235 stations have been installed.

Operating EfficiencySome important efficiency indices for 2007-08 compared

to 2006-07 were as follows:Efficiency Index Broad Gauge Metre Gauge

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Net tonne kms. per wagon per day *3,238 3,539 314 303Speed (kmph) of all goods trains (all traction) 24.9 25.4 15.2 14.5Percentage of loaded to total wagon kms. *65.0 65.4 50.6 50.1Net load per goods train (tones) 1,588 1,607 523 663Net tonne kms. per engine hour 18,946 19,433 2,991 3,076Passenger vehicle kms. per vehicle per day 501 510 221 189* revised

Materials ManagementMaterials Management on IR is being progressively

revamped with a view to reduce costs, storage, handling,insurance and dividend charges. Turn Over Ratio in terms ofvalue of inventories to value of materials consumed was 14%(without fuel) and 12% (with fuel) during 2007-08 as comparedto 13% (without fuel) and 10% (with fuel) during last year.The disposal of condemned Rolling Stock and scrap arisingswas monitored closely.

Managing the EnvironmentEfforts continued to bring down the adverse effects of

railway activities on the environment through adoption ofcleaner technologies, energy conservation measures,afforestation on vacant railway land, etc. Concerted efforts toeliminate the use of wooden sleepers, adoption of energy-efficient technologies, etc. were some of the major initiativesin managing the environment.

Human Resource DevelopmentA number of initiatives were taken to improve the quality

of training programmes for railway employees in order toimprove productivity.

Industrial Relations and PersonnelAs on 31st March, 2008, IR had 13,94,520 regular

employees as against 13,97,610 as on 31st March, 2007 –a decrease of 3,090.

Industrial relations remained cordial during 2007-08.Productivity Linked Bonus equivalent to 73 days’ wages was


paid to all Group B (non-gazetted), C and D employees for2007-08. RPF/RPSF personnel belonging to Group C andD categories received an ad hoc bonus equivalent to 30 days’wages.

Staff WelfareIR’s welfare schemes cover a wide spectrum of activities,

viz., educational facilities and assistance to the children ofrailway employees, handicraft centres for augmenting familyincome, financial assistance in sickness, subsidized housingand canteen facilities at work places and medical cover foremployees and their families during service and afterretirement.

Performance : 2008-09Passenger Business

During April-December of 2008-09, the number oforiginating passengers on IR was 5,320 million, vis-a-vis 4,990million during the corresponding period of 2007-08,registering an increase of 6.6%. The passenger earnings duringthis period was Rs.16,122.02 crore – up by Rs.1,681.09crore (11.64%) compared to the earnings during thecorresponding period of last year.

Freight OperationLoading of revenue-earning traffic in the period April-

December of 2008-09 compared to the corresponding periodof the previous year, was as under :-

(Million tonnes)Commodity April-December April-December

2007-08 2008-09Coal 245.26 266.23Raw material for steel plants 40.35 40.57Pig iron and finished steel from steel plants *16.02 15.01Iron ore for export 38.28 32.65Cement 56.99 62.08Foodgrains *25.66 24.43Fertilizers (Chemical manures) *28.09 32.77P.O.L. (Mineral Oils) *26.68 28.95Balance other goods *94.92 103.96Total revenue earning traffic *572.25 606.75* revised

Total freight earnings (including ‘Other goods earnings’such as wharfage, demurrage, etc.) in the first 9 months (April-December) of 2008-09 stood at Rs. 38,093.29 crore whichshows an increase of Rs. 4,646.14 croce (13.89%) over theearnings in the corresponding period of the previous year.


FinanceResults for 2007-08

Gross traffic receipts of the Railways went up fromRs.62,731.50 crore in 2006-07 to Rs.71,720.06 crore in2007-08. Total working expenses increased from Rs.49,046.53crore in 2006-07 to Rs.54,462.17 crore in 2007-08. Aftertaking into account the miscellaneous transactions, the netrevenue receipts were at Rs.18,334.02 crore.

After meeting the dividend liability, the year ended with anexcess of Rs.13,431.09 crore, from which Rs.2,359.00 croreand Rs.11,072.09 crore were appropriated to DevelopmentFund and Capital Fund respectively.

The financial results for 2007-08, compared to2006-07, are summarised as below:

(Rs. in crore)2006-07 2007-08 Variation

Capital-at-charge(excluding MTPs and Circular Railway,Udhampur-Baramula project andappropriation to SRSF) 58,145.14 63,980.81 (+) 5,835.67Investment from Capital Fund 17,885.55 24,540.33 (+) 6,654.78Total 76,030.69 88,521.14 (+)12,490.45Gross Traffic Receipts 62,731.50 71,720.06 (+) 8,988.56Total Working Expenses 49,046.53 54,462.17 (+) 5,415.64Net Traffic Receipts 13,684.97 17,257.89 (+) 3,572.92Miscellaneous Receipts (Net) 768.16 1,076.13 (+) 307.97Net Revenue Receipts 14,453.13 18,334.02 (+) 3,880.89Dividend payable toGeneral Revenues 4,246.81 4,902.93 (+) 656.12Excess(+)/Shortfall(-) (+) 10,206.32 (+)13,431.09 (+) 3,224.77Percentage of:(a) Working Expenses to

Gross Earnings 78.68 75.94 (–) 2.74(b) Net Revenue to Capital-at-charge

& investment from Capital Fund 19.01 20.71 (+) 1.70Capital-at-charge* (in paise) per NTKm 143 154 (+) 11* Includes investment from Capital Fund.

RevenueThe gross traffic receipts went up by Rs.8,988.56 crore

(14.33%) over the previous year. The break-up in terms of majorsources is given in Statement IA of Financial Statements.

Passenger earnings formed 27.7% of the gross earnings,of which 8.22% was from suburban services, 74.01% fromexpress long distance and 17.77% from ordinary short distancetraffic. Bulk freight like coal, ores, iron & steel, cement,foodgrains, fertilisers, POL products, limestone, dolomite, stones

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other than marble, salt and sugar contributed 87.9% of thetotal goods earnings, while general merchandise accounted for10%. Miscellaneous realisation like demurrage, wharfage,shunting and siding charges etc. made up the remaining 2.1%.

Working ExpensesThe total working expenses during 2007-08 were Rs.

54,462.17 crore – an increase of Rs.5,415.64 crore over2006-07. The increase was due to:

(i) increase in staff cost;(ii) higher cost of fuel and other inputs; and(iii) incremental expenditure for moving traffic.Grant-wise distribution of working expenses is given in

Statements IB and IC of Financial Statements.Total wage bill of staff (open line) in 2007-08 (excluding

pensionary benefits) totalled Rs.18,565.00 crore or 45.24%of ordinary working expenses (excluding appropriation to DRFand Pension Fund), while fuel accounted for 29.61%, andother materials and services 25.15%. Number of open linestaff decreased by 0.22%.

Balance SheetA summary of the balance sheet as on March 31, 2008

and variation over 2006-07, is as follows:(Rs. in crore)

As on Variation overMarch 31, 2008 previous year

Block Assets 1,51,434.35 21,265.64Funds with CentralGovernment:(i) Reserve Funds 22,279.34(ii) Banking Accounts 20,590.62

42,869.96 7,785.94Sundry Debtors, etc. 1,949.77 (-) 22.37Cash in hand 761.37 248.90

1,97,015.45 29,278.11Represented by:Capital-at-charge *68,614.95Investment financed frominternal sources, etc. 82,819.40 1,51,434.35 21,265.64Reserve Funds 22,279.34 5,749.57Banking Accounts:(i) Provident Fund 13,746.48 953.42(ii) Misc. Deposits 6,421.42 1,122.92(iii) F. Loan & Advances 422.72 20,590.62 (-) 39.97Sundry Creditors, etc. 2,711.14 226.53

1,97,015.45 29,278.11* Excludes Rs.4,652.14 crore for MTPs and Rs.477.95 crore for Circular

Railways and Rs.11,954 crore appropriation to SRSF. Includes Rs.4,634.14 crorefor Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula project (National Investment).


Deferred Dividend LiabilityThis is a Contingent Liability and does not appear in the

balance sheet.(i) From April 1, 1978 onwards

In keeping with the recommendations of the RailwayConvention Committee (1977), it was decided that the shortfallin the payment of current dividend in those years in which netrevenue was not adequate to meet the liability for current dividend,would be treated as Deferred Dividend Liability bearing no interest.

The Deferred Dividend Liability from 1978-79 onwardsaggregated to Rs.341.99 crore by the end of March 1992, whichwas, however, liquidated in 1992-93.

At the end of 2007-08, the cumulative Deferred DividendLiability became nil after payment of Deferred Dividend Liabilityof Rs.664.00 crore during 2007-08.(ii) On New Lines

The Railway Convention Committee allows a moratorium onpayment of dividend on investments in new lines during the periodof construction and for the first 5 years after it is opened to traffic;cumulative dividend is payable when the line shows surplus aftermeeting current dividend liability. The account of accumulateddividend liability, if any, is closed after 20 years, extinguishingsuch unliquidated liability. The amount of this liability stood atRs.5,974.58 crore as on March 31, 2008.

Capital-at-chargeThe Capital-at-charge, mainly comprising Tracks & Bridges

(Rs.28,339.42 crore), Rolling Stock (Rs.11,049.77 crore),Buildings and Structures including Land (Rs.11,338.73 crore)and Machinery & Plant (Rs.9,513.27 crore), invested inthe Railways by the Central Government stood atRs.63,980.81 crore at the end of 2007-08 – an accretionof Rs.5,835.67 crore over the previous year. This is exclusiveof the capital invested in Metropolitan Transport Projects (MTPs)(Rs.4,252.56 crore) and Circular Railways (Rs.475.46 crore) andamount transferred to SRSF (Rs.10,789.00 crore) and capitalinvested on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula line (Rs.3,737.75crore). This is inclusive of Rs.6,026.83 crore of PUs.

Railway Capital FundIn pursuance of the recommendations of Railway Convention

Committee (1991), as contained in their Second Report, RailwayCapital Fund has come into operation from 1992-93.Appropriation to the Fund is from Revenue Surplus and is intendedto finance expenditure on assets of capital nature. Investmentmade from the Fund up to 2007-08 was Rs.17,885.55 crore.


Reserve Fund BalancesAs per recommendations of Railway Convention Committee

(1991), contained in their Second Report, the two existing funds,viz. Accident Compensation, Safety & Passenger AmenitiesFund and Revenue Reserve Fund, have been restructuredto accommodate expenditure on Safety and PassengerAmenity Works. Balance of the abolished Funds has,therefore, been merged with Development Fund.

The position of the Funds as on March 31, 2008 comparedto March 31, 2007 is as follows:

(Rs. in crore)Balance Contribution With- Balance

as on to Fund drawals as onName of the Fund 1.4.2007 during during 31.3.2008

2007-08 2007-08Depreciation Reserve Fund 3,729.11 5,803.17 5,774.93 3,757.35Pension Fund 1,801.09 8,219.86 7,953.20 2,067.75Development Fund 3,111.17 2,629.64 2,075.17 3,665.64Capital Fund 5,312.73 11,592.83 6,819.35 10,086.21Railway Safety Fund 1,910.75 727.26 533.35 2,104.66Spl. Railway Safety Fund 829.49 1,165.00 1,396.75 597.74Total 16,694.34 30,137.76 24,552.75 22,279.35

The total balance in the Reserve Funds as on March 31, 2008was Rs.22,279.35 crore, representing an increase ofRs.5,584.98 crore over the previous year.

Cash FlowFinance generated through IR's internal resources provided

Rs.26,931.43 crore during 2007-08.The details of internal resource generation and utilisation of

funds for financing the Plan outlay are shown in Statement IV ofFinancial Statements. During 2007-08, the total Plan investmentwas Rs.26,931.43 crore (excluding MTPs & Circular Railwaysand amount transferred to SRSF). This was financed fromBudgetary Support to the extent of Rs.5,670.66 crore (exclusiveof capital invested on MTPs & Circular Railways amounting toRs.402.50 crore and contribution to SRSF amounting Rs.1,165.00 crore and Rs.896.39 crore invested on Dividend freeproject Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula). The correspondingposition during 2006-07 was that out of a total Plan investmentof Rs.23,210.61 crore (excluding MTPs & Circular Railways andamount transferred to SRSF), the financing from BudgetarySupport was Rs.5,091.75 crore (exclusive of capital invested onMTPs & Circular Railways amounting to Rs.247.46 crore andRs.1,365.00 crore transferred to SRSF) and Rs.850.00 croreinvested on Dividend free project Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula.The balance of the Plan investment was met from internal andextra-budgetary resources. During 2007-08, an increase of the


fund balance was also resorted to the tune of Rs.5,749.56 croreto finance the Plan expenditure.

Audit ObjectionsIR had a total of 1,881 Audit Notes Part I, 1,420 Special Letters

and 4,228 Audit Inspection Reports as on March 31, 2008 ascompared to 1,744, 1,350 and 3,978 outstanding respectivelyat the end of March 31, 2007.

IR has a well-structured system of ensuring discussion anddisposal of all audit objections, inspection reports, draft paras, etc.Tripartite meetings are held at various levels involving the Audit,Accounts and Executive Departments. The draft paras are alsodiscussed at the highest levels between Railway Board and theAudit Department and based on the replies given, many of themget closed.

Summary of Audit Observations on the working of Ministryof Railways, as provided by C&AG for the year, is attached as anAnnexure.

Financial arrangement between the Railways and the GovernmentOn the recommendations of the Acworth Committee, the

Railway Finances were separated from the General Finances in1924-25. Since then, the financial arrangements between theRailways and the Central Government are periodically reviewedby a Parliamentary Committee known as the Railway ConventionCommittee.

With the formation of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha, a newRailway Convention Committee (2004) was constituted inSeptember, 2004. The Committee has so far (upto September,2008) submitted nine reports to the Parliament, out of which fivewere on ‘Rate of Dividend and other ancillary matters’.

A Public Sector Undertaking known as "Indian Railway FinanceCorporation Ltd. (IRFC)", was set up under the administrativecontrol of the Ministry of Railways in 1986 with the object of raisingmoney through borrowings from domestic and internationalmarkets. Such funds are being utilized by the Corporation tofinance procurement of rolling stock assets which have commercialearning potential and contribute to capital formation. During2007-08, IRFC has financed the acquisition of 177 electric and175 diesel locomotives, 3,376 wagons, 1,836 coaches havingtotal asset value of Rs.4,605 crore. With this, IRFC has so farfinanced the acquisition of 2,097 electric and 2,015 diesellocomotives, 1,24,028 wagons, 27,652 coaches, 81 trackmachines and 4 cranes, with a combined asset value of Rs.44,116crore. Induction of these rolling stocks into the system has enabledIR to modernize its fleet and improve productivity. The leasecharges of Rs.3,830 crore paid to IRFC during 2007-08 againstthe above rolling stock assets under lease from IRFC, constituteabout 5.34% of the Gross Traffic Receipts in the year.


Freight OperationIn 2007-08 IR loaded 804.11 million tonnes of freight

traffic of which 793.89 million tonnes was revenue-earningand 10.22 million tonnes non-revenue-earning, and achievedtotal net tonne kilometres (NTKMs) of 523.20 billion as against483.42 billion in 2006-07. The freight earnings went up fromRs.41,073.21 crore in 2006-07 to Rs.46,425.49 crore in2007-08, registering a growth of 11.53%.

Commodity-wise loading of revenue earning traffic was asfollows:

Tonnes carried*2006-07 (Millions)Coal( i ) for steel plants 35.40(ii) for washeries 2.12(ii i ) for thermal power houses 214.88(iv) for other public users 60.93Total 313.33Raw material to steel plants 53.22Pig iron and finished steelfrom steel plants 21.04Iron ore for export 38.84Cement 73.13Foodgrains 41.84Fertilizers (Chemical manures) 34.27POL (Mineral oils) 35.23Balance other goods 116.85Total 727.752007-08Coal( i ) for steel plants 35.48(ii) for washeries 0.92(ii i ) for thermal power houses 238.93(iv) for public use 61.50Total 336.83Raw material for steel plants except iron ore 11.18Pig iron and finished steel( i ) from steel plants 20.75(ii) from other points 5.04Total 25.79Iron ore( i ) for export 53.74(ii) for steel plants 43.61(ii i ) for other domestic users 39.34Total 136.69Cement 78.99Foodgrains 38.23Fertilizers 35.83Mineral Oil (POL) 35.88Container service( i ) Domestic containers 3.74(ii) EXIM containers 17.39Total 21.13Balance other goods 73.34Total 793.89* Excludes loading on Konkan Railway.

Note : Consequent upon the regrouping of certain commodi-ties from 2007-08, figures are not strictly comparable for all com-modities.


Revenue-earning freight traffic for major bulk commodities/commodity groups in 2007-08 compared with 2006-07 was as follows:Commodity/ Tonnes originating Net tonne RevenueCommodity (million) kms. (million) (Rs. in crore)group

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Coal 313.33 336.83 191,542 208,489 15,886.61 17,567.20Ores 121.74 136.69 47,352 54,068 5,668.67 7,189.98Cement 73.13 78.99 41,094 43,207 3,649.10 3,900.41P.O.L.(Mineral oils) *35.23 35.88 *24,719 23,405 *3,037.57 2,936.41Foodgrains 41.84 38.23 47,851 46,865 3,071.46 3,212.67Fertilisers (Chem-ical manures) *34.27 35.83 *25,473 25,808 *1,792.07 1,896.16Iron & steel 27.04 25.79 26,636 25,070 2,600.67 2,627.44Limestone &dolomite 12.70 14.14 6,983 9,322 721.14 909.38Stones (incl. Gypsum)other than marble 13.22 10.67 6,554 3,154 590.65 373.19Salt 4.63 4.62 6,613 6,063 380.14 375.92Sugar 3.68 5.98 4,421 6,471 273.20 437.90Total *680.81 723.65 *429,238 451,922 *37,671.28 41,426.66Commodities otherthan above *46.94 70.24 51,755 69,450 3,401.93 4,998.83Grand total 727.75 793.89 480,993 521,372 * *41,073.21 **46,425.49**Excludes ‘other goods earnings’ such as wharfage, demurrage, etc. *revised

Trends of revenue-earning freight traffic for the last 3 years are as follows:

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Tonnes originating (millions) 666.51 727.75 793.89Net tonne kms. (millions) 439,596 480,993 521,372Average lead (kms.) 660 661 657Goods earnings @(Rs. in crore) 35,534.69 41,073.21 46,425.49@Excludes ‘other goods earnings’ such as wharfage, demurrage, etc.


Freight Rates:There was no across-the-board increase in freight rates.

However, the process of rationalization of freight tariff struc-ture was continued.

The highest class was reduced from class-220 to class-210.The total number of classes were accordingly, brought down to16. Array of the 16 classes is as under :Low Rated Tariff Lines General Tariff LinesLR4 100 140 180LR3 110 150 190LR2 120 160 200LR1 130 170 210

Classification of all Minerals and Ores except Gypsum in-cluding Limestone and Dolomite was reduced to class-160.

10% busy route surcharge on Iron Ores booked to sidingsand goods sheds serving ports was discontinued. Congestioncharge of 21% on Iron Ore traffic booked to sidings and goodssheds serving ports was levied.

Wagonload class rates were assigned, under a slab structure,asunder:

Trainload class Wagonload classUp to class LR1 Class 120Above class LR1 and up to class 200 One class higher or class

150, whichever is higherClass 210 Class 210

MG and NG System: The wagonload class of all commodi-ties was one class higher than their respective trainload classwhen loaded on Metre Gauge and Narrow Gauge system. How-ever, for the commodites in highest class, the wagonload classremained the same as trainload class.

Freight Marketing:Development of Rail-side Warehouses:

With a view to provide seamless door-to-door transporta-tion, IR and Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) initi-ated a pilot project at White Field Satellite Goods Terminal atBangalore in February, 2002. Under this project, CWC hadbuilt state-of-the-art warehouses along the railway track ingoods yards. It also provided ancillary facilities in the inte-grated goods sheds complex.

Encouraged by customers’ response to the facilities at WhiteField, IR and CWC entered into an MoU on 20.12.2003 todevelop rail side warehouses at 22 other locations on the same Unloading of iron ore at Chandil.


lines. Rail-side warehouses have since become functional at 11locations.

Liberalization of Siding Rules:To clear bottlenecks in functioning of sidings and remove ir-

ritants to siding owners, siding rules were further liberalized. Thebroad features of the scheme for siding rules are as follows:(i) The concept of assisted siding has been revived. Under this con-

cept, IR share the cost of new siding if the industry comes upwith a long terms commitment of traffic for 10 years or morecommensurate with the investment of IR.

(ii) Capital cost of additional traffic facility works will be borne by IR.(iii) The overhead charges of the Railways have been rationalised and

reduced.(iv) In all private sidings, except the cost of one commercial staff per

shift, cost of all other railway staff will be borne by Railways. How-ever, in case of siding working on EOL system, cost of all staff willbe borne by the Railways.

(v) Electrification of the old sidings, in case having above 14% ROR,will be done by the Railways and electrification of new sidings willbe done by the siding owner. However, maintenance of OverHead Equipment will be done at railway’s cost.

Liberalized Wagon Investment Scheme (LWIS):In view of the prospective increase in freight traffic, IR has

introduced Liberalised Wagon Investment Scheme based on PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) model to cater to the increased de-mand for wagons. LWIS allows investment by private investorsin Special Purpose Wagons (SPW) and High Capacity Wagons(HCW). For the purpose of LWIS, SPW are wagons designedfor rail transportation of a specific commodity or group of com-modities to operate on specific routes or close circuits approvedby IR. HCW are wagons with payload which is atleast 2 tonneshigher than the pay load of existing similar wagons on IR. Endusers (viz., producers, manufacturers and consumers of goods)are permitted to procure wagons under LWIS. Under LWIS,transport of coal and coke, ores and minerals including iron oreare not allowed. Each rake procured by investor will have an as-sociated loading and unloading point(s) over specific route(s) orclose circuit(s) as approved by IR. SPW and HCW procured un-der this scheme will not be merged in wagon pool of IR. ForSPW, investor will necessarily need to have a private siding orterminal at either end of the approved close circuit.

In case of HCW with payload of 2 tonnes or more than payCoal washery at Sudamdih of Adra

Division, South Eastern Railway.

Freight train passing throughChaibasa.


load of existing similar wagons freight concession of 12% for20 years on each loading will be granted. An additional freightconcession of 0.5% will be granted for each additional tonne ofpayload. In case of SPW operating in approved close circuits afreight concession of 15% for 20 years on each loading is avail-able. Maintenance of wagons will be undertaken by IR on pay-ment as per agreements to be executed with the investor.

Wagon Leasing Scheme (WLS)This scheme has been launched to introduce the concept of

leasing of railway wagons on IR just as Aeroplanes, Ships, Roadtrucks, etc. are taken on lease. The scheme aims at induction ofrakes through PPP route with the participation of private sec-tor. High Capacity Wagons (HCW), Special Purpose Wagons(SPW) and wagons for container movement are permitted forleasing under this scheme. Rakes will be procured from wagonmanufacturers or through import subject to compliance of IRSspecifications and mandatory inspections by IR.

The Wagon Leasing Company (WLC) may lease HCW andSPW to end users and Container Flats to operators (coveredunder concession to run container trains on IR). Bilateral con-tract between WLC and lessee will be permitted under the schemeand WLC will have rights of substitution of lease. Freight con-cession and other benefits under Liberalized Wagon InvestmentScheme (LWIS) will be made available to lessees for movementof traffic in HCW or SPW trains.

Terminal Development Scheme (TDS):To address capacity constraints in the wake of unprecendented

growth of freight traffic, a new scheme namely Terminal Devel-opment Scheme (TDS) has been launched. This scheme envis-ages development of new railway terminal through investmentfrom private sector. End users, PSUs or their authorized agen-cies are permitted to develop terminals under TDS. Two typesof terminals are covered under the scheme, viz.,

* Terminal for bulk commodities - for cement, fly ash andfertilizer transported in loose condition in privately ownedspecial purpose wagons.

* Terminals for finished product - for iron and steel, baggedcement and bagged fertilizer in railway wagons.

Under TDS, state-of-the-art private terminals are to be devel-oped under the extant siding policy primarily on private landwhere no bidding or traffic guarantee is required. Railway mayallot surplus railway land for 30 years lease extendable by

A view of coal loading at Barabani,Eastern Railway.


10 years, on the basis of competitive bidding and commitmentfor minimum guaranteed volume of traffic.

For Terminals for bulk commodities, the terminal developershall be granted freight concession of 15% for a period of 20years on each loading of a new rake of SPW procured underLWIS. In addtion, there will be waiver of busy season surchargeand terminal charge. For Terminals for finished products, therewill be waiver of busy season surcharge for a period of 20 yearsand terminal charge.

Leasing of Parcel space:With a view to provide value-added service to the rail custom-

ers and thereby increase Railway’s earnings through parcel traf-fic, IR has introduced the scheme for leasing of parcel space inthe Brakevans (SLRs), Assistant Guard’s Cabin (AGC) and Par-cel Vans (VPHs) of passenger carrying trains. Under this scheme,parcel space is leased out to private operators by inviting bidsthrough open tenders.

To encourage leasing to the maximum possible extent, re-serve price for leasing of parcel space in Brake Vans/ParcelVans/Assistant Guard’s Cabin has been kept attractive and real-istic. For leasing of parcel space of the Parcel Vans on round tripbasis, instead of two times of actual freight, the reserve price hasbeen kept 1.25 times the single journey freight at Scale-P for alldestinations (except Northeast Frontier Railway) and 1.65 timesthe single journey freight at Scale-P for destinations of North-east Frontier Railway. This policy has improved the utilizationof Parcel Vans and has helped in increasing parcel traffic.

Claims:IR paid Rs.9.85 crore as claim compensation in the year

2007-08 as compared to Rs.14.71 crore paid in previous year2006-07. The number of claims received by Railways was0.42 lakh in 2005-06, 0.33 lakh in 2006-07 and 0.28 lakh in2007-08.


Passenger BusinessThe profile of passenger traffic in 2007-08 is outlined

below: Suburban Non-suburban

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Passengers originating(millions) 3,514 3,689 2,705 2,835Passenger kilometres(millions) 111,897 119,842 582,867 650,114Average lead(kilometres) 31.8 32.5 215.5 229.3Earnings(Rs. in crore) @1,427.42 @1,569.56 15,748.58 18,213.69Average rate perpassenger kilometre(paise) 12.76 13.10 27.02 28.02@Excludes earnings of Rs.48.54 crore and Rs.60.92 crore in 2006-07and 2007-08 respectively pertaining to Metro Railway, Kolkata.

The overall trend of passenger traffic in the last three years wasas follows :

Total Suburban and Non-suburban2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Passenger earnings@(Rs. in crore) 15,080.8 17,176.0 19,783.3Passenger journeys(millions) 5,725 6,219 6,524Passenger kilometres(millions) 615,614 694,764 769,956Average lead(kilometres) 107.5 111.7 118.0@ Excludes earnings of Rs.45.23 crore, Rs.48.54 crore and Rs.60.92 crore in2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 respectively pertaining to Metro Railway,Kolkata.

Fare StructureNo recourse was made to increase the passenger fares during

2007-08.A Variable Fare Scheme was introduced under Dynamic

Pricing Policy. Discounts in fares at the rates indicated below weregiven in various classes of travel under this scheme: Class Busy Season Lean SeasonAC First 3% 6%AC 2-Tier 2% 4%AC 3-Tier (81 berths)* 4% 8%AC 3-Tier (64 berths) Nil NilAC CC (102 seats)* 4% 8%New Sleeper Coaches (84 berths)* 4% 4%Sleeper Class (72 berths) Nil Nil* New Coaches

However, in popular trains, so notified, class-wise discounts asindicated for Busy Season were applied throughout the year. BusySeason and Lean Season were notified as follows:Lean Season 15th January to 15th April and

15th July to 15th SeptemberBusy Season 16th April to 14th July and

16th September to 14th January.


Additionally, supplementary charges for Superfast Trains forSecond Class was reduced from Rs.10 to Rs.8.

A scheme of Tourist Ticket was introduced for unlimited travelover Mumbai suburban area as a pilot project. The fares forSecond Class Tourist Ticket was notified as under:-

1 Day Rs. 40.003 Days Rs. 75.005 Days Rs. 90.00

Tourist Ticket for First Class was charged 4 times the SecondClass Tourist Ticket fares.

Daily ticket fares for Non-Suburban Second Class Ordinarytrains and Non-Superfast Mail/Express trains were reduced byRe.1 per passenger.

Ticketless TravelDuring 2007-08, 16.73 lakh checks were conducted against

ticketless/irregular travel (including carriage of unbooked luggage).About 138.38 lakh cases were detected and Rs.296.17 crorerealised on this account.

PunctualityThe punctuality of Mail/Express trains (arriving at destinations

on right time) was 91.9% on BG and 99.4% on MG.Unit Revenue

The average earning per passenger kilometre rose from24.72 paise in 2006-07 to 25.69 paise in 2007-08. Averagerevenue for different classes, was as follows:

Earnings per Earnings per passenger kilometre passenger journey

(Paise) (Rs.)2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08

Suburban(All classes) 12.8 13.1 4.1 4.3Non-Suburban:AC 1st Class 246.9 237.7 1,471.4 1,462.7AC Sleeper 124.9 130.0 859.7 969.4AC 3-Tier 91.5 97.1 606.0 695.3Ist Class 71.0 75.2 184.6 209.6AC Chair Car 75.8 76.6 336.3 326.5Sleeper Class: (i) Mail/Express 31.8 32.0 214.0 231.1 (ii) Ordinary 23.3 25.0 110.4 86.5Second Class: (i) Mail/Express 23.7 23.9 90.3 97.8 (ii) Ordinary 15.3 15.4 17.0 17.4Total Non-Suburban 27.0 28.0 58.2 64.2

Passenger Service ImprovementsDuring the year IR introduced 192 new trains (single),

extended the run of 117 trains (single) and increased the


frequency of 56 trains (single) in non-suburban segment. Forsuburban/local passengers, 162 trains (single) were introducedand the run of 19 trains (single) were extended. Besides, IR alsointroduced 6 MEMU & 10 DMU/DEMU services and extendedthe run of 8 MEMU & 10 DEMU services. Also, the frequenciesof 12 DMU services were increased.

Catering ServicesCatering services were provided through approximately

11,304 static catering units and on 255 pairs of trains throughpantry cars. 42 trains were serviced through train side vending.Departmental catering units under Zonal Railways and IRCTCwere 19 and 1,302 respectively. Private licencees under ZonalRailways and IRCTC operated 3,620 and 6,363 catering unitsrespectively.

More Food Plazas/Fast Food Units, Automatic VendingMachines (AVMs), etc. were opened at stations. So far, 662 AVMsand 53 Food Plazas and Fast Food Units have been opened atrailway stations.

Sales turnover of departmental catering units during2007-08 was Rs.145.16 crore as against Rs.175.41 crore inthe previous year. Licence fees realised from the catering/vendingcontractors were Rs.155.96 crore in 2007-08 as againstRs.116.22 crore during 2006-07.

TourismMinistry of Railways started several important initiatives to

promote tourism. These include introduction of new tourist serviceson popular circuits in the country and one-week long packagedrail travel itinerary inclusive of travel, accommodation, on-board/on-ground catering, sight seeing, etc. in selected tourist sectors.

The luxury tourist trains run by IR are Palace on Wheels andHeritage on Wheels in Rajasthan and Deccan Odyssey inMaharashtra -Goa region. Another tourist train in luxury segmentcalled Golden Chariot was introduced in Karnataka-Goa regionduring 2007-08. The oldest steam locomotive - Fairy Queen(Guinness Record holder and the National Tourism Award winner)- hauls a train consisting of two coaches and 60 passengers fromDelhi Cantonment to Alwar (138 kilometres) on a two-dayweekend package tour. Besides, chartered toy trains are alsoavailable in hill sections.

In addition, IR owns heritage hotels at Puri and Ranchi. RailYatri Niwas at New Delhi and Howrah have been refurbishedand are being run professionally.

To explore the splendour of multi-faceted India, Indrail Passesprovide excellent value for money for visitors from abroad. It

The Kalka Shimla Railway inscribedas a UNESCO World Heritage Site inJuly 2008.

Elegant interior view of the GoldenChariot.


offers the visitors the facility of unrestricted travel over the entireIR system within the period of validity of the pass.

Passenger AmenitiesThe allocation under the Plan Head “Passenger Amenities”

in 2007-08 was Rs.633.76 crore .In order to provide passenger amenities at stations, 594

stations have been selected as Model Stations for provision ofupgraded amenities. Of this, 267 stations have already beendeveloped.

Some of the thrust areas identified to improve passengeramenities are as follows:• Improvements in the facade of the station building;• Improvements in the circulating area so as to ensure proper

entry and exit of vehicles, etc.;• A lighting tower at an appropriate place for proper illumination;• Improved modern, cost effective lighting arrangements for

platforms, concourse, booking and enquiry offices, etc.;• Renovated water booths;• Renovated modern Pay & Use toilets;• Waiting and retiring rooms with modern furniture;• Passenger guidance system including signages and coach

indication boards;• Improvements to the platform surface and engagement of

reputed architects/consultant for beautification.During the year, 58 stations were provided with water

coolers and 128 stations were electrified.Customer Care

IR initiated training for its frontline staff like Assistant StationMasters, TTEs, Railway Protection Force, Enquiry andReservation Clerks etc. for improving their inter-personal skillsand to equip them to deal with the rail customers in a satisfactorymanner. The programme has helped to sensitize them to theneeds of the customers.

Passenger Reservation System (PRS)Computerised reservation offices were open at 1,634

locations in 2007-08. Another 25 locations were added duringthe period April-September 2008. Computerised UnreservedTicketing System was started at 397 more locations during2007-08. Some of the above locations are dual-purposePassenger Reservation System-cum-Unreserved TicketingSystems (PRS-cum-UTS).

Renovated sitting arrangements for thepassengers at Howrah Station.


Coaching VehiclesLHB Coaches

Following the introduction of the first rake of indigenouslydesigned LHB coach in December 2003, 5 Rajdhani and 4Shatabdi Express trains have been since converted to LHBdesign. Conversion of the remaining Rajdhani/Shatabdi rakesto LHB design is in progress.Garib Rath

With a view to provide affordable air-conditioned services topassengers, Garib Rath trains comprising of AC 3-Tier coacheswith more accommodation was first introduced betweenAmritsar and Saharsa in October 2006. 12 Garib Rath trainsare currently in service on IR.Coach Upkeep

520 old coaches were given mid-life rehabilitation. Improvedflooring was provided in coaches of all mail and express trains.Bogie mounted air brake system has also been retrofitted insome of the existing coaches. 1,146 coaches were retrofittedwith enhanced capacity screw coupling and draft gear. Stainlesssteel trough floor has also been provided in 463 coaches.

To bring about improvement in en route cleaning of trains,a new scheme ‘Clean Train Stations’ has been started wheremechanized cleaning facilities are provided at selected stationsto ensure effective cleaning of coach and coach toilets. 25 suchClean Train Stations have been made operational so far.

On Board House Keeping Service scheme has also beenlaunched by the Railways to carry out frequent on board cleaningof Mail/Express coaches through professional agencies.

The rake of New Delhi-Rewa Express has been fitted withbiodegradable type Green Toilet. Field performance is beingmonitored for design validation before universal implementation.Longitudinal Middle Berth

To increase accommodation in Sleeper Class and AC 3-Tiercoaches, production of enhanced capacity coaches withLongitudinal Middle berths commenced during 2007-08.Cushioned seats in unreserved coaches

With a view to provide better amenities to the travellingpublic, regular production of unreserved coaches with cushionedseats commenced during 2007-08.

Mass Rapid Transit System for Metropolitan CitiesKolkata

Metro Railway : A total length of 16.45 kilometres has beenunder commercial operation since 27.09.1995. Extension of

Mechanised cleaning of coaches atStation.


Metro Railway from Tollyganj to Garia (8.50 kilometres) costingRs.1,032.76 crore is in progress.

Mumbai:Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the

proposal for execution of Mumbai Urban Transport Project(MUTP) Phase-I in the city of Mumbai at a total cost ofRs.3,125.20 crore with 50% of the cost being shared byGovernment of Maharashtra including sharing 50% liability ofWorld Bank loan component of Rs.1,562.60 crore. Railway’sshare of the cost is funded under MTP Plan Head. Totalexpenditure up to 31.03.2008 was Rs.1,879.58 crore.

Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-II) has beenapproved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)and included in Budget 2008-09 at a total cost of Rs.5,300crore with cost sharing between Railways and Government ofMaharashtra in 50:50 ratio. Railway’s share will be fundedunder MTP Plan Head.

To improve rail connectivity in suburban area of Mumbai,Thane-Turbhe-Vashi double line (19 kms.) was opened for trafficon 19.11.2004. Turbhe-Nerul/Juinagar (5 kms.), section islikely to be commissioned during 2008-09.

Chennai:MRTS Phase-II (Thirumailai-Velachery, 11.16 kms.) was

completed and commissioned for passenger traffic on19.11.2007.

Detailed estimate for extension of MRTS Phase-II fromVelachery to St. Thomal Mount (5 kms.) was sanctioned at acost of Rs.495.74 crore with cost sharing between Railwayand State Government in 1:2 ratio. Work is in progress.


PlanningIn 2007-08, 9,101 vehicle units of wagons , 398 locomotives,

2,787 coaches, 33 MEMUs, 33 DMUs and 193 EMU coacheswere acquired by IR. 502 route kilometres of track was electrifiedand 156 kilometres of new lines constructed. Double/multiplelines were provided over 426 kilometres, while 4,002 kilometresof track was renewed (including both primary and secondaryrenewals) and 1,549 kilometres of lines were converted fromMG/NG to BG.

The Plan allocation (Revised Estimates) and actual expenditurefor 2007-08 compared with 2006-07, were as follows:

(Rs. in crore) 2006-07 2007-08Plan Head Allocation Actual Allocation Actual Net

(R.E.) Expenditure (R.E.) ExpenditureNew Lines (Construction) @2,524.64 ❃ 2,488.44 @@2,680.29 ❃❃ 2,667.49Restoration of Dismantled lines 10.00 10.72 30.00 35.69Gauge Conversion #1,901.85 ❖ 2,136.13 ##2,770.52 ❖❖ 3,021.91Doubling 1,175.70 1,201.72 1,742.20 1,670.48Traffic Facilities-YardRemodelling and Others 595.54 547.76 914.48 826.23Computerisation 272.28 196.11 281.87 118.23Railway Research 40.05 32.60 21.74 19.80Rolling Stock $6,661.39 ♠ 6,339.90 $$8,439.11 ♠♠ 8,129.17Leased Assets- Paymentof Capital Component 1,720.12 1,720.12 1,649.85 1,677.00Road Safety Works:Level Crossings 274.92 145.03 499.93 185.80Road Over/ Under Bridges 435.86 214.91 550.67 347.55Track Renewals 3,418.39 3,796.06 3,367.38 3,035.04Bridge Works 512.32 469.39 660.74 457.36S & T Works 1,345.35 1,179.15 1,550.94 1,342.80Electrification Projects 223.04 241.25 453.41 463.57Other Electrical Works 234.81 211.24 276.57 245.30Machinery and Plant 238.68 174.53 286.05 191.68Workshops includingProduction Units 421.41 358.87 604.81 495.13Staff Quarters 115.13 87.82 189.86 168.06Amenities for Staff 145.38 127.56 215.09 183.31Passenger Amenities 400.98 407.50 633.60 668.17Investment in PSUs *2,028.00 ♣1,710.00 **1,473.40 ♣♣ 1,581.74Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd.Other Specified Works 268.21 241.02 338.16 293.70Stores suspense, Manufacture,Suspense, etc. 423.10 710.82 501.62 754.33M.T.Ps. 259.77 253.43 485.82 400.80Total 25,646.92 25,002.08 30,618.11 28,980.34

@ Includes Rs.900 crore for National projects.@@ Includes Rs.1,025 crore for National projects.# Includes Rs.150 crore for National projects.## Includes Rs.210 crore for National projects$ Includes Rs.4,170 crore raised through IRFC Bonds and Rs.210 crore under Wagon

Investment Scheme (WIS).$$ Includes Bonds of Rs.4,750 crore raised by IRFC and Rs.219.60 crore mobilised under WIS.* Includes an amount of Rs.500 crore raised by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL).** Includes Bonds of Rs. 500 corre raised for RVNL❃ Includes an amount of Rs. 900 crore incurred on National Projects.❃❃ Includes an amount of Rs. 1,021.39 crore incurred on National Projects.❖ Includes an amount of Rs. 150 crore incurred on National Projects.❖❖ Includes an amount of Rs. 150 crore incurred on National Projects.♠ Includes an amount of Rs. 4,160.92 crore through IRFC Bonds and Rs. 244 crore through WIS

investment in Rolling Stock.♠♠ Includes an amount of Rs. 4,604.43 crore through IRFC Bonds and Rs. 520 crore through WIS

investment in Rolling Stock.♣ Includes an amount of Rs. 450 crore raised by RVNL from market borrowings.♣♣ Includes an amount of Rs. 240 crore raised by RVNL from market borrowings.


EngineeringGauge Conversion

During 2007-08, 1,549 kms. of track was converted fromMG/NG to BG.

Doubling426 kms. of double/multiple lines were completed in 2007-

08, as detailed below.Railway Section Length

(Kms.)Central Pakni-Mahol 16

Diva-Kalyan 5th & 6th line 22Eastern Banshberia-Tribeni 4

Baruipur-Dhapdhapi 7Birnagar-Badkulla 8Kajra-Uren 4Barharwa-Bakudih 8

East Coast Khurda Road-Delang 15Mahanadi Bridge 3Kesinga-Titlagarh 13Semapur-Karhagola Road 11Maheshkhunt-Gauchari 4Naugachia-Katareah 11

Northern Samar Gopalpur-Kinana 34Simbhooli-Garhmuktesar 10Sarai Harkhu-Srikarishan Nagar 8Anupganj-Chhandrauli 13Jallandhar-Jammu Tawi (part) 14

North Central Lohgara-Kataiyadandi 32Kanpur-Panki 3rd and 4th line 16Chheoki-Lohgara (part) 7

North Eastern Ekma-Panchrukhi 25Southern Dindigul-Kodaikkanal 22South Central Guntur-Krishna Canal 27

Pullampet-Hastavaramu 16South East Central Jharsuguda Byepass 9

Bilaspur-Uslapur 8South Western Golahalli-Tumkur 42

Kengeri-Bidadi 17Total 426

New LinesDuring 2007-08, new lines over a length of 156 kms. were

constructed on the following sections:Railway Section Length

(Kms.)Eastern Deogarh-Ghora Mora 26East Coast Bikramganj-Piro 20Northern Qazigund-Baramula (part) 16North Central Mahoba-Khajuraho (part) 60Northeast Frontier Manu-Ambassa 20South Western Bangalore-Neelamangala 14

Total 156


TrackDuring 2007-08, 4,002 kms. of track renewal was carried

out. The year-wise track renewals done and expendituresincurred thereon during the X and XI Plan are as under:

Year Gross expenditure Renewal done(Rs. in crore) (In kms.)

2004-05 4,125.24 5,5662005-06 *3,778.98 4,7252006-07 *4,618.39 4,6862007-08 4,479.16 4,002* revised

Track ModernisationTrack constitutes the basic infrastructure of a railway system

and bears the brunt of ever increasing traffic. High speed andheavy axle load operation on IR has necessitated upgradationof the track structure. Several policy initiatives have been takenin order to upgrade the track.

Track structure is upgraded at the time of renewals. Sleepersare upgraded from wooden, steel and CST-9 to PSC sleepers.Heavier section and high tensile strength rails are being used.Presently, 52 kg./60 kg. 90 UTS rails are being used in placeof 90 R 72 UTS rails. Similarly welded rails are used insteadof earlier fish-plated joints. As on 31.3.2008, on the BG trackof main lines of IR, about 58,445 kms. of the length comprisesof long welded rails. 64,801 kms. of track are laid with PSCsleepers and 67,623 kms. with 52kg./60kg. 90 UTS rails.

On most important routes, rails have been welded intocontinuous lengths - station to station and smaller lengths of 2to 3 kms. as well. On other routes, short-welded rails of 39 m.length and single rails are being used. As on 31.3.2008, totallength of welded track on IR was 74,248 kms. of which 59,120kms. was with long and continuous welded rails and 15,128 kms.was with short-welded rails.

Concrete sleepers are economical and technically best suitedfor high speed and heavy density traffic. Adequate capacity hasbeen developed for production of concrete sleepers to meet thepresent requirement of IR. During the year, about 92.69 lakhbroad gauge mono-block concrete sleepers and 6,524 sets ofPSC turnout sleepers were produced. To meet additionalrequirement in the coming years, pilot project for setting up 14new concrete sleeper plants on IR has been adopted. Track maintenance -- work in progress.


Bridge No. 21 on river Kolong of newlyconverted BG track of Senchoa -

Silghat project.

Train running both above and belowthe bridge, Jhansi Division.

As on 31.3.2008, following track structure exist on BG (Mainline): • Long Welded Rails are laid in about 84% length; • PSC sleepers are laid in about 93% length; and • 52 kg/60 kg, 90 UTS rails are laid in about 96.6%

length.During the year, 82,534 kms. of mechanized tamping was

completed over the IR network. High output tampers for straighttrack and unimats for turnouts were used for tamping. Also1,181 kms. of track renewal was carried out by track relayingmachines. Ballast cleaning machines and shoulder ballast cleaningmachines are being used for ballast cleaning and for improvingdrainage of track. Dynamic track stabilizers and ballast regulatorsare also being used to improve the retentivity of packing bytampers. Also, T-28 machines are being used for laying concretesleepers under turnouts. During the year, 1,927 concrete sleeperturnouts were laid with the help of machines. Also, UtilityVehicles (UTV) machines are used for loading/unloading of theP- way materials (rails, sleepers, etc.). With the help of TrackRecording Cars (TRC) 1,42,332 kms. of track recording wascarried out during 2007-08.

BridgesIR has 1,27,768 bridges out of which 637 are important,

10,453 are major and 1,16,678 are minor bridges. In 2007-08, 1,208 bridges, including 29 distressed bridges wererehabilitated/rebuilt.

Road Over/Under BridgesTo improve the safety and reduce inconvenience to road users,

busy level crossings are being replaced by Road Over/Under Bridges(ROBs/RUBs) gradually. The works of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of busylevel crossings are sanctioned on cost sharing basis with theconcerned State Governments/Local Authorities. During the year,a total of 38 works were completed on Zonal Railways.

At present, there are total 651 works of ROBs/RUBssanctioned on cost sharing basis. Besides, there are 124 works ondeposit terms, 39 on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis and239 ROBs of NHAI are under progress.

Level crossingsAs on March 31, 2008, IR maintained 34,744 level

crossings, out of which 16,778 had gate-keepers and 17,966crossings were unmanned. In 2007-08, 227 unmanned levelcrossings were provided with gate-keepers.


Land ManagementIR owns about 4.31 lakh hectares of land, which is mainly

used for locating operational and service infrastructure such astrack, stations, workshops and colonies.The break-up of the land is as under:

Description Area (in lakh hectares)

Track and structures includingstations, colonies, etc. 3.26Afforestation 0.45‘Grow More Food’ scheme 0.06Commercial licensing 0.03Other uses like pisciculture 0.04Encroachment 0.02Vacant land 0.45 Total 4.31

Creation of various infrastructure facilities for developmentof future rail network largely depend on the availability of land.Therefore, preservation and meaningful interim use of railwayland is the main objective of IR’s land-use policy.

Efforts are made to reduce the encroachments on railwayland. Railways have issued a Joint Procedure Order for betterco-ordination among all departments to prevent, detect andremove encroachments.

In pursuance of Railways’ commitment towardsenvironmental improvement through afforestation and also witha view to safeguarding the precious railway land againstunauthorized occupation, tree plantation is being undertakenon vacant railway land with active participation of railwayemployees. In some States, railway land in mid-sections has beenentrusted to the Forest Departments for plantation so as toensure purposeful util ization and prevention againstencroachments. Further, Railways have also taken upcommercial plantation on railway land as a joint venture withprivate parties wherein the private party grows the plant at theirown cost and shares the revenue earned on maturity withRailways. 10 sites have been taken up so far.

As part of ‘National Mission on Jatropha Curcas’ (forproducing bio-diesel), IR has taken up plantation of JatrophaCurcas on a large scale. So far over 264.56 lakh saplings havebeen planted. Apart from departmental effort, plantation of


Jatropha has also been taken up under commercial plantationscheme. So far, 6 sites under this scheme have been taken upon North Eastern Railway.

A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) has been signedby the Railways with M/s Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) forproducing bio-diesel for use by IR. For this purpose, about 500square metres of railway land on Western Railway has beenhanded over to IOC on lease basis on a nominal charge forplantation of Jatropha Curcas and plantation has beencompleted in above 48 hectares. Besides, railway land is alsolicensed to railway employees belonging to Group C and D under‘Grow More Food’ scheme, for growing vegetables, crops, etc.

Licensing of railway land is permitted for the purposes directlyconnected with railway working. Plots of railway land at stations,goods sheds and sidings are licensed to other parties forstacking/storing of goods either received or to be dispatched byrail. Railway land is also licensed to schools, welfare organizationsand for developing shopping complexes in railway colonies forthe welfare of railway employees. Apart from this, sharablerailway land is licensed to Oil Companies for setting up retailoutlets and is also leased to Central/State Governments/PublicSector Undertakings on long term basis.

Railways have also taken up commercial use of land whichmay not be required by railway for its immediate future use.Railways have also set up a separate authority namely Rail LandDevelopment Authority (RLDA), through an amendment toRailways Act, 1989 to undertake all tasks related to propertydevelopment on railway land under the control of Ministry ofRailways. The RLDA has been constituted w.e.f. 1st November,2006 and is functional from January 2007. So far, 115 siteshave been entrusted to the Authority for commercialdevelopment.


ElectrificationThe advent of electric traction on IR dates back to 1925

when 1500 Volts DC traction was first introduced. It wassubsequently extended by installing 3000 Volts DC system. In1957, IR introduced electrification on single-phase 25 kVsystem for all future schemes. The double-line GoldenQuadrilateral has been fully electrified.

Of the 3,500 route kms. targeted for electrification duringthe XIth Plan period, 502 route kms. have been electrified inthe first year i.e., 2007-08. The progress of electrification onIR over the Plan periods is as under:

Period Route kms. electrifiedUpto VII Five Year Plan (1990) 9,252Annual Plans (1990-92) 1,557VIII Five Year Plan (1992-97) 2,708IX Five Year Plan (1997-02) 2,484X Five Year Plan (2002-07) 1,810XI Five Year Plan : First Year (2007-08) 502

Route kms. electrified during 2007-08 were as under:

Section Route kms. electrifiedChandresal-Bhonra (WCR) 25Ujjain-Karchha (WR) 17Dilawarnagar-Umartali-Balamau-Karna (NR) 61Utratia-Alamnagar (NR) 15Matlabpur-Aghwanpur (NR) 10Raghunathpur-Paradeep (ECoR) 53Talcher-Talcher SB Siding (ECoR) 4Andal-Pandabeswar (ER) 20Kandambakkam-Kallakkudi-Palanganatham (SR) 123Katpadi-Vellore Cantt (SR) 9Karepalli-Bhadrachalam Road-Manuguru (SCR) 87Lingampalli-Ravalpalli Kalan (SCR) 26Pakala-Peyanapalli (SCR) 42Chennasandra-Yelahanka (SWR) 10Total 502

As on March 31, 2008, 28.65% of total route kms. wereelectrified.

Test run of Electric Locomotiveworking under raised OHE at 7.45metres in Jakhapura-Tomka section ofEast Coast Railway.


Signal and TelecomSignalling:

Advanced signalling systems viz. complete Track Circuiting,Multiple Aspect Colour Light Signalling, Panel/Route Relay/Electronic Interlocking, Automatic Block Signalling, BlockProving by Axle Counter are deployed on IR for safe andefficient train control and optimum utilization of line capacity.Interlocking of level crossings and provision of telephones atmanned level crossings have contributed to enhancement ofsafety.

The progress of deployment of various signalling devices ason March 31, 2008 is as follows:

Installation (In units)As on 31.3.2007 As on 31.3.2008

Panel Interlocking (No. of stations) 3,246 3,462Electronic Interlocking (No. of stations) 159 229Route Relay Interlocking (No. of stations) 221 223LED Lit Signals (No. of stations) 1,308 1,697Data Loggers (No. of stations) 2,105 2,650Colour Light Signalling (No. of stations) 4,424 4,684Last vehicle check by Axle Counters(No. of Block Sections) 1,045 1,421Track Circuiting (No. of locations) 24,499 27,086Automatic Block Signalling (Track kms.) 3,454 3,672Intermediate Block Signalling(No. of Block Sections) 164 188Interlocked Level Crossing Gates (Nos.) 8,098 8,413Second Distant Signal (No. of stations) 1,022 1,036

Telecommunication:

Telecommunication plays an important role in train control,operation and safety. Following are the highlights oftelecommunication systems on IR.

Nationwide Broadband Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) TelecomNetwork:

IR has decided to go for state-of-the-art, nationwide telecomnetwork for meeting its communication needs and exploitingsurplus capacity commercially. With this objective in mind,RailTel, a Public Sector Undertaking, was formed in September,2000.


Of the 42,000 route kms. of Optic Fibre Cable (OFC)network targeted for commissioning by 2008, 28,100 routekms. of OFC has been laid already. OFC connectivity acrossMetros has been established along with 204 other importantcities. So far 3,106 stations are connected to OFC network.RailTel network has been upgraded by providing the lateststate-of-the-art Multi Protocol Level Switching (MPLS) network.Apart from modernizing the IR’s telecom network, RailTel isearning revenue by marketing surplus bandwidth and otherinfrastructure available to major service providers like AirTel,Hutch, Tata, BSNL and financial entities like State Bank ofIndia, etc. Railtel has earned a gross revenue of Rs.216 croreand net profit of Rs.57 crore during 2007-08.

Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC):

Global Service Mobile (GSM) based MTRC system is beingintroduced on ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ routes of IR for communicationbetween train crew and stationary operating staff such asStation Masters, Controllers, field maintenance staff, etc. Worksfor over 3,200 route kms. are under execution on Northern,North Central, Eastern, East Central and Northeast FrontierRailways. 700 route kms. have been completed already.

Railways’ V-SAT Hub:

Railways have commissioned its own V-SAT hub at NewDelhi to facilitate connectivity for the remote FOIS locationsusing V-SAT terminals. 227 remote sites are planned forconnectivity at present. V-SAT system has the potential tomeet voice and data communication requirements of remotelocations that are lacking in telecom infrastructure.

Switching and Data Network:

Railways are planning to integrate their Voice and Dataadministrative network seamlessly through state-of-the-art NextGeneration Network (NGN) technology for enhanced reliabilityand to support more IT based applications.

Broadband connectivity is being progressively extendedbetween Divisional and Zonal Headquarters to provide highspeed links needed for various IT applications like Railnet,PRIME, AFRES, MIS etc. To improve reliability and to effectsavings, data circuits required for on-line applications like PRS-UTS and FOIS are being progressively transferred to RailwayOFC network.


Passenger Amenities:

With a view to provide improved passenger amenities, TrainIndication Boards at 1,055 stations, Public Address System at3,133 stations and Coach Guidance Boards at 235 stationshave been installed. In addition, Integrated Train Enquiry Systemwith unique number139 was also commissioned to provideinformation to the travelling public in respect of train movementand reservation related queries.

The progress of installation of telecom equipment on IR isgiven below:

Installation (In units)As on 31.3.2007 As on 31.3.2008

Digital Electronic Exchanges(No. of lines) 2,94,214 2,94,214No. of Control Sections provided withDual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF)control equipment 295 305Control communication through wireless(18 GHz) (Route kms.) 989 989Mobile Train Radio Communication System(Route kms.) 1,686 1,686OFC communication system for controlcommunication (Route kms.) 28,124 29,181Digital Microwave(7 GHz) (Route kms.) 7,093 7,093Public Address System(No. of stations) 3,081 3,133Train Display Boards(No. of stations) 1,055 1,055Coach Guidance System(No. of stations) 141 235


SafetyThere were 193 consequential train accidents in 2007-08

compared to 194 in 2006-07. These exclude 1 accident eachduring 2006-07 and 2007-08 on Konkan Railway. Trainaccidents per million train kilometres, an important index ofsafety, went down from 0.22 in 2006-07 to 0.21 in 2007-08.

Category-wise and Cause-wise Analysis of Train Accidents

Categories No. of accidents2006-07 2007-08

Collisions 8 7Derailments 95 100Accidents at level crossings 79 77Fire in trains 4 5Miscellaneous 8 4Total 194 193Causes of train accidentsHuman failures:a) Failure of railway staff 85 84b) Failure of persons other than

railway staff 84 81Equipment failures :a) Rolling Stock 4 4b) Track 5 3c) Electrical - -d) S & T - 1e) Rolling Stock + Track - 1Sabotage 8 7Combination of factors 1 -Incidental 6 8Cause not established - 1Under investigation 1 3Total 194 193CasualtiesPassenger

Killed 38 9Injured 227 245

Railway employees:Killed 6 10Injured 24 26

Others:Killed 164 172Injured 151 135

Note: The above figures exclude Konkan and Metro Railways.

CompensationA sum of Rs.121.37 lakh was paid as compensation to the

victims of train accidents during 2007-08 compared withRs.500.89 lakh in 2006-07. (The compensation paid duringa year relates to cases settled and not necessarily to the numberof accidents/casualties during that year.)


Damage to Railway PropertyThe cost of damage to railway property and duration of

interruption to through communication caused by consequentialtrain accidents during 2006-07 and 2007-08 were as under:Year Cost of damage Interruption to

Rolling Stock Permanent throughinclusive of engines way communication

(Rs. in lakh) (Rs. in lakh) (Hours)2006-07 2,321.7 871.3 1,1482007-08 2,970.0 1,085.0 4,380Note : The above figures exclude Konkan and Metro Railways.

Measures to improve safetyGeneral:• Non lapsable Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) of

Rs.17,000 crore, operational since October 2001, towipe out the arrears of replacement of over aged assets,viz., tracks, bridges, rolling stock, signalling gears, etc.within a fixed time frame of six years, was utilized up to96% during the year 2007-08. Against the target forrenewal of 16,538 kilometres of tracks under SRSF,renewal of 15,624 kilometres (94%) of track wascompleted upto March, 2008 and bridge works in caseof 2,191 bridges (96%) out of the projected target of2,286 bridges were completed. Further, against theproposed target of complete renewals of signalling gearsat 1,448 stations, renewal was carried out at 1,282stations (88.54%), while casual renewal was completed at817 stations (89.68%) out of 911 stations.

• Contribution of Rs.7,000 crore to Depreciation ReserveFund (DRF) was made in 2008-09 from internal sourcesfor renewal/rehabilitation.

• Safety Action Plans were continuously implemented witha view to reduce accidents caused by human errors. Amulti-pronged approach with focus on introduction ofnewer technologies, mechanization of maintenance, earlydetection of flaws, etc. to reduce human dependence inthe first place, alongwith upgrading the skills of the humanresources were the prime drivers of accident prevention.

• Periodical safety audits of different Divisions by multi-disciplinary teams of Zonal Railways as well as inter-railwaysafety audits were conducted on regular basis. During2007-08, 80 internal safety audits and 24 inter-railwaysafety audits were carried out. In addition, inspectionswere conducted by Railway Board teams.

• Training facilities for drivers, guards and staff connected


with train operation have been upgraded. DisasterManagement Modules are also being upgraded. During2007-08, 95,614 safety category employees attendedrefresher training.

Collisions:• Anti Collision Device (ACD) to prevent cases of collisions

and to minimize the extent of damage caused by collisionswas installed on 1,918 route kilometres of NortheastFrontier Railway.

• Fouling Mark to Fouling Mark track circuiting on theentire ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘D Special’ routes, wherepermissible speed is more than 75 kilometres per hourwas completed. Further, Fouling Mark to Block SectionLimit (straight) and Fouling Mark to Home Signal (straight)track circuiting was completed on ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ routes.

• 4,062 block stations were completely track circuited.• Last vehicle check by Axle Counter was introduced in

357 Block Sections.• Auxiliary Warning System to prevent cases of signal

passing at danger has been working on Mumbai suburbansections. Improved version of Train Protection on BoardSystem has been commissioned over 50 route kilometresof Southern Railway.

• Data loggers at 2,650 block stations were installed fordetection of SPAD cases, investigation of unusualoccurrences and incidences of signal failures.

Derailments:• To improve maintenance and reliability of assets, efforts

to eliminate fish-plated joints by welding single rails intolong welded rails were continued. During relaying/construction of new lines/gauge conversion, long weldedrails are laid on concrete sleepers. Turnouts are also beingimproved systematically.

• There has been a progressive increase in the use of TieTamping and ballast cleaning machines for trackmaintenance. Also, Track Recording Cars, Ultrasonic FlawDetectors, Self Propelled Ultrasonic Rail Testing Cars,Oscillograph Cars and Portable Accelerometers are beingused progressively.

• Modern bridge inspection and management system hasbeen adopted, which include non-destructive testingtechniques, under water inspections, fibre compositewrapping, mapping unknown foundations and integritytesting, etc.

• Based on threat perceptions due to adverse weather


conditions or external interference, patrolling of railwaytrack is carried out at vulnerable locations regularly.

• To minimize effects of accidents, coaches with CentreBuffer Coupler (CBC) are being manufactured with anti-climbing features.

• Design of passegner coaches with features ofcrashworthiness to absorb the impact has been developedand coaches are being manufactured accordingly.

Level Crossing Accidents:• To educate road users about safety at unmanned level

crossings, publicity campaigns are periodically launchedthrough different media like quickies on Television, cinemaslides, posters, radio, newspapers, street plays, etc.

• Joint ambush checks with civil authorities are conductedto nab erring road users under the provisions of the MotorVehicles Act, 1988 and the Indian Railways Act, 1989.

• Construction of 30 ROBs/RUBs were completed duringthe year.

• Adequate powers were delegated to Zonal Railways tosanction Limited Height Subways wherever feasible witha view to reduce the number of unmanned level crossings.519 level crossings were identified for replacement byLimited Height Subways, out of which 389 weresanctioned in 2008-09.

• Unmanned level crossings are also being manned in aneed based and planned manner. During 2007-08, 227unmanned level crossings were manned. In 2008-09, 436such level crossings have been targeted for manning.

Fire in Trains:• Coaches are being manufactured/overhauled with the

progressive use of fire retardant furnishing materials,namely, fire resistant PVC flooring, interior paneling,ceiling, upholstery, etc.

• Guard-cum-Brake Van and AC coaches in all trains areprovided with portable fire extinguishers to cater foremergencies due to fire accidents. Action is also underwayat Research Design and Standards Organisation forconducting trials of a comprehensive fire and smokedetection system in one rake of Rajdhani Express beforeconsidering universal application.

• Improved materials for electrical fittings and fixtures suchas MCB, light fittings, terminal boards, connectors, etc.,are being used progressively.

• Intensive publicity campaigns to prevent the travellingpublic from carriage of inflammable goods are regularlyundertaken.


4000 HP WDG4 Locomotive “NATRAJ”equipped with IGBT based TractionControl Converter.

Rolling StockRolling stock placed on line during the year is given in the

following table:Type of Rolling Stock Units placed on line

Replacement account Additional accountYear B.G. M.G. N.G. B.G. M.G. N.G.

Diesel Locos 2006-07 69 – – 101 – 22007-08 71 – – 121 – -

Electric Locos 2006-07 25 – – 125 – –2007-08 62 – – 138 – –

Wagons(in vehicle units) 2006-07 113 – – 8,357@ – –

2007-08 304 – – 7,429$ – – (@ including 7,203 on Deposit A/c)

($ including 4,350 on Deposit A/c)Electric Multiple Units:

Motor Coaches 2006-07 68 – – 21 – –2007-08 38 – – 35 – –

Trailer Coaches 2006-07 135 – – 46 – –2007-08 73 – – 69 – –

Main line ElectricMultiple Units:

Motor Coaches 2006-07 – – – 18 – –2007-08 – – – 10 – –

Trailer Coaches 2006-07 – – – 54 – –2007-08 3 – – 27 – –

Passenger Carriages 2006-07 792 – – 1,370 - –2007-08 780 – – 2,011 - –

Other Coaching 2006-07 30 – – 99 - -Vehicles 2007-08 130 – – 74 – –

Stock condemned during the year was as under:Type of Rolling Stock (in units)

B.G. M.G. N.G.2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08

Diesel Locos 137 71 24 35 - 1Electric Locos 25 62 – – – –Wagons(in Vehicle Units) 6,066 5,506 1,060 1,221 3 3Electric Multiple Units: Motor Coaches 18 41 – – – – Trailer Coaches 57 140 – – – –Passenger Carriages 360 584 137 114 25 27Other Coaching Vehicles 132 100 33 32 1 4

TractionThe entire passenger and freight traffic, in terms of both

gross tonne kilometres (GTKms) and train kilometres was carriedby diesel and electric locomotives. Steam locomotives, however,continued to run on certain steam circuits including 5 HillRailways as icons of IR’s glorious past.


An exterior view of the coach for exportto Angola.

Patients’ recovery room in the LifelineExpress.

The traction-wise fleet as on March 31, 2008, was as follows:(in units)

As on As onMarch 31, 2007 March 31, 2008

LocomotiveSteam 43 44Diesel 4,816 4,843Electric 3,294 3,443

Manufacture of Rolling StockThe performance of Production Units during 2007-08, was as

under:• Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Chittaranjan

manufactured 200 BG electric locomotives including 55state-of-the-art 3-phase 6000 HP electric locos.

• Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi manufactured222 BG diesel locomotives including 59 indigenous highpower 4000 HP GM locomotives. Out of these, 20 diesellocomotives were supplied to non-Railway customers and4 were exported to Mali.

• Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai manufactured1,291 coaches including 173 Electric Multiple Units(EMUs) and exported 15 coaches to Angola.

• Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala manufactured1,480 coaches including 96 light weight LHB coacheswith higher passenger comfort and amenities. RCF alsoexported 24 coaches to Senegal.

• Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bangalore produced 40,509wheel-sets. It also manufactured 1,47,007 wheels and52,870 axles. It exported products to the tune ofRs.47.17 lakh.

• Diesel Loco Modernisation Works (DMW), Patialasuccessfully upgraded 102 diesel electric locomotives(WDM-2) from 2600 HP to 3100 HP. DMW exportedspares worth Rs.174 lakh to various countries.

Import content in the Railway Production Units expressedas percentage of total production cost (excluding proformacharges), was as follows:

Locomotive Import content (%)2006-07 2007-08

BG goods traffic diesel electric (WDG-3A) 1.73 2.37BG goods traffic AC electric (WAG-7) - -BG passenger traffic AC electric (WAP-4) - -BG mixed traffic diesel electric (WDM-3D) 2.31 2.50BG goods traffic diesel electric (WAG-9) 7.02 5.74BG passenger traffic diesel electric (WAP-7) 7.16 5.74BG passenger traffic diesel electric (WAP-5) 6.60 5.74


IR’s entire requirement of wagons is met by manufacturingfacilities in public and private sectors, supplemented by railwayworkshops. In 2007-08, production of wagons totalled 14,700in terms of Vehicle Units (VUs). Out of these, 1,368 VUs(including 361 VUs CONCOR wagons) were manufactured atrailway workshops and the remaining 13,332 VUs including5,238 VUs wagons against WIS, BLC and other private wagonswere manufactured by wagon industry.

Maintenance of Rolling StockThe number of units of rolling stock given periodic overhaul

(POH) in railway workshops during the year and the percentageof stock overdue periodic overhaul at the end of the year aregiven in the following table:Type of Periodic overhaul (Nos.) Overdue POH (%)Rolling Stock undertaken during at the end of the year(BG + MG) the year B.G. M.G.

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Diesel Locos 455 446 0.6 0.03 5.7 4.5Electric Locos 419 411 0.9 1.3 – –Coaches 28,150 28,890 3.0 3.0 8.8 13.4Wagons 44,606 45,072 3.9 2.1 7.0 19.1

The percentage of ineffective stock to the total stock online for different types of rolling stock was as follows:Type of Percentage of ineffective stock to total on lineRolling Stock B.G. M.G.

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Steam Locos – – 26.20 30.0Diesel Locos 9.23 9.17 12.19 10.77Electric Locos 8.08 7.39 - -EMU Coaches 12.50 12.00 - -Passenger Carriages 7.97 7.68 12.28 10.17Other Coaching Vehicles 8.07 7.09 12.57 10.15Wagons *4.37 4.29 3.65 1.66* revised

Export OrderThe total value of export of rolling stock/spares during

2007-08 was Rs.221.04 crore. The cumulative value of exportof rolling stock/spares up to the end of March 2008 wasRs.944.36 crore and Rs.68.79 crore during April - December,2008.

These exports included new Cape Gauge diesel locomotives,lease cum maintenance of YDM4 diesel locomotives, new MGcoaches/Chair Car (non AC), diesel loco spares, MG diesellocomotive axles to developing countries like Angola, Sudan,Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.


Modernisation of WorkshopsCentral Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops

(COFMOW) was set up in 1979. The organisation plays a majorrole in providing consultancy and engineering inputs fortechnology uptake and improving productivity of manufacturingunits, repair workshop and maintenance depots of IR. COFMOWhas kept itself abreast of global technological developments andacquired considerable expertise over the years in the fields ofmachinery selection and procurement. It has been instrumentalin the dissemination of technical knowledge to railway units andtraining of personnel in operation and maintenance ofmanufacturing infrastructure. It has assisted suppliers inmanufacturing special purpose machines for exclusive applicationby the Railways.

COFMOW has assisted in the modernization of ChittaranjanLocomotive Works (CLW), Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW),Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and ten other major Workshopsunder World Bank loan. The project for new design of LHBcoaches is being supported by COFMOW, which is procuring alarge number of state-of-the-art high productivity machinescapable of meeting the stringent quality standards. A completenew axle machining line at Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) has beenset up by COFMOW for increased production of axles. A newcoil spring manufacturing line has also been ordered for RailSpring Karkhana, Gwalior.

COFMOW has successfully commissioned seven diesel locosimulators and five electric loco simulators. Action has beeninitiated for procurement of 15 more simulators for trainingdrivers to correctly operate diesel and electric locomotives,DEMUs and EMUs. Besides meeting the present training needs,these simulators will also have the capability for futuristic trainingrequirements to operate heavy-haul freight trains and high-speed passenger trains.

COFMOW has been designated as the nodal agency forprocuring disaster management items like oxycutting equipment,inflatable tents, air bags, synthetic packing, portable electricaltools and fire fighting equipment, etc. on all the Zonal Railways.It also undertakes centralized purchase of hydraulic rescue devicesand hydraulic re-railing equipment.

COFMOW has provided significant industrial engineeringinputs to Workshops and Production Units through preparationof standard Workshop layouts for overhaul and maintenanceof sub-assemblies. It also undertakes technical audits ofmanufacturing units for improving quality and productivity.

A view of Bamangachhi Workshop,Eastern Railway.


Materials Management

Stocking DepotsZonal Railways and Production Units run 200 Stocking

Depots over the railway network for uninterrupted supply ofrailway materials and stores. Over 1.8 lakh materials compo-nents of various descriptions are stocked in these depots.

Disposal of unserviceable itemsCreation of revenues through disposal of surplus and obso-

lete items and industrial wastes is another important functionof materials management. During 2007-08, Rs.2,733 crorewas realised from disposal of unserviceable stores.

Expenditure on PurchasesDuring 2007-08, expenditure on materials purchases to-

wards the requirements for operation, maintenance and pro-duction, etc. (excluding cost of ballast, track related items, ma-terials supplied by contractors for civil construction works) wasRs.21,982 crore.

(Rs.in crore)2006-07 2007-08

Stores for operation, repairs and maintenance 5,745 7,036Stores for construction 851 1,051Fuel 5,902 6,490Stores for manufacture of Rolling Stockand purchase of complete units 6,153 7,405 Total 18,651 21,982

Procurement of Iron & Steel MaterialsIR’s requirement of iron and steel materials was met indig-

enously. Procurement during 2007-08 was 2.94 lakh tonnesfor Rs.1,127 crore as against 2.47 lakh tonnes for Rs.694crore during 2006-07. 1.83 lakh tonnes of iron and steelmaterials valued at Rs.1.037 crore were procured during April-September, 2008.

Mode of ProcurementZonal Railways and Production Units procure most of the

materials directly. However, some items are procured throughRailway Board. Certain purchases are also made through Di-rector General of Supplies and Disposal (DGS&D). Of theRs.21,982 crore of stores procured in 2007-08, the share ofZonal Railways and Production Units, Railway Board andDGS&D and other sources was 58%, 40% and 2% respectively.


During 2007-08, stores worth Rs.1,310 crore were pur-chased from Small Scale Sector and Khadi and Village Indus-tries. Public Sector Undertakings contributed 32% and otherindustries contributed 68% towards supplies.

Indigenous DevelopmentIndigenous purchases of stores (Rs.21,352 crore) comprised

97.14% of the total purchases in 2007-08. However, IR hadto depend on imports of certain components for its recentlyacquired diesel and electric locomotives, coaches as well as forthe procurement of certain signal and telecom equipments andmaterials.

The shares of imports and indigenous purchases, were asfollows:-

(Rs. in crore)Name of stores 2006-07 2007-08

$Imports Indigenous Total $Imports Indigenous TotalSteam loco partsand fittings - 0 .2 0 .2 0.0 1.1 1.1Diesel loco partsand fittings 250 .7 1,619.6 1,870.3 374.0 2,221.6 2,595.6Electric loco partsand fittings 56 .7 1,109.5 1,166.2 91.5 1,530.8 1,622.3Carriage. wagon andEMU parts and fittings 69 .2 2,249.2 2,318.4 66.4 2,610.5 2,676.8Electric stores 0 .5 741 .4 741 .9 0.1 918.3 918.4Engineering stores 33 .8 218 .8 252 .6 11.9 226.7 238.6Ball and roller bearings 1 .8 72 .2 74 .0 0.7 72.6 73.3General stores coveringacid, chemicals, drugs,etc. 11 .3 219 .6 230 .9 16.0 228.5 244.6Other items (includingMetal ferrous completeunits of Rolling Stocki.e., bogies, wheel-sets,couplers, etc.) 170 .6 11,826.3 11,996.9 69.3 13,542.1 13,611.4Total 594 .6 18,056.8 18,651.4 629.9 21,352.1 21,982.0

$ (a) Import content represents landed cost (after adding customs duty, etc.)(b) Value of imported stores purchased in India is also included.

Note: The figures represent value of stores received during the year.

InventoriesDuring 2007-08, the Turn Over Ratio (TOR) - the efficiency

indicator for inventory management - was 14% (without fuel)and 12% (with fuel).

The inventory (without fuel) held by IR was Rs.1,596 crore(Rs.1,974 crore with fuel) during the year against total issues ofRs.11,470 crore (Rs.16,972 crore with fuel).


Research and Development

Research, Designs & Standards Organization (RDSO), theR&D organization of IR, functions as the technical adviser toRailway Board, Zonal Railways and Production Units. Itsmanifold achievements in developing new and improved designsand adopting new technologies for use on IR have attractedworld-wide attention.

Some of the major activities and projects undertaken/completed by RDSO during the year are given below :

Safety:● GPS hardware interface for Remote Monitoring and

Management of Locomotive and Trains (REMMLOT).● Development of Telescopic Boom Crane with Capacity 175

t at 6.5 m radius, 3600 slew and 120 km/h operating speedfor tunnel work.

● Development of computer-controlled braking system onALCO locomotives.

● Preparation of “Specifications Of Formation For Heavy AxleLoad”.

● Development of Digital Rail Tester for ultrasonic testing ofrail with facility to record and store data and tosimultaneously pick up gauge face corner defect along withnormal need based testing.

● Use of Item Response Theory (IRT) software incomputerized psychological tests.

● Indigenous development of Multi Section Digital AxleCounter (MSDAC).

● Introduction of Block Proving by Axle Counter (BPAC) withUniversal Fail Safe Block Instrument (UFSBI) inChakradharpur-Lotapahar and Lathikata-Champajharansections of South Eastern Railway.

● Development of Solid State Block Proving by Axle Counter(Digital).

● Development of LED based route indicator to overcomelimitation of providing indication for only three diversionson either side of main line.

● Development of Electric Lifting Barrier with hand generatorbackup to lift the barrier with less efforts as compared toconventional winch type lifting barrier

● Development of psychological test battery for selection ofLoco Pilots.

Digital Rail Tester

Block Panel of Block Proving byAxle Counter


Passenger Amenities :●●●●● Feasibility study on using Diesel Multiple Unit with distributed

power to run on NG sections.● Development of three phase AC-AC version of 1600 HP

DEMU.● Development of Integrated Passenger Information System

consisting of train indication board, coach guidance boardand PC based announcement system.

● Development of true colour video-cum-train informationdisplay system for giving information of train arrival /departure at stations.

● Development of LED based digital clock with GPSsynchronization for displaying uniform time at all locationson railway platforms.

● Development of the project Satellite Imaging for RailNavigation (SIMRAN) to collect Global Positioning System(GPS) based mapping of railway network and train tracking.

Infrastructure :● Development of High Reach Pantograph to establish

suitability of running electric locomotive hauled trains at aspeed of up to 100 kmph under high rise OHE to facilitatemovement of double stack containers in the proposedDedicated Freight Corridor. Trial conducted on Jakhapura– Tomka section of East Coast Railway.

● Development of specification for twin Bo-Bo 12000 HPElectric Locomotive for use in the Dedicated Freight Corridor.

● Development of 1.4 mm conductor dia copper quad cableto achieve the desired range for Audio Frequency TrackCircuit, multi section axle counter and block proving by axlecounter, etc.

● Development of specification for composite undergroundoptical and copper quad underground armoured cable.

Operational Efficiency :●●●●● Design for twin cab WDP4 locomotive with light weight

fabricated bogie incorporating improved features such asincreased radiator size, streamlined cabs, control desk withLCD display, etc.

● Design study for 3600 HP ALCO AC-DC locomotives tobe manufactured at Diesel Locomotive Works.

●●●●● Upgradation of the existing design of bogie of containerwagons by incorporating modifications to run with axleload of 22t at 100 km/h.

●●●●● Development of design of BOXN 25, BOBRN 25,BRN 25 & BCFC wagons for improved pay to tare ratio.

32 Port Integrated PassengerInformation System Equipment.


●●●●● Modification of design of existing container flat wagons(BLCA /BLCB), making provision of a bi-level upper frameto transport auto cars in double deck configuration.

●●●●● Development of design bi-level auto car carrier wagon type‘BCACB’.

●●●●● Development of Advanced Trimount High Speed (ATHS)bogie for WDM2 /WDM3A / WDS6 diesel locomotives.

●●●●● Development of single shoe brake arrangement using ‘Highfriction’ brake blocks for WDM3D/EMD locomotives.

●●●●● Approval of technology developed by M/s Nortel &M/s Siemens on cross acceptance basis for Mobile TrainRadio Communication system based on GSM-R technology.

●●●●● Development of Integrated Control Communication Systemto provide improved communication among Section Control,S & T Control, TPC Control, Emergency Control etc.

Indigenous Development :● Development of Turbocharger Protector Screen assembly

to protect the Turbine Inlet of the ALCO Engines.● Development of wheels and axles with improved metallurgy

to impart special characteristics to wheels and axles of existingdesign.

● Development of the technology for Wheel Impact LoadDetection System for procurement and installation on IR.

● Development of Electronic Interlocking (EI) capable ofreplacing the existing Panel Interlocking and Route RelayInterlocking systems.

● Development of advance microprocessor based protectionrelays and control panel to improve safety and reliability ofpower supply system in Mumbai area.

Consultancy●●●●● 180 cases of consultancy were rendered to different

Directorates/Zonal Railways/Production Units on differentaspects of Engineering Components used on IR.

●●●●● Technical consultancy in the selection of Train Operators/Station Controllers, Asstt. Station Masters and Asstt. LocoPilots to DMRC and KRCL.

Export :●●●●● Design and development of Cape Gauge, 3300 HP ALCO

AC-DC locomotive for operating speed of 100 km/h andwith microprocessor control for Mozambique Railways.

●●●●● Development of design of 2300 HP, 17t Axle Load MGlocomotive for Export to Senegal, A 2300 HP locomotivewith fabricated bogie frame was designed to tap exportmarket in African countries.


Managing the Environment

As an energy efficient and environment-friendly mode oftransport, IR continues to adopt cleaner technologies, conserveenergy, take up afforestation on vacant railway land, etc. Someof the important steps taken in this direction are:

Eliminating the use of wooden sleepersConcerted efforts are being made to eliminate the use of

wooden sleepers. IR has stopped using wooden sleepers onmain lines except on some bridges or special layouts. This isalso expected to be completely eliminated in future.

AfforestationIR has undertaken afforestation on its vacant land on a

large scale since 1982-83 and brought some 48,000 hectaresof railway land under green cover. During 2007-08, about107 lakh trees including 54 lakh saplings of Jatropha Curcaswere planted on railway land.

Energy ConservationSeveral initiatives to reduce green house gas emission viz.,

procuring energy-efficient products certified by Bureau ofEnergy Efficiency such as T-5 fluorescent tube lights, CFLs,etc., harnessing more energy from renewable sources like windand solar power, shifting mode of transport from diesel toelectric and other energy efficient technologies have been taken.

IR has also awarded 10 MW windmill contract throughState network to ICF to generate power and earn carboncredit. 3 phase technology for electric locomotives and suburbanservices in Mumbai has been adopted to facilitate regenerationof energy consumed by utilizing the braking energy for tractionpurposes and to earn carbon credit under Clean DevelopmentMechanism projects of UNFCCC.

In the interest of environment protection, controlleddischarge type toilet system has been adopted in the LHBdesign as well as conventional coaches for discharging wasteson the track beyond a predetermined speed of the train. IRhas also developed environment friendly ‘biodegradation’ typecoach toilets where the human waste is disintegrated by bacterialaction.


PersonnelIndustrial Relations

Secret Ballot for recognition to registered Railway TradeUnions on the Zonal Railways were conducted successfully forthe first time in November/December, 2007. Industrial relationson IR remained cordial on the whole throughout the year. Freeexchange of views between the organized labour and themanagement took place at all levels for greater transparencyin decision-making process. Besides their participation in themeetings of the PREM (Participation of Railway Employees inManagement) Group at the Apex, Zonal and Divisional levels,the leaders of both recognised Federations also took part inimportant conferences/meetings held at the Railway Board level.Participation of the recognised Unions in Principal/DivisionalOfficers’ Meetings also took place at the Zonal/Divisional levels,resulting in effective and meaningful involvement of staff inrealising the corporate objectives of IR.

Number of PersonnelGroup-wise and Department-wise break-up of railway

employees as on 31-3-2008 and 31-3-2007, is as follows:

Group-wise break-up As on 31-3-2007 As on 31-3-2008Group A 7,959* 7,968Group B 7,816* 8,163Group C:(i) Workshop & Artisan 2,94,865* 2,93,494(ii) Running 89,120* 89,252(iii) Others 5,14,507* 5,24,764

Group D:(i) Workshop & Artisan 1,36,574* 1,27,205(ii) Others 3,46,769* 3,43,674

Total 13,97,610* 13,94,520Department-wise break-upAdministration 47,179* 47,062Accounts 29,231* 29,235Engineering 3,44,825* 3,37,990Signal and Telecom 70,057* 69,154Transportation 1,64,875* 1,67,069Commercial 1,02,933* 1,02,671Mechanical Engineering 3,27,270* 3,29,173Stores 29,565* 29,009Electrical 1,65,108* 1,65,233Medical 47,847* 47,169R.P.F. 53,773* 54,509Railway Board/other railwayoffices, including RPSF 14,947* 16,246Total 13,97,610* 13,94,520*revised


Wage BillWage Bill including pension etc. increased by Rs.1,733.27

crore to Rs.25,892.35 crore – a rise of 7.17% over the previousyear. The average wage per employee was up by 7.06% fromRs.1,73,799 per annum to Rs.1,86,070 per annum. The ratioof staff cost on open line (excluding payment towards pensionand gratuity) to ordinary working expenses (excludingappropriation to DRF and Pension Fund) was 45.24%.

The total number of personnel as on 31st March and the averageannual wage per employee for the last two years, are as follows:

2006-07 2007-08Total number of personnel(in thousands) 1,398* 1,395Average annual wageper employee (Rs.) 1,73,799* 1,86,070* revised

Representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes(STs)

The position of representation of SC & ST employees on IR(including MTP Railways) for the year 2007-08 as compared tothe previous year is given below:

No. of SC No. of STemployees employees

As on As on As on As on31-3-2007 31-3-2008 31-3-2007 31-3-2008

Group A 1,212 1,245 541 553*(15.12%) (15.52%) (6.75%) (6.90%)

Group B 1,311 1,450 582 600 (16.61%) (17.61%) *(7.38%) (7.29%)

Group C 1,34,025 1,33,659 56,024 56,354*(14.88%) (14.69%) *(6.22%) (6.19%)

Group D 72,704 70,384 29,658 29,045 (excluding ‘Safaiwalas')*(16.67%) (16.86%) *(6.80%) (6.96%) Group D 26,996 25,652 2,605 2,900 (‘Safaiwalas') (55.92%) (47.00%) (5.40%) (5.31%) Total 2,09,252 2,06,738 86,805 86,552 (excluding ‘Safaiwalas')*(15.47%) (15.39%) *(6.42%) (6.44%) Grand Total 2,36,248 2,32,390 89,410 89,452 (including ‘Safaiwalas') *(16.86%) (16.62%) *(6.38%) (6.40%)* revised

(Figures in brackets indicate %ages to the total staff in the respective Groups.)

Fully dedicated reservation cell exists at the Ministry/RailwayZone/Division/Workshop/Production Unit, to deal with the


A view of computer room at IRICEN.

grievances of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OtherBackward Classes and to ensure speedy redressal of grievancesand appropriate implementation of policies.

Railway Recruitment BoardsIn addition to the existing 19 RRBs, a new RRB has been

opened at Bilaspur. This will cater to the requirement of staffrecruitment for HQ Office and Raipur, Bilaspur andNagpur Divisions of South East Central Railway and NagpurDivision of Central Railway. During 2007-08, the RRBs supplieddifferent panels of 23,581 candidates for appointment to Group‘C’ posts as compared to 21,959 during the previous year.RRBs have started holding online examinations for somecategories.

Productivity Linked BonusIn 2007-08 all non-gazetted railway employees (excluding

RPF/RPSF personnel) were sanctioned Productivity LinkedBonus (PLB) for 73 days. This benefited about 13.25 lakhemployees. Group C and D RPF/RPSF personnel weresanctioned ad hoc bonuses equivalent to 30 days' emolumentsfor the year. The wage calculation ceiling for computation ofPLB and ad hoc bonus was enhanced from Rs.2,500/- toRs.3,500/- per month, with effect from 1.4.2006, resultingin higher payments to the eligible employees.

Human Resource Development (HRD) and ManpowerPlanning

Human resource development strategies on IR have beenreoriented towards enhancing the competitiveness of the Railwayorganisations in the context of internal and external changesin the environment. In addition to in-house training, railwaymenare being provided specialized training in other institutions inIndia and abroad. Railway employees are also encouraged toenhance their knowledge and skills by acquiring highereducational qualifications in the specified areas relevant to theirwork by granting incentives to them. Efforts are being madeto improve the basic infrastructure for training to providestructured training programme in improved learningenvironment. Manpower planning system has been redesignedto regulate manpower intake with reference to emerging businessneeds and financial viability of the system.

As a policy, Board has been encouraging the setting up ofmultidisciplinary training centres where cross-functionalcompetencies could be imparted to railway employees.


Following seven Centralised Training Institutes (CTI) cater tothe training needs of railway officers:• Railway Staff College, Vadodara.• Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune.• Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and

Telecommunications, Secunderabad.• Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical

Engineering, Jamalpur.• Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik.• Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management,

Lucknow.• Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy,

Lucknow.The Centralized Training Institutes apart from probationary

training, cater to various specialised training needs of IR officers.Railway Staff College provides inputs in General Management,Strategic Management and function-related areas for servingrailway officers. Other CTIs conduct specialised technical trainingcourses in respective functional areas. Training programmes onInformation Technology are also being conducted by the CTIsto provide solutions for information management and decisionsupport requirements. Need based special courses conducted byCTIs and facilities offered by them for trainees from abroad andnon-railway organizations in India have been well appreciated.The training programmes emphasize on professional approachto learning with a purpose. In addition to in-house faculty, facultieswith diverse experience in business, industry and governmentare utilized to meet the changing needs arising out of technologicaldevelopment and socio-economic transformation.

Training needs of non-gazetted staff are taken care of byover 300 training centres located over IR. Training has beenmade mandatory at different stages for staff belonging to thesafety and technical categories. Certain categories of staff overduefor refresher training are taken off from sensitive duty, tillcompletion of the training. Efforts are constantly made toimprove living conditions in the hostels, provide better messfacilities, strengthen facility for recreational and cultural activities,make good the deficiencies in respect of training aids includingimprovement of the Model Rooms.

During 2007-08, a total of 5,865 Gazetted Officers and3,19,401 Non-Gazetted Staff underwent different types oftraining programmes.


Railway Health Services

Medical Department of IR is required to fulfil the needsof (i) working and retired railway employees, (ii) the railwayadministration, (iii) the travelling public and (iv) the Central/State Governments.

To take care of the health of working/retired railway em-ployees, comprehensive preventive, promotional and rehabili-tative health care are provided. For railway administration, theMedical Department is responsible for controlling loss of mandayson account of employee sickness. The department conductspre-employment medical examination and regular periodicalmedical examination of serving employees. Medical Boards fordeciding fitness and implementation of various statutory con-ditions like Workman Compensation Act (WCA), Factory Act,Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA), etc. are also con-stituted by the department.

Six Zonal Hospitals at new Zones are now almost fully op-erational. Policy on reimbursement of expenses on treatmenthas been streamlined. Schemes to provide specialised medicalservices have been introduced in railway hospitals byengaging Consultants on case to case basis and Honorary Vis-iting Specialists. To cope up with shortage, doctors and para-medical staff in railway hospitals are being engaged on contractbasis from outside agencies. A pilot project for smart card hasbeen sanctioned in Northern Railway on experimental basiswhich entitles RELHS card holders to take treatment in rec-ognized private hospitals in emergency on cashless basis.Telemedicine connectivity has also been provided in 18 Centresof IR and the work to provide connectivity in 4 more centresis in progress.

To cater to the needs of travelling public, the Medical De-partment provides medical relief during train accidents andother untoward incidents at railway stations, on trains,etc. It also provides emergency medical care to passengersfalling sick. Regular checks are conducted to ensure thatthe food and water supplied to passengers are pure andhygienic. Railway health service also joins hand withthe Central/State Governments in various national and localhealth programmes like Maternal and Child Health (MCH)programme, immunisation programme, polio eradicationprogramme, etc.

Surgeons at work at the OT ofOrthopaedic Hospital, EasternRailway, Howrah.


Resources available:

2007-08No. of hospitals 121No. of total indoor beds 13,770No. of health units/polyclinics 586No. of lock up dispensaries 92No. of private hospitals recognisedfor medical treatment 140

Performance during 2007-08:

Total OPD cases attended 2,70,08,528Total indoor cases admitted 4,64,328No. of major surgeries performed 38,821Bed occupancy ratio (BOR) 61.6Average length of stay (ALS)(in days) 6.88Percentage of mandays lost on account of sickness 0.83Percentage of mandays lost on accountof sick/Private Medical Certificate/Hurt on Duty 1.72No. of new candidates examined for fitness 42,235No. of employees who underwent periodical medical examination. 1,26,883No. of medical boards constituted 2,703No. of food samples collected underPrevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act 5,984No. of water samples examined

For residual chlorine 7,36,926For bacteriological test 57,137

No. of sick passengers attended to by Railway doctors 1,214

Staff welfareIR's welfare schemes cover a wide spectrum of activities in the

areas of education, medical care, housing, sports, recreation andcatering.

Staff Benefit Fund is an important channel for providingadditional facilities to railway employees and their families in thespheres of education, recreation, medicare, sports, scouting andcultural activities. Dispensaries under the indigenous systems ofmedicine, viz. Ayurvedic and Homeopathic, are run with the helpof this Fund.

Approximately 42% staff have been provided with railwayquarters. 921 staff quarters were electrified during 2007-08.

253 canteens served subsidized meals and refreshments toemployees during the year at their work-places.

Co-operative societies of various types are encouraged as a partof welfare programme for employees. Besides, a large number ofA view of newly constructed Officers’ Rest

House at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.


Thrift and Credit Societies, 171 registered Railwaymen'sConsumer Co-operative Societies, 19 Railwaymen's Co-operative Housing Societies and 29 Labour Contract Co-operative Societies were functional on IR during 2007-08.

IR attaches due importance to recreation for its employeesand provides excellent facilities through Institutes/Clubs forsports, libraries, etc. and Holiday Homes to enable theemployees and their families to enjoy holidays at nominalexpenses.

Pension AdalatsLong-standing disputes or delays in the settlement of dues

of superannuated employees are decided on the spot in PensionAdalats organized at Zonal and Divisional Headquarters level.3,109 cases were decided in the Pension Adalats held during theyear.

Railway Minister's Welfare and Relief FundThe Fund provides financial assistance and relief to railway

employees and their families in times of distress. Voluntarycontributions from the employees and Railway Women's WelfareOrganizations constitute the primary source of the Fund. In2007-08, a sum of Rs.2.75 lakh was released from the Fundas relief to individual railway employees, Rs.17.25 lakh towardsflood relief operations in Bihar and another Rs.10 lakh wassanctioned as assistance to Life Line Express project atChappra. Life Line Express, with all medical facilities, runsunder the aegis of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi fororganizing medical camps in the hinterland.

Railway SchoolsIR runs and manages 365 railway schools which include

nearly 100 Senior/Secondary/High Schools. These schoolsprovide quality education at subsidized cost to about one lakhchildren of railway employees and about 30,000 non-railwaywards. There are about 5,500 teachers and about 1,100 non-teaching staff employed in these railway schools. IR alsosupports 62 Kendriya Vidyalayas for the benefit of wards ofrailway employees.

Outstanding Achievements in SportsStarting only with hockey, athletics and table tennis in 1928,

the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) have 30 sportsdisciplines now, including some popular indigenous games. IR’ssports-persons have won acclaim both at International and Na-tional levels.

Newly constructed recreation centre‘Kalarab’ at Subedarganj RailwayColony, Allahabad.

A view of swimming pool in IRICENSports Complex.


At International level, history was created when railwaysports-person won the Gold Medal in the World Archery Cham-pionship held in Dubai in November 2007. In the World Bil-liards Championship held in Singapore in September 2007,both finalists were IR’s sports-persons. In Commonwealth FreeStyle and Greco Roman Style Wrestling Championship held inOntario, Canada in June 2007, IR wrestlers won 6 Gold and4 Silver medals. In USIC (Union Sportive International desCheminots) World Railways Tennis Championship held inPrerov, Czech Republic in June 2007, IR team won the Goldmedal. IR’s Cross Country team also won the Gold medal in USICWorld Railway Cross Country Championship in April 2008. Inthe USIC World Railway Volleyball Championship held inBelgorod, Russia in October, 2007, IR’s team won the Silvermedal.

At the national level too, IR’s teams of various sports disci-plines won 25 National Championships and stood runners-upin 4 Championships during 2007-08. The titles in Men’s sec-tion were for Athletics, Body Building, Boxing, Cross Country(4 kms & 12 kms), Cycling (Road & Track), Diving, Gymnas-tics, Powerlifting, Water Polo, Weightlifting and Wrestling (FreeStyle). In Women’s section, the titles won were for Athletics, Ar-chery, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cross Country (4 kms & 8kms), Diving, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey and Kabaddi.

Besides, Shri Gian Singh, wrestler of IR has been honouredwith prestigious ‘Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievementsin Sports and Games 2008’.

Implementation of judgements of CATDuring 2007-08 Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) de-

livered judgement in 37 cases out of which 20 cases were dis-missed, orders passed in 15 cases have been implemented andin 2 cases appeal have been filed in High Courts.


Welfare, Development andEmpowerment of Women

IR is the largest employer in the country with 13,94,520employees of which 82,712 are women employees as onMarch 31, 2008. As a model employer, Railways lay due em-phasis on Staff Welfare and various schemes in this area exist.

Welfare, development and empowerment of women em-ployees as well as women family members of the employeeshas been a thrust areas in the staff welfare.

In order to instill a sense of confidence amongst womenemployees at the work place, a system has been evolved toaddress complaints of women employees about gender discrimi-nation where a Committee looks into the grievances and rec-ommends suitable action.

Various privileges are also available to women railway em-ployees like maternity leave, special leave for promoting familywelfare and most significantly Child Care Leave for a period of2 years which has been introduced recently.

Scheme are also in place to ensure financial security tofamily members of the employees who suffer injuries or die dueto accidents arising out of performance of duties. This is in theform of compensation under Workmen’s Compensation Act,1923 an ex gratia compensation scheme. Appointment is alsogiven on compassionate grounds to kin of the employees whodie in harness.

Railways ensure that not only women employees but alsowomen family members of the employees are empowered andbe self reliant. Handicraft centres and Mahila Samities havebeen instituted to impart skills necessary for pursuing incomegenerating vocations. A specific outlay is earmarked under StaffBenefit Fund towards Women Empowerment Activities.

Women Welfare Organisations are also being run by wivesof Railway Officers who are also promoting the cause of womenthrough activities like nursery schools, crèches, institutions formentally challenged children, promoting talent amongst wardsof the employees and rendering necessary financial assistancein deserving cases.

One of the shining examples of promoting women talentson Railways is numerous sports women who have excelled atNational and International arena and have brought laurels forthe country as well as for IR. In the year 2007 athletes of IRhave won gold, silver as well as bronze medals in different eventsat Amman (Jordan) Asian Athletics Championship.


Facilities to Persons with Disabilities

The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,Protection of Right and Full Participation) Act, 1995 waspromulgated by Government of India to ensure equalopportunities to persons with disabilities and their fullparticipation in nation building.

The implementation of the provisions of the Act, requires amulti sectoral collaborative approach of all Ministries of theCentral/State Government including the Ministry of Railways.

IR grants concession in train fares to four categories ofdisabled persons, i.e., (i) orthopaedically handicapped/paraplegicpersons who cannot travel without an escort, (ii) mentallyretarded persons who cannot travel without an escort, (iii)completely blind persons and (iv) totally deaf and dumb persons(both afflictions together in the same person). While escort iscompulsory for first two categories, it is optional for theremaining two categories. The extent of concession admissibleto the first three categories is 75% in Second, Sleeper, First,AC Chair Car and 3-AC class and 50% in AC 2-tier & AC-Iclass. The applicable concession for the fourth category is 50%in Second, Sleeper and First class. These concessions areadmissible for any purpose on single journey tickets. In case ofseason tickets, 50% concession in First and Second class isgranted.

Amenities to make stations more accessible to handicappedare being developed through an action plan in a phased manner.In the first instance all ‘A-1’ (58) and ‘A’ (284) category stationshave been provided with (i) standard ramps for barrier freeentry, (ii) earmarking parking lots for vehicles used by disabledpersons, (iii) non slippery walkway, (iv) signages, (v) toilets andwater taps suitable to the needs of handicapped persons and(vii) ‘May I Help You’ booth and (viii) wheel chairs. At ‘B’category stations (236) the facilities are planned for completionby March 2009. As a temporary measure, Zonal Railways havebeen directed to authorize the use of pathways provided at theend of the platforms (meant for parcel traffic) for the disabledpersons with escorts, to facilitate inter platform transfer. About427 stations have already been provided with the facility ofinter platform transfer including wheel chair paths. For thispurpose wheel chairs are provided free of charge and cooliesescort passengers on payment of specified charges. Railwaysare also planning to provide barrier free access including interplatform transfer at stations through provision of lifts/escalators


at 26 major and important stations which have been identifiedfor development as world class stations. Besides, work forprovision of 50 lifts at railway stations has also been sanctionedto facilitate inter platform transfer.

Physically handicapped persons with disability of 40% andabove including blind are allotted space for setting up STD/PCO booths. A reservation of 25% of the total number ofbooths has been made for this category.

IR has so far manufactured about 1,500 specially designedcoaches (SLRD) having accommodation for unreservedpassengers, luggage compartment, Guard cum brake van and acompartment and toilet adapted to the needs of wheel chairborne/disabled persons. The specially designed disabled friendlycompartment in these coaches is non air conditioned. It isplanned to have at least one such coach in every Mail/Expresstrains. SRD type coaches with accommodation for unreservedpassengers, Guard cum brake van and a non-air conditionedcompartment and toilet adapted to the needs of wheel chairborne/disabled persons have also been inducted in selectpassenger trains. Fully air-conditioned Garib Rath trains havebeen provided with air conditioned disabled friendly compartmentand toilets in the power cars.

Posts have also been identified for reservation for threecategories of disabilities, viz., (i) blindness or low vision, (ii)hearing impairment and (iii) locomotor disability or cerebralpalsy, under 3% quota for Physically Handicapped inrecruitment.


Checking of luggage at Station by theDog Squad of RPF jawans.

SecurityRailway Protection Force (RPF), an armed Force of the

Union, constituted under the Railway Protection Force Act,1957, has been entrusted with the duties of protection andsecurity of railway property, passenger areas and passengers.The Force is empowered under the Railways Act, 1989, to dealwith offences such as alarm chain pulling, roof travelling, touting,ticketless travel, unauthorized entry into coaches earmarked forladies, unauthorized vending, trespass etc. RPF/RPSF personnelare serving in extremist and naxal affected areas of the countryto ensure security of railway passengers and railway property.

On an average, 1,250 trains are being escorted by RPFdaily. The force is actively supplementing the efforts ofGovernment Railway Police (GRP) which functions under therespective State Governments in controlling crime overRailways. A total of 14.32 lakh offenders were prosecutedduring the year under various sections of the Railways Act. Sincethe amendments of the Railways Act and the RPF Act (July,2008 ), 309 cases of drugging, 709 cases of luggage lifting,179 cases of carrying illegal arms, 206 cases of chainsnatching, 314 cases of pick pocketing, 1,249 cases oftrafficking of contraband goods, 76 cases of offences againstwomen and 911 cases of other criminal offences were detectedby RPF and 6,234 offenders were arrested. Also, 5,500 minorgirls and boys (destitutes) were rescued and restored to theirparents or Non-Governmental Organizations.

Comparative position of crime against Railway propertyduring 2007-08 vis-à-vis 2006-07, is as follows:

No. of cases No. of persons Value of propertyregistered arrested ( Rs. in lakh)

Stolen RecoveredRailway materials

and fittings2006-07 8,379 8,465 387.00 271.102007-08 9,165 8,340 375.59 254.68

Booked consignments2006-07 2,079 1,087 123.24 48.022007-08 1,241 1,038 50.95 50.99

Security Upgradation:Security surveillance system is being strengthened at all

railway stations of the four metropolitan cities and at vulnerablestations in the rest of the country under ‘Integrated SecuritySystem’ which include CCTV, Access Control, personal andbaggage scanning and bomb detection and disposal.

‘RPF Mitra Yojana’ has been started w.e.f. 16th August 2007


VigilanceVigilance activities are largely concentrated in mass contact

areas, viz. booking, reservations, parcel/goods offices, trains,etc. Checks are also conducted in areas where spending ofpublic money is involved, e.g., tenders/works contracts,purchase of materials, etc. Passenger Reservation System andUnreserved Ticketing System (UTS) have been specificallytargeted to prevent malpractices. Special watch is also kept onrecruitments and selections.

The results achieved by the Vigilance Organisation of theRailways are as follows:

Activity April to December2006-07 2007-08 2007 2008

No. of complaintsreceived against staff 6,017 6,035 3,072 4,628No. of complaintsinvestigated 1,936 2,210 1,103 1,573No. of preventive checksconducted 31,415 29,184 14,353 22,180No. of staff punished 8,602 8,809 4,078 8,281

Results of checks conducted in the areas of passengerbooking/reservation, parcels and goods, having direct interface

to strengthen cooperation and contact with the citizens with aview to bring about improvement in the security environmentof IR. To constantly upgrade the professional skills of RPFpersonnel, intensive training is being imparted in areas like crimecontrol, gender sensitization, human rights, customer care anddisaster management. RPF personnel have also been deployedoverseas under the aegis of UN peace keeping missions incountries like Sudan, Kosovo and Cyprus. A massive recruitmentdrive was launched in 2007-08 to fill up 5,700 posts ofconstables and 993 posts of Sub-Inspectors in RPF.

Encounters with Criminals:During 2007-08, one RPF personnel laid his life and 6

sustained injuries while protecting railway property/passengers.Meritorious Service:

On the occasions of Republic Day and Independence Day2008, 19 RPF/RPSF personnel were awarded Police Medalsfor their distinguished and meritorious services by the Presidentof India.

Routine security check by the RPFpersonnel at Howrah Station Cab Road.


with general public, are as follows:Activity April to December

2006-07 2007-08 2007 2008No. of checks conducted 16,751 14,454 7,41911,015No. of staff heldresponsible 3,702 6,386 2,632 2,844Amount of fine, etc.realised (Rs. in lakhs) 6,478 6,860 2,896 5,354Amount of leakage ofrevenue detected/realised(Rs. in lakhs) 7,160 7,597 3,274 6,018

Special SquadBesides the Zonal Railway’s vigilance, the Special Squad

functioning under the Vigilance Directorate of Railway Boardalso plays an active role in Mass Contact Areas with a view tocreate a transparent and corruption free environment of servicedelivery.

Improved Vigilance AdministrationFor improving Vigilance administration, instructions relating

to Leveraging of Technology are being implemented on ZonalRailways and Production Units to increase transparency througheffective use of websites in the discharge of regulatory,enforcement and other functions. The first stage, providinginformation on laws, rules and procedures and downloadableapplication forms/proforma, has since been implemented.Implementation of the 2nd stage, including periodic updationof online status of applications and payment of bills, is inprogress.

Vigilance Help LineFor the convenience of on-board passengers, the facility of

‘Mobile help line’ on No.155410 has been provided. Vigilanceofficials are accessible on these lines to look into complaintsrelating to extortion or harassment by any railwayman.


Promoting HindiUnder the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963 and

the Official Language Rules, 1976, progressive use of Hindi hasbeen a continuing endeavour on IR. As on March 31, 2008, morethan 80% of the employees acquired working knowledge of Hindiin 3,500 offices. In these offices, employees who are proficientin Hindi have been directed to transact cent percent work in Hindion subjects specified under Official Language Rules.

Training in Hindi including Typewriting and StenographyIn addition to the Training Centers set up by the Ministry of

Home Affairs, IR also makes arrangements to provide in-servicetraining in Hindi language, Hindi typing and Hindi stenography.The number of employees trained at the end of 2007-08compared with 2006-07, were as follows:

Activity As on March 31, 2007 As on March 31,2008Working knowledge 7,06,444 7,35,688Typewriting 4,544 5,487Stenography 2,932 2,918

Other ActivitiesThe existing policy of acquiring bilingual electronic machines,

viz. computers, etc., is being vigorously persued. At the end of theyear 2007-08, 25,178 bilingual personal computers wereavailable in various offices of IR. Computerised reservation chartsare prepared in Hindi by all Zonal Railways. Translation of Manuals,Station-Working Rules, etc. has been taken up. Railway Boardpublished 101 Codes/Manuals in Hindi or Hindi-English till March31, 2008. Similarly, out of 6,452 Station Working Rules on theZonal Railways, 5,942 are in Hindi. Presently, more than 19 lakhbooks in Hindi are available in 1,029 libraries on IR.

Official Language Implementation CommitteesTo review the progress of the use of Hindi, as many as 1,000

Official Language Implementation Committees are functioningon the Railways and in Production Units including those at stationsand other railway offices. Besides, Railway Hindi SalahakarSamiti is also constituted at the Ministry level to review progressof Hindi on all Zonal Railways including the Ministry of Railways.

Incentive Schemes for the use of HindiVarious incentive schemes have been introduced to encourage

railway personnel to use Hindi in their work. Prominent amongthem are the individual Rajbhasha Cash Awards, RailwayMinister’s Hindi Essay Competition, Group Award Scheme, PremChand and Maithili Sharan Gupt Awards and other awards forelocution/noting/drafting in Hindi. In order to encourage railwaypersonnel to write technical books in Hindi on railway subjects,they are awarded with Lal Bahadur Shastri Takaniki MaulikLekhan Awards every year.


North Eastern Region

North Eastern Region comprising of eight states viz.,Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram,Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim is being served by NortheastFrontier Railway. Development of rail infrastructure in NorthEastern Region is one of the priority areas of the Ministry ofRailways. The endeaavour of Government is to provide railconnectivity to all the sister states in the Region and thereafter,extend the same to the capital cities.

Upto 31.3.2008, Rs.4,815.11 crore has been spent onvarious projects and other works in the Region. At present,14 construction projects, viz., 8 new line, 5 gauge conversionand 1 doubling projects are being executed in the North EasternRegion at an estimated cost of Rs.10,403.21 crore.

The details of the ongoing projects are as under:Name of Length Anticipa Expendi Statusthe project in kms. ted cost ture

(Rs. in uptocrore) 31.3.2008

(Rs. incrore)

NEW LINES

Azara- 30 200 1 Final location survey has been takenup for this ‘National Project’.

Bogibeel 73 1,767.4 950.19 Land acquisition, earthwork inapproaches, bolder collection inprogress. Project has been declareda ‘National Project’.

Dimapur-Kohima 88 850 1 Final location survey has been takenup for this ‘National Project’.

Dudhnoi-Depa 15.5 89.04 1 Alternative alignment fromDudhnoi-Mendipathar has beenfinalized and final location surveyalso completed.

Harmuti-Itanagar 33 160.48 5.01 Final location survey for HarmutiNaharlagun has been completed andland acquisition taken up.

Jiribam-Imphal 97.9 727.56 20.63 Final location survey is in progressand feasibility of extension of lineupto Imphal examined. Work in first9.9 kms length has been taken up.The project has been declared as a‘National Project’.

A picturesque view of newly convertedBG track of Senchoa-Silghat project

passing through tea garden.

Day view of Agartala station buildingof Kumarghat-Agartala new line

(National Project).

Byrnihat

bridge withlinking lines

(Zubza).

Road (Tupul)


Kumarghat- 109 879.99 682.26 The work on this ‘National Project’ isat an advanced stage of completion.

New Maynaguri- 257 1,022.1 214.61 Land acquisition, earthwork, bridges, etc.has been taken up.

GAUGE CONVERSION

Katakhal- 84 88.7 22.05 Earthwork, bridges, etc. has beentaken up. The work will be completedalongwith Lumding Silchar GaugeConversion.

Lumding- 734.65 949.22 820.26 The balance work of branch lines –Senchoa - Silghat, HaibargaonMairabari and Senchoa-Silghat isnearing completion.

Lumding- 367 1,676.3 1,180.75 The project has been declared as a‘National Project’. The work has beenaffected due to militancy in the area.The target for completion of theproject is under review.

New Jalpaiguri/ 419.48 960.48 882.25 The balance work of branch line fromFakiragram to Dhubri is targeted to becompleted in 2009-10.

Rangiya- 510.33 915.7 24.1 The project has been declared as a‘National Project’. Earthwork, bridgesetc. has been taken up on Rangiya-Rangapara North section.

DOUBLING

New Guwahati- 29.81 116.24 10 Earthwork, bridges etc. is in progress.

Passenger Service Improvements

20 new train services were introduced, run of 4 trains wereextended and frequency of 8 trains were increased during the year.

Computerised Passenger Reservation System

The facility of computerized Passenger Reservation System(PRS) is available at 60 locations in the North Eastern Region. AllState Capitals of North Eastern Region are now on PRS network.

95 more PRS locations, including some non-rail head locationsin the far flung districts of North Eastern States have been sanctioned.Some of the above locations are unified Passenger Reservation Systemcum Unreserved Ticketing Systems (PRS-cum-UTS).

View of a tunnel of Kumarghat -Agartala new line (National Project).

Bridge No. 21 on river Kolong ofnewly converted BG track of Senchoa- Silghat project.

Agartala

Jogighopa

Bhairabi

Dibrugarh withlinked fingers

Silchar-Jiribam,Kumarghat-Agartala

Siliguri-NewBongaigaon andBranch lines

Murkeongselekalongwith linkedfingers

Digaru


Railway Engineers Regiments(Territorial Army)

Railway Territorial Army (TA) units were raised as an auxiliaryforce in 1949 under the Territorial Army Act, 1948, to maintainrail communication in forward areas during active hostilities andto carry on essential rail transportation in an emergency duringpeace time. Railway Engineers Regiments are manned primarilyby serving railway personnel with the help of a small nucleus ofpermanent staff drawn from the regular Army.

Presently, there are six Railway paid TA Regiments, viz:i) 1031 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Kota,ii) 1101 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Chandigarh,iii) 1105 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Hyderabad,iv) 969 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Jamalpur,v) 970 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Jhansi andvi) 1032 Railway Engineers Regiment (TA), Adra.

The entire expenditure including cost of stores, arms andammunition (drawn from the Ministry of Defence), pay andallowances of permanent staff, cost of annual training camps,the expenditure on various incentives to Railway Territorial Armypersonnel such as enhanced daily allowance payable duringembodiment in aid of civil authorities, cash awards to recipientsof TA Decoration/Medal and extended stay in TA service oncompletion of prescribed period etc. is borne by the Ministryof Railways. During 2007-08, the expenditure incurred on sixRailway paid TA Regiments was Rs.3.73 crore.

Annual Training CampsThe Railway TA personnel have to undergo 30 days of

mandatory annual training every year to keep them fighting fitunder military discipline and in a state of preparedness foremergency duties.

Recruitment/DischargeDuring 2007-08, 2 Officers, 5 Junior Commissioned

Officers and 390 other ranks were inducted to Railway TARegiments while 8 Officers, 5 Junior Commissioned Officersand 85 other ranks were discharged/retired from TA service.


Public Relations

Indian Railways’ PR set up keeps the public informed aboutvarious policy initiatives, services, concessions, projects,performances and developmental activities undertaken by theRailways. Publicity campaigns based on various social andeducational themes are launched from time to time to createawareness among rail users about safety at railway stations,security, prevention of fire, cleanliness, etc.

During 2007-08, wide publicity was given by the Ministry ofRailways to highlight new initiatives in freight and passengerservices, achievements/financial performances of IR, internetbooking, e-ticketing, automatic up-gradation, Integrated TrainEnquiry System (Dial-139), Safety, Security, etc.

The Ministry of Railways participated in the ‘India InternationalTrade Fair-2007’ organized at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Anational press tour was conducted over Matheran Light Railwayand Western Railway in November, 2007, on the eve of itscentenary celebrations. Ministry of Railways also presented aRailway Tableau during Republic Day Parade on 26th January,2008. Two Publicity Brochures were brought out by the Ministryof Railways on Hill Railways and on the challenges faced by IRtitled ‘Indian Railways - Looking Ahead to the Future’.

In 2007-08, 5,914 press releases were issued, 544 pressconferences were organized, 108 publicity brochures werebrought out, 682 Display Advertisements & 23,279 TenderNotices were released and 926 Radio/TV spots were broadcast/telecast. IR also participated in 39 exhibitions and conducted 41press party tours to highlight the benefits to rail users due tointroduction of new facilities/new projects in their region.

The in-house monthly magazines, viz., ‘Indian Railways’ (inEnglish) and ‘Bharatiya Rail’ (in Hindi) brought out by the Ministryof Railways continued to provide effective links between theRailways and the public.

Commercial Advertising:Commercial publicity in IR is undertaken at stations through

hoardings, glow signboards and other media of publicity, e.g.,plasma screens, computerised systems, etc. In trains, the publicityis done in an aesthetic manner. PRS/UTS tickets and reservationcharts are also being considered for commercial publicity. IR isexploring further new areas and ideas where earnings throughcommercial publicity could be exploited to maximum potential.


Undertakings and other Organisations

CONTAINER CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. (CONCOR):Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) was set up

in November 1989 with the prime objective of developing multi-modal transport and logistics infrastructure to facilitate country’sdomestic and international containerized transport and trade.

CONCOR’s core business is characterised by three distinctactivities - carrier, terminal operator and warehouse/CFSoperator. CONCOR derives its strength mainly from a dedicatednetwork of terminals at multiple locations. During 2007-08CONCOR handled over 2.4 million Twenty feet Equivalent Units(TEUs) compared to 2.1 million TEUs in the previous year.

CONCOR paid a total dividend of Rs.106.60 crore on itspaid up capital for the year 2007-08.Financial Highlights:

The financial performance of CONCOR in the last two yearsis as follows:

2006-07 2007-08Turnover (Rs.in crore) 3,141.94 3,511.77Net Profit as % of Turnover 22.40 21.42EPS (in Rs.) 54.15 57.87

CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CRIS):The progress of computerization of various railway projects

undertaken by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)are outlined below:Freight Operations Information System (FOIS):

FOIS is an on-line system for management and control offreight movement over the railways. It provides instant access toinformation regarding the current status of consignments intransit. The FOIS application comprises the core modules ofRake Management System (RMS) for train operation andTerminal Management System (TMS) for commercial transactions.Passenger Reservation System (PRS):

Countrywide Network of Computerized Enhanced Reservationand Ticketing (CONCERT) has been installed at more than 1,500locations for on-line ticket reservation. IR’s websitewww.indianrail.gov.in facilitates internet-based rail reservation


and enquiry through Indian Railway Catering & TourismCorporation (IRCTC) portal. Mobile phone based SMS enquiryservices on availability of berths, status of waitlisted passengers,etc. have also been introduced.Unreserved Ticketing Systems (UTS):

UTS is a computer-based ticketing application available at1,251 stations for issue of unreserved tickets. At present, 34lakh tickets are being issued to 11.6 millions passengers daily.Other Projects:

CRIS has undertaken many important projects, viz., NationalTrain Enquiry System, Integrated Coach Management System(ICMS)-an online system to track and manage passenger coaches,Parcel Management System at 7 major stations in Delhi-Howrahcorridor - for parcel booking, tracking and delivery, CrewManagement System - for availability, deployment and rosteringof crew, E-Procurement System - for improving efficiency andtransparency in materials purchases. Control Office Application(COA) for more efficient monitoring and controlling of trainoperation across all divisions/area control offices on IR,Comprehensive Payroll Processing System, WorkshopInformation System, Automatic Ticket Vending Machines(ATVMs), Integrated Coach Management System (ICMS), etc.

DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OFINDIA LTD. (DFCCIL):

Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.(DFCCIL), a special purpose vehicle for planning anddevelopment, mobilization of financial resources and construction,maintenance and operation of Dedicated Freight Corridor.DFCCIL was registered as a company under the Company’s Act1956 on 30th October 2006. DFCCIL is engaged in theimplementation of Eastern and Western Corridor projects at apreliminary estimated cost of Rs.28,181 crore.

Eastern corridor encompasses a double-line electrified corridorfrom Dankuni to Khurja (820 kms.) and Khurja to Dadri(47 kms.) along with a single line electrified corridor from Khurjato Ludhiana (412 kms.). Western Corridor comprises of 1,483kms. of double line electrified corridor from JNPT to Dadriextending through Vadodara-Ahmedabad-Palanpur-Phulera-Rewari sections. Additionally, a single line connection of 32kms. from proposed Pirthala Junction station (near Asaoti onDelhi-Mathura line) to Tughlakabad is also proposed.

DFCCIL has set up field units at Mumbai, Vadodara,Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Jaipur, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Allahabad (E),

Drilling work for Geo technicalInvestigation.


Allahabad (W), Surat and Meerut on the Eastern and WesternCorridors each under the supervision of a Chief Project Manager.The Company has awarded 13 contracts for detailed engineeringsurveys including geo technical investigation, collection andcompilation of field data relating to L-sections & X-sections,hydrological data, preparation of GADs for bridges, details oflevel crossings, requirement of ROBs/RUBs, preparation of landplans for acquiring land wherever required. The work is in progressfor the route length of 1,469 kms. on Western Corridor and1,280 kms. on Eastern Corridor.

IRCON INTERNATIONAL LTD. (IRCON):Ircon International Ltd. (IRCON), a ‘Mini Ratna’ company

and a Schedule A Public Sector Undertaking with ISO-9000certification was incorporated as a railway construction companyin 1976. Making a debut in 1980 in the international marketby undertaking projects in Iraq and Algeria, IRCON operates inmore than 21 countries and has successfully completed over 80projects in various countries. Besides, it has completed over220 projects in India.

The company has diversified its activities to other sectors ofinfrastructure outside the Railways viz. highways, roads, ports,housing, water supply, irrigation and electrification, etc. andbagged many projects through competitive bidding.

IRCON is executing rail project in the most difficult terrain inJammu & Kashmir region. The company is still continuing tobuild Delhi Metro Rail Corporation projects in different disciplinessuch as electrification, civil works, track and tunneling.

IRCON is one of the few successful profit making and dividendpaying construction companies in the public sector with acumulative foreign exchange earnings of about Rs.1,633 croreas of now. During the year, the company has secured ExportAward from Project Export Promotion Council of India for itsexcellent performance in foreign exchange earnings.Financial Performance:

IRCON paid a dividend of Rs.29.69 crore for 2007-08. Itsfinancial performance during the last two years is as follows:

(Rupees in crore)2006-07 2007-08

Total income/Gross sales 1,543.1 2,093.1Operating income 1,474.8 1,968.2Profit before tax 111.0 160.5Profit after tax 75.7 113.8Gross margin 135.2 201.6Net worth 874.0 948.9


INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISMCORPORATION LTD. (IRCTC):Catering Services :

Catering services managed by Indian Railway Catering andTourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) were operational on 14Rajdhani, 13 Shatabdi, 16 Janshatabdi and 196 Mail/Expresstrains as on March 31, 2008.

During the year, the Corporation awarded 816 contracts forAutomated Vending Machines for sale of hot and cold beveragesat various railway stations. 14 new Food Plazas were openedtaking the total tally to 53.

Income from licensee catering services during the year wasRs.289.20 crore compared to Rs.219.18 crore in the previousyear.Rail Tourism :

To promote rail tourism, IRCTC, in association with traveland tourism industry, undertook 9 full train charters, booked7,160 berths under value added tours, operated 36 village-on-wheels (Bharat Darshan) trains, booked 64 special chartercoaches and operated 46 charters on hill railways. A 7 night/8day tour package by special train covering important places ofBuddhist attractions is also offered. IRCTC has renovated RailYatri Niwas at New Delhi under Ginger brand of Taj Hotels. Ithas acquired land from the State Govt. of Orissa to set up aBudget Hotel at Bhubaneshwar. A tourism portal of IRCTCwww.railtourismindia.com provides a variety of tourism relatedservices.Internet Ticketing System :

During the year, the number of railway tickets booked throughthe website of IRCTC www.irctc.co.in went up to 1,89,09,502from 68,23,481 tickets during the previous year. Under theScheme Of Frequent Travellers (SOFT), approximately 52,491customers were registered by IRCTC and State Bank of India.22,000 agents including RTSAs were enrolled for E-ticketingfacility. Integrated Train Enquiry System on a single telephonenumber 139 was commissioned.Packaged Drinking Water Project (Railneer) :

During the year, production of Railneer increased to 4.06crore bottles. The results of the tests carried out by accreditedlaboratories indicate conformity of Railneer to EuropeanEconomic Community (EEC) norms for pesticides residue.

A view of Coffee Corner, Howrah.


INDIAN RAILWAY FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (IRFC):Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) was set

up, as a public limited company, in December 1986 with thesole objective of raising money from the market to part financethe Plan outlay for meeting the developmental needs of IR.Funds are raised through issue of bonds, term loans from banks/financial institutions and external commercial borrowings/exportcredit. The Department of Public Enterprises has rated it as“Excellent” for 11 years in succession. Based on its strong financialstrength and credit standing, it was also placed among the top10 Central PSUs on four occasions during this period. TheCompany has earned the highest credit ratings from threeprominent domestic Credit Rating Agencies and investment grade‘sovereign’ rating from four major international Credit RatingAgencies.

The Company has leased rolling stock assets worth Rs.44,155crore to the Ministry of Railways up to March 31, 2008. Ministryof Railways has been making lease payments to IRFC regularly.The efficacy of the arrangements is evidenced by the fact thatlease rentals form less than 5.5% of the Railways’ Gross TrafficReceipt.

IRFC has had a consistent profit earning track record. It hasso far paid Rs.1,268 crore as dividend to the Government onthe paid up capital of Rs.232 crore which was increased toRs.500 crore in 2006-07.

The Company disbursed funds to the tune of Rs.1,208 croreto Rail Vikas Nigam Limited till the end of 2007-08.

KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LIMITED (KRCL):The prestigious 760 kms. long Konkan Railway project was

commissioned in 1998 as the first railway project in the countryto be executed on BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) basis withequity participation of Government of India along with four StateGovernments viz. Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.Financial & Operating Performance:

Konkan Railway’s earnings from freight and passenger trafficwere Rs.501 crore with an operating surplus of Rs.232 crore.KRCL achieved operating ratio of 72.71% in 2007-08 ascompared to 83.53% in the previous year. The net loss camedown to Rs.146 crore during the year as compared to Rs.233crore in the previous year.Projects:

The Corporation has completed several projects such as thetunneling work of Mumbai-Pune expressway, ventilation and

Train passing through greenery,Konkan Railway.


lighting of Jawahar tunnel in J&K, Owk tunnel in AndhraPradesh. The Katra-Laole section of USBRL project in J&Kand 14 ROBs in Jharkhand are under constructionSafety Works:

The Corporation has planted about 50 lakh vetiveri plants oncutting slopes as an anti soil erosion and soil stabilization measure.The Corporation spent Rs.34 crore on geo-safety works duringthe year.

PIPAVAV RAILWAY CORPORATION LIMITED (PRCL):Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited (PRCL), a joint venture

company of Ministry of Railways and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.,(GPPL) with equal equity participation was formed to executethe Surendranagar-Rajula-Pipavav Port gauge conversion/newline project. PRCL, through private sector participation, hasconcessionaire rights to construct, operate and maintain thisproject line for 33 years. PRCL carries foodgrain, DOC, gypsum,cement, fertilizers, coal, steel, etc.

During the year, PRCL handled 1,917 trains including 1,151container trains and transported 2.18 million tonnes of cargoyielding an apportioned earning of Rs.43.66 crore from freightoperations. 11 pairs of passenger trains are also running ondifferent sections of Pipavav Railway.

RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. (RailTel):The Railtel Corporation of India Ltd. (RailTel) was incorporated

in the year 2000 for modernization of IR’s communicationnetwork for safe and efficient train operation and for revenuegeneration through commercial exploitation of the network. Itis poised to emerge as a national level operator in the telecomsector by using Railways’ right of way on about 63,000 routekilometres for creation of Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network.

RailTel has modernized train control and emergencycommunication system of IR by providing OFC network alongthe railway track and high bandwidth Point of Presence (PoP) atmore than 2,941 stations. It has also connected railways’electronics telephone exchanges at E1 level to provide seamlessrailway STD services. A total of 30,358 route kms. of STM-16and 21,840 route kms. of STM-1 have already beencommissioned till March 2008.

RailTel has also set up cyber cafes/internet kiosks to providefacility of high speed internet browsing, e-mail, audio videochatting, video conferencing, IP telephony, etc.

RailTel’s operating income was Rs.117.85 crore during2007-08 resulting in a net profit of Rs.56.43 crore.

Anti Collision Device, KonkanRailway.


RAIL INDIA TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC SERVICES LTD.(RITES):

Rail India Technical and Economic Services Ltd. (RITES), overthe last three decades, has grown and diversified from being arail consultant to an internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000certified Company of Consultants, Engineers and ProjectManagers providing total transport solution. It providescomprehensive consultancy services from concept tocommissioning in the fields of railways, urban transport, urbandevelopment and urban engineering, roads and highways, airports,ropeways, inland waterways, ports and harbors, informationtechnology and export packages of rolling stock and railway relatedequipment.

RITES, with recognition from multi-lateral funding agencies,has experience in over 50 countries in Africa, Middle East, LatinAmerica, South East Asia, U.K., U.S.A. and Europe.Business Operations:

Some of the important assignments undertaken in the recentpast were:Overseas:● Afghanistan – Procurement facilitation services to

Afghanistan Reconstruction Development Services (ADRS)under World Bank funded Public Administration and capacitybuilding project

● Angola – Implementing railway rehabilitation projects in CFMRailway including supply of locomotives, coaches, pick-upvehicles, rail-cum-road vehicles, etc.

● Botswana – Consultancy services for relocation of Tsabong-Hukuntsi Airport, supervision of roads and projectmanagement of Francis Town airport.

● Mozambique – Providing project management services asone of the consortium members of the Beira Rail Corridorproject.

● Myanmar – Supply of in-service locomotives, newlocomotives and passenger coaches.

● Senegal – Supply of diesel locomotives, coaches andequipment.

● Sri Lanka – Study for locomotives, DMU sets, setting up ofDMU maintenance facility and training of railway personnel.

● Tanzania –Project management services for implementationof Tanzania Railway concession project as one of theconsortium members involving rehabilitation of TRC network,rolling stock, etc.

● UAE – Feasibility study for a new railway line and a newfreight railway line of 215 kms.


In India:● Functioning as a major member of the international

consortium commissioned as ‘General Consultants’ for theMass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) for Phase-II - DMRC.

● Detailed project report and design consultancy services forQuazikund-Baramula railway project, design engineeringservices for rail bridges in Quazikund-Baramula line acrossriver Ganga.

● Final location survey for Dedicated Freight Corridor formulti-modal high axle load freight traffic for the Easternand Western Rail Corridors.

● Total transport system study on modal cost and traffic flowsfor Planning Commission.

● Rail operation and maintenance for thermal plants atFarakka, Kahalgaon, Talcher and Kolaghat; steel plant forSteel Authority of India and aluminum plant of NALCO.

● Feasibility study for setting up of multi-modal logistics parks.● Consultancy for setting up of new Wheel Plant in Chhapra

(Bihar).● Advisory consultancy services for Taj Expressway from

Greater NOIDA to Agra and independent engineer’s servicesfor Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway NH-8.

● Feasibility study and bid process management for MonoRail System, Mumbai.

● General consultancy for 33 kms. Bangalore Metro networkon system design to commissioning including its integrationwith other modes of transportation.

● Detailed project report for extension of rail infrastructure :India-Nepal, India-Bhutan.

● Design and construction supervision of 12 kms. tunnel inJ&K.

Financial Performance :The comparative financial performance of RITES, during the

last 2 years, is as follows:

(Rupees in crore)2006-07 2007-08

Total turnover 566 661 Net Profit 118 103

RAIL LAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (RLDA):Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) was set up in 2005

through an amendment of the Indian Railways Act 1989 fordevelopment of vacant railway land for commercial use for thepurpose of generating revenue by non-tariff measures for IR.


Railway land sites, not required for operational purposes orfuture expansion, are identified by Zonal Railways and entrustedto RLDA for commercial development. The Authority initiallyengage a consultant to ascertain the suitability and potential forcommercial development of the site and thereafter based on thefeasibility report, identify a suitable development model for itscommercial development through an open and transparent biddingprocess to generate maximum revenue for the Railways.

During 2007-08, out of 110 sites entrusted to the Authority,consultancy for examining the potential for commercialdevelopment was completed for 10 sites and request forqualification invited from developers.

RAIL VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED (RVNL):Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a Special Purpose Vehicle

(SPV) under the Ministry of Railways was incorporated in theyear 2003 to raise non-budgetary resources for rail capacityprojects and to implement them on a fast track basis.

Up to 31.3.2008, RVNL completed 16 projects covering155 kms. of new lines, 898 kms. of gauge conversion and 350kms. of doubling and 1,007 kms. of railway electrification.Important projects completed during the year, were:

Section Kms.2nd bridge on River Mahanadi 3Pakni-Solapur Doubling 16.28Pakni-Mohol doubling 17Part section of Thanjavur-Villupuram GC 20Diva-Kalyan 5th & 6th line doubling 11Part section of Hospet-Guntakal doubling 15Part section of Attipattu-Korukkepet 3rd line 12Balance section of Cuddalore-Salem GC 83Balance section of Kharagpur-Bhubaneshwar RE 53

RVNL is executing 8 projects funded by Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB). In addition, 5 more projects to be funded by ADBare to be executed by RVNL covering social and environmentalmanagement plans and rehabilitation of the project affectedpersons.

During the year, expenditure on project works wasRs.1,618.73 crore, registering a growth of 30.94% over theprevious year.


Advisory Boards

National Railway Users’ Consultative Council, Zonal/Divisional Railway Users’ Consultative Committees, etc.

These Committees provide for formal consultations betweenthe management and the rail users with a view to improveservices for rail users. Suburban Railway Users’ ConsultativeCommittees and Station Consultative Committees at importantstations provide useful inputs to railway administration. NationalRailway Users’ Consultative Council (NRUCC) has also beenreconstituted for a two year term w.e.f. 1.11.2006. On expiryof 2 years’ term of the Zonal Railway Users’ ConsultativeCommittees (ZRUCCs), Divisional Railway Users’ ConsultativeCommittees (DRUCCs) and Konkan Railway Users’ ConsultativeCommittee (KRUCC) on 31.8.2008, it has been decided toreconstitute the same for the next two years’ term w.e.f.1.10.2008 to 30.9.2010.

Central Board of Railway ResearchCentral Board of Railway Research comprises of Director-

General, RDSO as Chairman, concerned senior officers ofRailway Board as Members and Additional DG, RDSO asMember Secretary. Representation is also given to non-railwaymembers from the IITs, eminent scientists, engineers, otherGovernment departments, Industry, etc. The Boardrecommends and reviews Railways’ research programmes andalso ensures co-ordination and assistance from other researchlaboratories.

Railway Hindi Salahakar SamitiRailway Hindi Salahakar Samiti functions under the Ministry

as an aid for progressive use of Hindi in official work.


GlossaryACCOUNTS

Capital-at-charge: Book value of the capital assets ofRailways.

Gross earnings: The true earnings in an accountingperiod whether actually realised or not.

Gross receipts: Earnings actually realised in anaccounting period.

Net revenue: Gross traffic receipts minus totalworking expenses.

Operating ratio: Ratio of working expenses to grossearnings.

Suspense: Unrealised earnings, liabilities notdischarged in an accounting period.

Working expenses: Expenditure on administration,operation, maintenance & repairs,contribution to Depreciation Reserveand Pension Funds.

STATISTICALDensity: The volume of traffic moving between

any two points on the railwayexpressed in terms of passengerkilometres or net tonne kilometres perroute kilometre/running trackkilometre or train kilometres perrunning track kilometre.

Engine kilometre: Movement of an engine under its ownpower over the length of one km.

Gross tonne kilometre: Gross tonnage comprising of payloadand tare weight hauled by a train.

Lead: Average haul of a passenger or atonne of freight.

Loaded wagon kilometre: Movement of a wagon loaded withgoods over one kilometre.

Net load or net tonnage: Payload of passengers, luggage orgoods carried by a vehicle or a train.

Net tonne kilometre: Payload of one tonne carried over onekm.

Non-revenue traffic: Traffic conveyed free for working theRailways.


Passenger kilometre: A passenger transported over one km.Revenue-earning traffic: Traffic which is paid for by the

consignor or the consignee.Route kilometre: The distance between two points on

the railway irrespective of the numberof lines connecting them, viz. singleline, double line, etc.

Running track kilometre: The length of all running tracksexcluding tracks in sidings, yards andcrossings.

Smalls: Goods consignments whose weightand dimensions do not require theexclusive use of a wagon.

Track kilometre: The length of all running tracks andtracks including tracks in sidings, yardsand crossings.

Train kilometre: Movement of a train over onekilometre.

Vehicle/Wagonkilometre: Movement of a vehicle/wagon over

one kilometre.Wagon turn-round: Interval of time between two successive

loadings of a wagon.TRAFFIC

Freight forwarder: The scheme of collection of “smalls”as well as piecemeal wagon-loadconsignments from the premises ofindividual traders by an external agencythat consolidates and offers them aswagon-load/train-load traffic forcarriage by rail.

OTHERSNumber of staff: All employees paid directly by the

Railway administration.Stores: Materials or parts either purchased

by the Railway or manufactured inRailway workshops for workingthe Railways.

Tractive effort: Load-hauling capability of alocomotive expressed in terms of thetractive force exerted by thelocomotive at wheel.


Gist of important Audit Paragraphs fromthe Report of the Comptroller and Audi-tor General of India - Union Government(Railways) for the year ended 31st March2007.

Report No.CA6 of 2008 (Compliation Audit) - Railways

Fixation of haulage rates less than the base class at break even rateshas resulted in loss of Rs.801.67 crore during nine months periodalone.

(Para 2.1.1)Non-declaration of Tinaighat station as a Port Serving Station thoughit handled inward traffic of iron ore meant for a Port has resulted inshort levy of freight amounting to Rs.15.54 crore.

(Para 2.1.2)Railway’s failure in not canceling a pair of uneconomic passengertrains resulted in an avoidable loss of Rs.10.96 crore.

(Para 2.1.3)Railway granted concession in freight for short lead traffic up to 50kms resulting in operational losses and lesser realisation of earningsto the tune of Rs.102.12 crore.

(Para 2.1.5)Non-observance of procedure for levy and collection of punitive chargeson overloaded wagons has resulted in non-recovery of Rs.11.42 crore.

(Para 2.2.1)Non-availability of vital equipments during manitenance of WAG-9locomotives led to stabling of 17 locos for 3839 days resulting in aloss of earning capacity to the extent of Rs.47.83 crore.

(Para 2.4.1)Railway’s inefficiency and bad workmanship resulted in delay in thePeriodical Overhauling of coaches and wagons and a consequent lossof earning capacity to the tune of Rs.24.18 crore.

(Para 2.4.2)The failure of the Railway Administration to implement Railway Board’sinstructions regarding avoiding despatch of fit wagons to Workshophas resulted in loss of Rs.14.65 crore.

(Para 2.4.4)Failure to observe guidelines regarding waiver of demurrage charges


resulted in loss of Rs.11.41 crore on account of net earning capacityof tank wagons.

(Para 2.4.9)Railway’s failure in not adhering to the statutory requirement stipu-lated for obtaining forest land for a project and commencing the workresulted in wasteful expenditure of Rs.68.92 crore.

(Para 3.1.1)Railway Board’s injudicious decision to provide improved Fibre Rein-forced Polyurethane (FRP) modular toilets in coaches in place of con-ventional toilets resulted in under-utilisation of the investment made(Rs.61.95 crore) due to defects in design and specification.

(Para 3.1.2)Railway’s indecisiveness in deciding the source of financing a work ledto delay in its completion, avoidable payment of Rs.17.41 crore dueto price escalation and non-utilisation of assets valuing Rs.33.54 crore.

(Para 3.1.3)Railway’s failure in obtaining cheaper power from National ThermalPower Corporation (NTPC) due to delay in completion of works re-sulted in avoidable loss of Rs.31.47 crore on two Railways.

(Para 3.2.1)Railway’s decision to bring a largely complete work within the scopeof National Rail Vikas Yojana (NRVY) resulted in blocking up of capi-tal (Rs.36.20 crore) and incurrence of unsanctioned/uncommittedexpenditure (Rs.11.68 crore).

(Para 3.2.2)Delay in commencement of a work after six years of its sanction andfurther delay in completion has resulted in avoidable expenditure ofRs.14.76 crore on account of haulage of trains for an additional runof four kms and increase in cost due to price escalation.

(Para 3.2.3)Failure of Railway Administration to adhere to the Railway Board’sdirective coupled with defective planning led to incurrence of idleinvestment of Rs.8.87 crore and resulted in loss of earning potentialof Rs.2.08 crore on account of detention to wagons for want oflocomotives.

(Para 3.2.4)Improper decision to award contract for construction of Road OverBridge (ROB) to M/s Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) on‘Turn Key’ basis at higher rates led to extra liability/expenditure ofRs.24.86 crore.

(Para 3.3.1)Railway’s failure in utilisation of ballast as per permissible limits of


requirement during gauge conversion works resulted in extra expen-diture of Rs.25.48 crore.

(Para 3.4.1)Non-adherence of Railway Board’s directives for not publishing theterms and conditions of tenders in the Tender Notices advertised inthe Newspapers resulted in extra avoidable expenditure of Rs.19.19crore.

(Para 3.4.2)Due to adoption of price index of ‘metallic minerals’ instead of ‘steelingots’ or ‘steel’, the actual metal used for manufacture of wheels, theprices were fixed on higher side resulting in extra expenditure andunintended benefit of Rs.58.06 crore to SAIL during the year 2005-06 alone.

(Para 4.1.1)Despite being aware of supply constraints, Railway Board placed anorder for supply of the entire quantity of corten steel on M/s TISCOresulting in non-supply leading to avoidable expenditure of Rs.12.22crore.

(Para 4.1.2)Decision to procure a CNC machine at a cost of Rs.12.17 crorewithout correctly assessing the work load resulted in avoidable pay-ment of Rs.3.65 crore on account of payment of dividend to Gen-eral revenues.

(Para 4.1.3)Failure of the Railway Administration to adhere to the norms fixedfor consumption of HSD oil by Diesel Shed during maintenanceschedules resulted in excess of consumption entailing extra expendi-ture of Rs.12.35 crore.

(Para 4.2.1)Failure of DLW to prove out the Portal Milling Machine within stipu-lated time not only led to blocking up of fund of Rs.21.00 croreinvested for procurement of machine but also resulted in incurrenceof extra expenditure of Rs.89.80 crore.

(Para 4.3.1)Failure of the Railways to execute agreements before commence-ment of the works of ROBs/RUBs, non-preparation of completionreports, non-assessment of interim cost for raising the bills and nonclosure of the level crossing even after commissioning of the bridgeshas resulted in non-recovery of Rs.62.24 crore.

(Para 5.1.1)Failure of Zonal Railway’s to abolish the system of using Box Porterled to avoidable expenditure of Rs.29.77 crore.

(Para 5.2.1)


Report No.PA8 of 2008 (Performance Audit) - Railways

Chapter 1 - Disaster Management in Indian RailwaysThis chapter contains the results of Performance Audit on DisasterManagement in the Indian Railways. The disaster management plansdevised by the Zonal Railways and the divisions did not comprehen-sively address all aspects of disaster management. The disaster man-agement plan lacked uniformity and did not adhere to the provisionsof the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

(Para 1.10.1)The infrastructure provided in terms of provision of rescue and reliefequipments on the railway network, facilities in hospitals for the de-ceased and in trains were inadequate and the communication faciliteswere weak. Moreover, speed restrictions and non-placement of reliefequipments strategically in all the divisions impeded speedy responseto disasters and the entire mechanism reflecting the state of pre-paredness was not geared up to envisaged levels.

(Para 1.10.2)Coordination arragements with State Governments/District authori-ties as well as other agencies were weak and Railways were unable toharness their infrastructure while responding to disasters.

(Para 1.10.3)Training - a vital tool to hone the skills of staff - did not receiverequisite importance. Even basic training in First Aid and disastermanagement were not imparted to most of the frontline staff.

(Para 1.10.4)Railways were neither able to rapidly access the disaster sites norprovide organised rescue and relief during the ‘Golden hour’ - the firsthour after the accident. Delayed arrival of relief equipments at thedisaster sites also led to delayed restoration of rail traffic causing di-versions and cancellation of trains.

(Paras 1.11.1 to 1.11.3)Assets were not renewed or rehabilitated in a timely manner. Safetyaids were not provided and the safety measures initiated for preven-tion and mitigation of disasters were inadequate.

(Para 1.12.1)Surveillance mechanisms in railway stations were inadequate and theRailway Protection Force was ineffective in preventing unauthorisedentry into station premises.

(Para 1.12.2)Chapter 2 - Land Management in Indian RailwaysThis chapter contains the results of the performance audit on LandManagement in the Indian Railways. Separate land management cells


were not in existence in most of the Zones and Divisions.(Para 2.9)

Mutation of land acquired was not done with the respective revenueauthorities. In some cases, the land acquired for the projects werenot handed over to the user departments.

(Para 2.10)Inconsistencies prevailed in reporting facts and figures on variousbasic data pertaining to land holdings, vacant land, encroachments,land plans, verification of records with the State Revenue Authori-ties.

(Para 2.11.5)Instances of title disputes/forged sale of land by the private partieswere noticed in some zones.

(Para 2.11.7)There was shortfall in construction of boundary wall in the variousdivisions of the zones.

(Para 2.11.8)Though an assurance was given in the Parliament during 1999 thatthere will be no fresh encroachments, as many as 16,109 new en-croachments crept in. Encroachments observed in 46 locations dur-ing joint inspection conducted by Audit and Railways were not shown/less shown in the railway’s records by the concerned SSEs/SEs. Therewere 27,408 nos. encroachments in the safety zone at the begin-ning of the year 2006-07.

(Para 2.11.9)The policy of charging of license fee for the land given to CONCORon the basis of TEU’s handled instead of linking it with the marketvalue of land resulted in considerable loss of revenue to the extent ofRs.551.26 crore during the period 2004-07.

(Para 2.12.3)There were delays in renewal/execution of license agreements rang-ing from three to five years in 90 cases, 5 to 10 years in 2,427cases and beyond 10 years in 16,588 cases. A comparison of theland value arrived at based on 1985 valuation (duly updated by theprescribed percentages) and the current market value in 55 cases insix zones (NFR, NR, NWR, SCR, SER, SR) and Metro Railway indi-cated that in 42 cases, the license fee fixed based on land value in 1January 1985 with prescribed escalation of 10 or 7 per cent perannum was lower than the current market value resulting in loss ofrevenue of Rs.15.69 crore during the period under review.

(Para 2.12.6)There was no uniformity in levy of various charges among the zones


and within the Divisions in a Zone. Railway Board has not issued anyguidelines for uniformity in recovery of way leave charges.

(Para 2.12.7)Chapter 3 - Scrap Management in Indian RailwaysThis chapter contains the results of Performance Audit of the ScrapManagement on Railways. Collection of Scrap was less than the tar-get by 3,61,070 MT (value Rs.539.80 crore) on some Railwayswith reference to the targets fixed during the years 2002-03 to 2006-07.

(Para 3.8.1.1)A shortage of 10,909 MT of engineering and 5,025 MT of Me-chanical scrap was recorded in the Advice Notes indicating loss ofRs.9.84 crore.

(Para 3.8.1.3)There was a difference of 4,600.32 MT of Scrap between the totalquantities of the lots placed for auction and quantity actually auc-tioned representing a shortage valuing Rs.4.79 crore.

(Para 3.8.4.2)There was loss of revenue to the extent of Rs.2.91 crore (Rs.1.65crore in Southern Railway) due to the sale of scrap at prices lesserthan the reserved price fixed over seven Zonal Railways.

(Para 3.8.4.5)Despite increasing trends in the ‘Wholesale Price Index’ for ‘Iron andSteel’, Railways sold the rails as scrap material at lower rates. Auditnoticed large variations in the rates for the sale of same scrap item ina year over Zonal Railways as well as between the minimum andmaximum rates in the same year resulting in lesser realaisation of salevalue.

(Para 3.8.4.6)

Chapter 4 - Construction, Operation and Maintenance of‘Project Railway’This chapter contains the results of performance audit of Construc-tion, operation and maintenance of ‘Project Railway’ - gauge conver-sion of Surendranagar - Mahuva with extension up to Pipavav ofWestern Railway. Even after completion and commissioning of thework in March 2003, the completion report has not been preparedso far. In the absence of this, the Railway was not able to recover anamount of Rs.17.88 crore from PRCL on account of Rs.0.89 crorerequired for removal of deficiencies, Rs.0.96 crore for pending con-tractual liabilites, Rs.7.74 crore as cost of material and Rs.8.29 croreon account of Departmental and General charges.

(Paras 4.8.1 and 4.8.2.1 to 4.8.2.4)Railway’s action to enter into agreement allowing the procurement of


track and S&T material by PRCL has resulted in extra expenditure ofRs.28.36 crore.

(Para 4.8.3)Underestimation of cost of existing assets of Railways leased to PRCLhas resulted in loss of lease rental of Rs.15.24 crore. There would bea recurring loss of Rs.3.81 crore per annum for the entire leaseperiod if corrective action is not taken.

(Para 4.8.5)The Railway was yet to receive Rs.22.79 crore on account of opera-tion and maintenance charges for the year 2003-04 and 2004-05due in the year 2005-06. Moreover, the amount on account of fixedcost of material for the year 2004-05 is yet to be assessed.

(Para 4.8.6.1)Despite specific provision in the agreement for recovery of compen-sation for the shortfall in guaranteed traffic, no action was taken bythe Railway for recovery of compensation of Rs.66.17 crore fromPRCL.

(Para 8.6.2)Chapter 5 - Review on the working of Matunga WorkshopThis chapter deals with the performance audit of the working ofMatunga Workshop with specific emphasis on repair/maintenanceof BG Coaches. Target for outturn of Matunga Workshop is fixed onthe basis of arisings of coaches for POH. The availability of man-power, machinery etc. is not taken into calculation at all. The methodof fixing the target appears to be unscientific.

(Para 5.8.1)Coaches booked by base stations for POH at Matunga workshop arereceived without the list of missing items prepared jointly by Security,Mechanical and Electrical department. During the period from 2004-05 to 2006-07 fittings valuing Rs.0.87 crore were found missing.

(Para 5.8.2)Matunga workshop has taken more than the prescribed time forPOH of coaches. Railway suffered loss of Rs.11.82 crore on ac-count of detention to coaches during 2006-07 alone.

(Para 5.8.4)Rejection of periodically overhauled coaches by Neutral Control Wingas well as coaches marked sick within 100 days after they wereperiodically overhauled indicates poor workmanship. Railways suf-fered loss of Rs.3.56 crore on account of detention to rejectedcoaches.

(Paras 5.8.7 and 5.8.8)The expenditure of Rs.12.15 crore incurred on augmentation ofPOH capacity of the workshop remained unproductive for the last


two to three years resulting in non-achievement of projected savingin time taken for POH and consequential loss of Rs.54.28 crore onaccount of excessive detention to coaches.

(Para 5.8.9)Report No.PA18 of 2008 (Information Technology Audit) -Railways

Chapter 1 - Unreserved Ticketing System in Indian RailwaysUnreserved Ticketing System provides the facility to purchase unre-served tickets three days in advance of the date of journey and hassimplified the process of cancellation of unreserved tickets. IndianRailways planned implementation of Unreserved Ticketing Systeminitially at 23 locations in Delhi area. Centre for Railway InformationSystem (CRIS) was the nodal agency for procurement of hardwareand development of software, which commenced in August 2002.Unreserved Ticketing System has since been replicated in all the Zonesof IR.The Information Technology audit of Unreserved Ticketing System(UTS) over various zones of IR disclosed several deficiencies. Thedecision to procure dot matrix printers for initial phases of implemen-tation of UTS at differenet locations despite knowing its vulnerabilityto manipulation rendered the system prone to misuse and frauds.

(Para 1.8.1)Even though the UTS services were frequently disrupted by extensivelink failure in the leased communication channels provided by BSNL/MTNL, there was no mechanism to ensure minimum guaranteed effi-ciency of the leased lines. The plan to provide thin clients in smallerstations experiencing frequent link failures was not achieved evenafter a lapse of about five years.

(Para 1.8.2)The system was not comprehensively designed and had various defi-ciencies, which not only caused operational constraints but also war-ranted manual intervention leading to increased security risks andinconvenience to passengers.

(Para 1.8.3)Disaster recovery and business continuity plans were not formulatedand the back up measures were not tested leading to operationalproblems. Inadequate physical and logical access controls exposed thesystem to unauthorised access and IT assets were not adequately pro-tected. Change management controls were also weak.

(Paras 1.9.1 to 1.9.3)Validation controls for cancellation of tickets and issue of both ad-vance journey tickets and season tickets were inadequate. The policy


of allowing cancellation of non-suburban tickets was prone to misusein case of travel to short distance destinations. Fares and distancesbetween stations were incorrectly adopted in the system leading toincorrect levy of fares from passengers. Several routes were not de-fined in the system preventing issue of tickets to destinations. Thedatabase contained various inaccuracies casting doubts on its reliabil-ity.

(Paras 1.10.1 to 1.10.4)The system was also deficient in controls to monitor and check any

fradulent use of pre printed ticket stationery.(Para 1.10.5)

Chapter 2 - Other Computerised applications in IRInformation Technology Security of the computerised applications inWestern Railway suffered from various deficiencies such as lack of ITsecurity policy and failure to conduct any threat based risk assess-ment for systems and data. An independent vulnerability assessmentrevealed as many as 274 vulnerabilities out of which 197 were ofhigh risk. Network security was inadequate as open ports were foundin personal computers rendering the systems vulnerable to viruses,worms and intrusion by hackers. Both the physical and logical accesscontrols were inadequate exposing the systems to unauthorised ac-cess and malicious software.

(Paras 2.1.6.1 to 2.1.6.3)Physical and information assets in Western Railway were not classi-fied and there was no mechanism to designate ownership of criticalinformation. Training in IT security was inadequate and internal au-dits of IT assets, application and its security were not conducted.

(Paras 2.1.6.4, 2.1.6.6. and 2.1.6.7)The Provident Fund Accounting System in Izatnagar Division of NorthEastern Railway suffered from defects such as business rules relatingto accounting of Provident Fund transactions not being incorporatedleading to incorrect processing of transactions, inadequate validationcontrols which adversely affected the reliability of data, weak accesscontrol mechanism and absence of audit trail rendering the systemvulnerable to manipulation. The system was not functioning concur-rently with the Pay Roll System and therefore up to date balances ofsubscribers’ Provident Fund accounts were not available.

(Paras 2.2.6.1. to 2.2.6.4)Audit Report No.CA10 of 2008 (Regulatory Audit)Konkan Railway Corporation LimitedFinancial Accounting Module of ERPTo enhance efficiency of the various financial and operational func-tions of the Organisation and for timely generation of Management


Informatrion system (MIS) reports to aid the Board of Directors indecision making, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (Company)developed an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system known asRailway Application Package (RAP) containing 17 modules throughTata Infotech Limited (TIL) in 1995 and implemented it in 2001 at acost of Rs.5.26 crore.By the year 2004, the Company realised that the RAP was headingfor technological dead-end due to the Alpha servers going out ofproduction and inability to get propriety development tools of Informixforms. Consequently, the Company decided (April 2004) to reengineerthe RAP system to open-ended Java system known as JRAP andassigned the job to M/s Amritha Technologies Limited (ATL) forimplementatiopn of the sytem by April 2005 at a cost of Rs.3.96crores. Despite release of entire cost to M/s ATL, all the 17 modulesof the system had not been implemented till date (September 2007)except the Financial Accounting (FA) module implemented by Janu-ary 2007.IT Audit of JRAP system was conducted to review the developmentand implementation with the main focus on JRAP-Finance Account-ing (FA) module and its linkages with other 16 modules and analysisof various application controls. It was observed that the Companyhad not carried out techno-economic feasibility study before takingup the project of migration of RAP to JRAP. As a result, the Com-pany was facing difficulties in maintaining the system. Non-migrationfrom RAP to JRAP of all the modules even after a lapse of threeyears meant that the Company had to maintain both the systemswithout much value addition.Even in the FA module, there were critical systems requirements thatwere not envisaged or designed. The critical interface with other mod-ules was not possible due to non-implementation of other modules.The validation checks were inadequate resulting in controls being car-ried out manually. The disaster recovery and business continuity planwas not in place thereby exposing the data and the buisness to thepotential risk of loss of data. Thus, the objectives of computerisationthrough an ERP system had not been achieved. The Company neededto address the deficiencies in the system in a time bound manner.Audit Report No.CA11 of 2008 (Regulatory Audit)Railtel Corporation of Indian LimitedThe Company’s failure to prepare the separate accounts for Infra-structure Provider Category-II licence resulted in an avoidable pay-ment of Rs.3.39 crore towards licence fee, interest, penalty and in-terest on penalty.

(Para 17.1.1)


ContentsFinancial Statements

Consolidated Profit and Loss Account ..................................................................... 92

Statements Supplementary to Profit and Loss Account:

Gross Traffic Receipts .............................................................................................92

Ordinary Working Expenses ....................................................................................93

Contribution to Reserve Funds .................................................................................93

Dividend and Other Payments to General Revenues....................................................93

Balance Sheet ........................................................................................................94

Value of Railway Assets ...........................................................................................96

Railways’ Contribution to the Plan—Source of Funds/Application of Funds ..................98

Capital-at-charge ..................................................................................................100

Subsidy from General Revenues .............................................................................101

Loans for Development Fund and Capital Fund .......................................................101

Operating Statistics

Assets ................................................................................................................ 102

Operation ............................................................................................................103

Traffic and Earnings ..............................................................................................104

Utilisation of Rolling Stock .....................................................................................106

General ................................................................................................................107

Statistical Summary—Indian Railways

Financial Statements& Operating Statistics

INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2007-08


Financial Statements IConsolidated Profit and Loss Account: 2007-08

2006-07 2007-08 Supporting(Rs. crore) (Rs. crore) Statement

62,731.50 Gross Traffic Receipts 71,720.06 IAOrdinary Working Expenses

37,432.53 (including Payment to Worked Lines) 41,033.17 IBContribution to Reserve Funds(Depreciation Reserve Fund

11,614.00 and Pension Fund) 13,429.00 IC49,046.53 Total Working Expenses 54,462.1713,684.97 Net Traffic Receipts (Operating Profit) 17,257.89

768.16 Miscellaneous Transactions (Net) 1,076.1314,453.13 Net Revenue (Gross Profit) 18,334.02

Less(a) Dividend and other Payments

3,583.81 to General Revenues 4,238.93 ID(b) Payment to Deferred Dividend

663.00 Liability 664.00(+)10,206.32 Excess (+)/Shortfall (–) (+)13,431.09

(The excess was appropriated to Develop-ment, Capital and Railway Safety Funds)

Statements Supplementary to Profit and Loss Account

2006-07 Gross Traffic Receipts 2007-08 IA(Rs. crore) Coaching Earnings (Rs. crore)

Passenger Traffic # — Full fares # — # — 17,224.56 Less than full fares # — 19,844.17

Parcels and other coaching traffic792.50 Parcels *906.20

75.04 Luggage *84.31850.19 1,717.73 Others *809.79 1,800.30

Goods Earnings16,931.26 Coal, Coke etc. *19,580.7324,418.26 General Merchandise *27,588.56

432.88 Other Traffic *537.28420.61 Wharfage and Demurrage *483.63486.51 41,716.50 Less refunds *755.30 47,434.90

Miscellaneous (Sundry)1,711.70 other earnings 2,565.29

62,370.49 Total Gross Earnings 71,644.66(+)361.01 Suspense (Bills receivable) (+)75.40

Gross Traffic Receipts62,731.50 (Actually realised) 71,720.06

I R A R & A ---- 2007-0892


2006-07 Percentage 2007-08 Percentage(Rs. crore) to total (Rs. crore) to total

Ordinary Working Expenses I BGeneral Superintendence

2,079.71 5.56 and Services 2,291.49 5.58Repairs and Maintenance

3,823.77 10.22 of Permanent Way and Works 4,162.87 10.15Repairs and Maintenance

1,940.57 5.18 of Motive Power 2,078.43 5.07Repairs and Maintenance of

4,211.65 11.25 Carriages and Wagons 4,430.51 10.80Repairs and Maintenance of

2,101.85 5.62 Plant and Equipment 2,310.27 5.63Operating Expenses–Rolling

2,979.09 7.96 Stock and Equipment 3,248.72 7.926,087.47 16.26 Operating Expenses–Traffic 6,601.81 16.09

11,284.45 30.15 Operating Expenses–Fuel 12,150.08 29.611,667.99 4.46 Staff Welfare and Amenities 1,844.51 4.50

Miscellaneous Working1,223.67 3.27 Expenses 1,753.52 4.27

Provident Fund, Pension and57.32 0.15 other Retirement Benefits 105.18 0.26

37,457.54 Gross Expenditure 40,977.39(-)25.01 (-)0.07 Suspense (Bills payable) 55.78 (+)0.14

Ordinary Working Expenses37,432.53 (Actually disbursed) 41,033.17

IC

Contribution to Reserve Funds4,198.00 Depreciation Reserve Fund 5,450.007,416.00 Pension Fund 7,979.00

11,614.00 13,429.00

ID

3,558.12 Dividend and Other Payments to 4,213.24General Revenues

23.12 Dividend Paid (Current) 23.12Other Payments to General Revenues

2.57 25.69 in lieu of tax on Passengers 2.57 25.69On account of assistanceto Railway Safety Fund

3,583.81 Total Dividend payable 4,238.93

663.00 Deferred Dividend paid 664.00 4,246.81 Net Dividend paid 4,902.93

I R A R & A ---- 2007-08 93


Balance Sheet (Provisional)As On As On

March 31, March 31,2007 LIABILITIES 2008

(Rs. crore) (Rs. crore)A. Loan Capital

(advanced by General Exchequer)*61,882.90 (Supporting statement V(a)) # 68,614.95

B. Investment Financed from17,885.55 Railway Capital Fund 24,540.3323,325.78 Depreciation Reserve Fund 27,154.98

9,515.08 Development Fund 11,585.121,339.81 Railway Safety Fund 1,873.16

14,379.29 Special Railway Safety Fund 15,763.43994.86 Revenue 1,041.61845.44 Miscellaneous other sources 860.77

68,285.81 82,819.40C. Reserves

3,729.06 Depreciation Reserve Fund 3,757.353,111.17 Development Fund 3,665.621,801.09 Pension Fund 2,067.765,148.16 Railway Capital Fund 10,086.221,910.75 Raiway Safety Fund 2,104.66

829.54 Special Railway Safety Fund 597.7316,529.77 22,279.34

D. Deposits12,793.06 (i) State Railway Provident Fund 13,746.48**5,298.50 (ii) Miscellaneous Deposits # # 6,421.42

462.69 (iii) F. Loan & Advances 422.7218,554.25 20,590.62

E. Current Liabilities1,032.04 (i) Undischarged (Demands payable) 1,110.43

(ii) Outstanding dues payable to other1,452.57 Government Departments 1,600.712,484.61 2,711.14

1,67,737.34 Grand Total 1,97,015.45

* Excludes Rs.4,252.56 crore pertaining to MTPs and Rs.475.46 crore to CircularRailway and Rs.10,789.00 crore Appropriation to SRSF. Includes Rs.3,737.75crore of Udhampur-Srinagar/Baramula Project(National Investment).

** Net liability to end of March 2007 includes Rs.9.97 crore and Rs.204.57 crorerecoverable from Pakistan and Bangladesh Railways respectively.

# Excludes Rs.4,652.14 crore pertaining to MTPs and Rs.477.95 crore to CircularRailways and Rs.11,954.00 crore Appropriation to SRSF. Includes Rs.4,634.14crore pertaining to Udhampur-Srinagar/Baramula project.

## Net liability to end of March 2008 includes Rs.9.59 crore and Rs.203.51 crorerecoverable from Pakistan and Bangladesh Railways respectively.

I R A R & A ---- 2007-0894


IIAs On As On

March 31, March 31,2007 ASSETS 2008

(Rs. crore) (Rs. crore)

F. Block Assets(i) Fixed Assets

2,737.03 Land 3,077.1278,120.12 Buildings and track 89,340.1821,795.14 Rolling stock 26,631.0218,732.89 Plant and equipments 21,422.35

— Miscellaneous assets —1,21,385.18 1,40,470.67

(ii) Investments1,717.83 Inventory 2,101.09

Works in progress696.12 (Workshops manufacture) 885.55

3,406.21 Miscellaneous Advance (Capital) 3,666.425,820.16 6,653.06

(iii) Investment in other undertakings— Shares in road transport undertakings —

2,963.37 Other Government undertakings 4,310.62

1,30,168.71 Total Block Assets 1,51,434.35

G. Funds lying withCentral Government

35,084.02 (Contra-items C and D) 42,869.96

H. Current Assets533.74 Sundry debtors 668.38

Outstanding dues from other110.90 Government Departments 29.30

1,213.39 Outstanding traffic earnings 1,041.04512.47 Cash in hand 761.37114.11 Demands recoverable 2,11.05

1,67,737.34 Grand Total 1,97,015.45

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III Value of Railway AssetsGross book value on 31st March, 2007

(Rs. crore)Capital Capital Improvement Revenue U.S. Railway Special

-at-charge Fund element in Works Machinery Safety Railway(Comprising assets and other Fund Safety

loan/ created by Miscella- Fundaccount) charge to the neous

Depreciation ToolsReserve

Fund and value of assetscreated out ofDevelopment

FundLand 2,421.56 157.41 112.76 1.88 — 14.48 28.95Structural Engineering Works

Stations and offices 3,469.18 440.25 2,981.16 276.61 — 39.74 379.09Workshops and stores buildings 2,180.86 344.50 763.34 114.26 — (-)2.23 45.29Residential buildings 2,055.58 186.21 1,113.16 81.10 — 39.40 39.32

TrackFormation 9,930.76 4,226.50 3,710.64 106.74 0.29 276.30 1,515.94Permanent way materials 13,265.48 3,887.74 11,933.60 125.32 — 219.95 6,793.22Bridges 3,420.12 1,114.03 2,218.49 42.00 — 328.24 995.43

Rolling StockLocomotives and spare boilers 4,197.74 2,709.29 2,387.15 3.40 — 13.64 804.98Carriages including Rail Carsand E.M.U. Stock 2,579.94 1,060.88 1,423.12 1.80 — 0.29 799.55Wagons 2,058.28 978.11 1,048.79 4.51 — 0.15 905.55Ferries 45.52 — 1.00 0.01 — — 91.71Rail-cum-road services 481.18 — 3.50 (-)0.59 0.23 183.99 0.05Road motor cars and carriersfor public traffic — — 2.40 0.70 — 2.40 —

Equipment (Machinery and Plant) 8,764.90 1,857.56 5,134.18 237.11 3.85 223.46 1,980.21Suspense (Floating Assets likeInventories and stores holdings)

Stores suspense 1,725.22 — — — — — —Manufacture suspense 696.12 — — — — — —Miscellaneous advances 2,557.74 — — — 841.07 — —

Investment in shares ofGovernment commercialundertakings–Road services 368.06 0.20 7.57 0.01 — — —

Investment in shares ofGovernment commercial andpublic undertakings 1,664.66 922.87 — — — — —Total **61,882.90 17,885.55 32,840.86 994.86 845.44 1,339.81 14,379.29

Note : ** Excludes Rs.4,252.56 crore pertaining to Metropolitan Transport Projects (Railways) and Rs.475.46 crore pertaining toCircular Railway and Rs.10,789.00 crore Appropriation to SRSF. Includes Rs.3,737.75 crore invested on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula project.

I R A R & A ---- 2007-0896


*Gross book value on 31st March, 2008

Capital Capital Improvement Revenue U.S. Railway Special-at-charge Fund element in Works Machinery Safety Railway

(Comprising assets and other Fund Safetyloan/ created by Miscella- Fund

account) charge to the neous Depreciation Tools

Reserve Fund and

value of assetscreated out ofDevelopment

FundLand 2,692.47 182.06 134.88 2.01 — 22.48 43.21Structural Engineering Works

Stations and offices 3,936.02 558.53 3,690.37 289.61 — 52.96 439.90Workshops and stores buildings 2,445.89 357.59 916.58 118.22 — 2.23 50.27Residential buildings 2,264.35 234.59 1,287.82 83.68 — 47.47 45.27

TrackFormation 9,702.67 6,343.50 4,297.66 107.49 0.29 404.82 1,557.24Permanent way materials 14,994.32 5,482.90 13,255.26 128.93 — 260.70 6,909.42Bridges 3,642.43 864.34 2,344.09 34.04 — 447.73 1,244.65

Rolling StockLocomotives and spare boilers 4,484.45 3,125.25 3,410.66 11.19 — 13.64 1,085.41Carriages including Rail Carsand E.M.U. Stock 2,661.07 1,262.41 1,595.60 2.27 — 0.30 688.18Wagons 3,238.06 1,381.34 1,374.59 4.73 — 0.91 983.82Ferries 57.88 9.40 14.64 5.42 — — —Rail-cum-road services 608.31 50.03 606.85 34.19 0.23 320.36 175.84Road motor cars and carriersfor public traffic — — 2.62 0.70 — — —

Equipment (Machinery and Plant) 9,513.27 2,968.55 5,808.47 219.12 3.85 299.56 2,540.22Suspense (Floating Assets likeInventories and stores holdings)

Stores suspense 2,100.75 — — — — — —Manufacture suspense 879.82 — — — — — —Miscellaneous advances 2,802.44 — — — 856.40 — —

Investment in shares ofGovernment commercialundertakings–Road services 381.06 0.20 0.01 0.01 — — —

Investment in shares ofGovernment commercial andpublic undertakings 2,209.69 1,719.64 — — — — —Total **68,614.95 24,540.33 38,740.10 1,041.61 860.77 1,873.16 15,763.43

* Provisional

Note :** Excludes Rs.4,652.14 crore pertaining to Metropolitan Transport Projects (Railways) and Rs.477.95 crore pertainingto Circular Railway and Rs.11,954.00 crore Appropriation to SRSF. Includes Rs.4,634.14 crore invested on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula project (National Investment).

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Railways’ Contributionto the Plan:Sources/Applicationof Funds

2006-07 SOURCE OF FUNDS 2007-08(Rs. crore) (Rs. crore)

Internal Resources Generation10,206.32 Excess(+) for the year 13,431.09

Contribution from Revenues and Capitalto Reserve Funds

4,298.00 Depreciation Reserve Fund 5,550.00817.66 Spl. Railway Safety Fund 0.00

— Capital Fund 0.0077.87 Pension Fund (Net) 135.8051.07 Open Line Works financed from Revenues 46.79

818.63 Interest on Fund Balances 1,175.3816,269.55 Total Internal Cash Generation 20,339.06

Borrowing From General Revenues(Interest bearing)

*5,091.75 (a) On Capital account @ 5,670.66(b) As Temporary Loans:

— (i) Reserve Fund —— (ii) Development Fund —— (iii) Capital Fund —

Contribution From General Revenues(Non-interest bearing)

1,365.00 On account of SRSF 1,165.00713.43 On account of RSF 727.26

Total contribution received from the7,170.18 General Revenues 7,562.92

23,439.73 Total Source of Funds 27,901.98

*Excludes Rs.247.46 crore @Excludes Rs.402.50 crorepertaining to MTPs & pertaining to MTPs &Circular Railway. Circular Railway.Rs.1,365.00 crore (SRSF) Rs.1,165.00 crore (SRSF)and Rs.850.00 crore and Rs.896.39 crore(Udhampur-Srinagar- (Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula).Baramula).

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IV

2006-07 APPLICATION OF FUNDS 2007-08(Rs. crore) (Rs. crore)

Acquisition of new assets andreplacement of existing assetsAcquisition Charged to:

5,091.75 Capital 5,670.665,069.61 Railway Capital Fund 6,819.351,563.94 Development Fund 2,075.17

359.94 Railway Safety Fund 533.351,955.60 Spl. Railway Safety Fund 1,396.75

51.07 Open Line Works (Revenue) 46.79Replacement Charged to

4,957.78 Depreciation Reserve Fund 5,774.93

19,049.69 Total Investment 22,317.00

Repayment of loans obtained for:— Development Fund —— Railway Capital Fund —

Interest paid on temporary loans— Development Fund —— Railway Capital Fund —

Increase(+)/Decrease(-)4,390.04 in Funds Balances 5,584.98

23,439.73 Total Application of Funds 27,901.98

Note:12,139.73 Opening balance in all Funds as on 1st April 16,694.3416,529.77 Closing balance as on 31st March 22,279.32

Increase(+)/Decrease (–)4,390.04 in balance comprised of: 5,584.98

(-)412.05 Depreciation Reserve Fund 28.23564.60 Development Fund 554.47185.42 Pension Fund 266.66

3,471.53 Railway Capital Fund 4,773.47353.48 Railway Safety Fund 193.91227.06 Spl. Railway Safety Fund (-) 231.76

4,390.04 Total 5,584.98

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Capital-at-charge V (a)

2006-07 2007-08(Rs. crore) Capital Liabilities (Rs. crore)

58,145.14 Capital-at-charge as on 31st March 63,980.81Less:Capital qualifying for exemption from

2,545.91 payment of Dividend 2,835.3655,599.23 Capital on which Dividend is payable 61,145.45

Total amount of dividend and other*4,246.81 payments to General Revenues @ 4,902.93

Average borrowing rate or6.50 least rate as on 31st March (%) 7.00

Notes:The details of Capital qualifying forexemption from payment of Dividendare as follows:50% of the net Capital

2,545.88 outlay during the year 2,835.330.03 Capital contributed by the companies 0.03

2,545.91 2,835.36

Break-up of Capital liable for payment ofDividend at different rates:Capital upto 31st March, 2008 on which

46,780.79 Dividend is paid at 7 % 51,037.94Capital on residential buildings

1,271.42 payable at 3.5% 1,345.78Capital relating to New Lines other thanthose taken up on other than financial

7,547.02 considerations taken on or after 1st April, 1955 8,761.73

55,599.23 Total Capital on which Dividend is payable 61,145.45

* Includes Rs. 663.00 croretowards payment ofDeferred Dividend.

@ Includes Rs.664.00 crore

towardspayment of

DeferredDividend.

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Subsidy from General Revenues V (b)

2006-07 2007-08(Rs. crore) * Subsidy on: (Rs. crore)

30.77 — Capital cost of Strategic Lines 33.05— Full cost of Kiriburu-Bimalgarh and

1.16 Sambhalpur-Titagarh 1.24— Capital-at-charge on non-strategic

363.65 portion of Northeast Frontier Railway 475.0321.77 — Capital cost of unremunerative Branch Lines 20.26

— Capital cost of New Lines constructed on or after6.18 April 1, 1955 on other than financial considerations 6.65

— Capital cost of New lines other than thoseconstructed on or after April 1, 1955 on

466.94 other than financial considerations 587.89— Outlay on works-in-progress for a

237.82 period of 3 years 255.981.60 — Works in progress: Residential buildings 2.170.25 — Capital cost of ferries 0.26

21.42 — Capital cost of welfare buildings 23.71— — Gauge Conversion on strategic consideration 24.86— — Arrears adjustment 36.91

1,151.56 Total 1, 468.01

* Commenced on April 1, 1979

Loans for Development Fund and Railway Capital Fund V (c)

Particulars Development Railway (Rs. crore)Fund Capital Fund Total

2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08Opening balance — — — — — —Loans takenduring the year — — — — — —Repayment during the year — — — — — —Closing balance — — — — — —

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Operating StatisticsAssets VIA 2006-07 2007-08

B.G. M.G. Total inclu- Route/Track-kms. (000) B.G. M.G. Total including N.G. Route kms. ding N.G.

17.79 _ 17.79 Electrified 18.27 — 18.2749.82 10.62 63.33 Total 51.08 9.44 63.27

Running track km33.62 _ 33.62 Electrified 34.70 — 34.7071.01 11.49 85.39 Total 72.54 9.87 85.16

Total track kms.44.80 _ 44.80 Electrified 47.30 — 47.3093.39 13.41 110.00 Total 96.85 11.68 111.605,830 888 6,909 Number of stations 6,000 806 7,025

Rolling Stock (in units)Locomotives

— 30 43 Steam — 30 44359 10 502 Diesel Hydraulic & Mechanical 345 — 482

3,809 501 4,314 Diesel Electric 3,933 424 4,3613,294 — 3,294 Electric 3,443 — 3,443

Passenger Carriages35,140 3,073 38,855 Loco hauled 37,084 2,966 40,696

3,776 — 3,776 E.M.U. Trailers 3,848 — 3,8481,986 — 1,986 E.M.U. Motor Coaches 2,029 — 2,029

671 21 692 DEMU / DHMU 740 24 764*14 17 *42 Rail Cars 13 14 38

Seats/Berths(000)234.4 1.9 236.3 Air-conditioned 275.2 1.9 277.1

42.9 0.2 43.1 Air-conditioned Chair Car 50.3 0.3 50.67.4 2.0 9.9 1st Class 7.5 1.8 10.0

2,360.2 204.0 2,584.1 2nd Class 2,432.9 200.0 2,654.1792.1 — 792.1 E.M.U. Trailers (all classes) 828.1 — 828.1

*333.7 — *333.7 E.M.U.Motor Coaches(all classes) 345.5 — 345.558.6 1.5 60.1 DEMU / DHMU 64.5 1.7 66.2

0.9 0.9 2.6 Rail Cars (all classes) 0.9 0.8 2.4Other Coaching Vehicles (in units)

3,362 445 3,889 (including Brake Vans) 3,511 449 4,0551,785 186 2,016 Railway Service Vehicles (in units) 1,893 193 2,125

Goods wagons (000)55.0 4.7 59.8 Covered wagons 53.8 3.9 57.8

105.8 0.7 106.7 Open wagons 106.5 0.6 107.2Live-stock wagons, wagons for explosives,

29.5 1.5 31.0 timber rail wagons, tank and misc. wagons 27.8 1.3 29.1Departmental wagons

9.6 0.6 10.2 (including brake vans) 9.5 0.5 10.0Ferry Stock

— — — Power Vessel — — —— — — Dump Craft — — —

* revised

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Operation VIB(Figures in million)

2006-07 2007-08B.G. M.G. Total inclu- Train kms. B.G. M.G. Total inclu-

ding N.G. Passenger and proportion of mixed ding N.G.— *0.02 0.05 Steam — 0.02 0.06

230.76 34.53 *270.71 Dies©el 244.03 28.38 278.39191.39 — 191.39 Electric 196.93 — 196.9362.53 — 62.53 Electric Multiple Units 64.15 — 64.1514.05 — 14.05 MEMU 15.73 — 15.730.58 0.03 0.61 DHMU 0.59 — 0.59

10.62 0.02 10.64 DEMU 10.52 — 10.52— 0.05 0.45 Rail Cars — 0.02 0.41

0.60 0.25 0.85 Rail Bus 0.46 0.29 0.75Goods and proporation of mixed

— — — Steam — — —116.41 2.79 119.20 Diesel 119.84 1.58 121.42186.16 — 186.16 Electric 204.05 — 204.05

Departmental— 0.01 0.01 Steam — — —

5.07 0.44 5.52 Diesel 5.00 0.44 5.460.96 — 0.96 Electric 1.35 — 1.350.22 — 0.22 Electric Multiple Units 0.26 — 0.260.14 — 0.14 MEMU 0.15 — 0.15

Shunting and other engine kms.Shunting

— — — Steam — — —48.99 2.78 52.98 Diesel 52.54 2.06 55.6113.12 — 13.12 Electric 12.60 — 12.60

Light, assisting required, assisting notrequired, siding and departmental

— — — Steam — — —72.50 1.40 *75.10 Diesel 76.92 0.93 78.8676.32 — 76.32 Electric 91.50 — 91.50

Engine kms. (excl. EMUs & Rail Cars)Passenger and proportion of mixed

— 0.02 *0.06 Steam — 0.02 0.06253.48 36.14 296.26 Diesel 268.99 29.54 305.51195.04 — 195.04 Electric 201.95 — 201.95

Goods and proportion of mixed— — 0.01 Steam — — 0.01

213.31 5.25 219.76 Diesel 222.44 3.32 226.77*271.83 — *271.83 Electric 302.87 — 302.87

Departmental— 0.01 0.01 Steam — 0.01 0.01

6.94 0.55 7.49 Diesel 6.90 0.53 7.461.09 — 1.09 Electric 1.61 — 1.61

Total— 0.03 *0.08 Steam — 0.03 0.08

473.73 41.94 523.51 Diesel 498.33 33.39 539.74467.95 — 467.95 Electric 506.43 — 506.43

Vehicle kms. (4-wheelers)13,392.14 603.25 14,082.24 Coaching Vehicles 14,392.12 484.10 14,971.35*1,188.26 — *1,188.26 Electric Multiple Units Coaches 1,234.92 — 1,234.92

331.02 — 331.02 MEMU 369.01 — 369.0110.44 0.20 10.64 DHMU 7.38 0.03 7.41

*125.72 0.18 125.70 DEMU 129.29 — 129.29— 0.11 1.65 Rail Cars — 0.04 1.55

0.60 0.25 0.85 Rail Bus 0.46 0.29 0.75Wagon kms. (4-wheelers)

*22,174.27 64.49 *22,238.76 Loaded 23,951.24 37.86 23,989.09*34,131.97 127.44 *34,259.42 Total 36,619.01 75.52 36,694.53 *65.0 50.6 *64.9 % age of loaded to total 65.4 50.1 65.4

* revised

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Traffic and Earnings VIC2006-07 Passenger Traffic 2007-08

B.G. M.G. Total inclu- B.G. M.G. Total inclu-ding N.G. Passenger originating (millions) ding N.G.

Suburban210.4 — 210.4 1st Class 226.4 — 226.4

3,303.4 — 3,303.4 2nd Class 3,463.0 — 3,463.0*3,513.8 — *3,513.8 Total Suburban 3,689.4 — 3,689.4

Non-suburban1.3 — 1.3 A.C. First Class 1.6 — 1.6

13.2 0.1 13.3 A.C. Sleeper 13.9 0.1 14.026.5 — 26.5 A.C. 3-Tier 31.3 — 31.35.5 0.1 5.6 1st Class 5.6 0.1 5.7

11.1 — 11.1 A.C. Chair Car 13.0 — 13.0Sleeper Class

204.3 4.1 208.4 Mail/Express 211.7 2.9 214.66.0 0.3 6.3 Ordinary 7.7 0.1 7.8

2nd Class488.7 9.6 498.9 Mail/Express 544.9 8.5 554.1

1,759.0 160.5 1,933.7 Ordinary 1,825.7 149.5 1,992.92,515.6 174.7 2,705.1 Total Non-suburban 2,655.4 161.2 2,835.06,029.4 174.7 6,218.9 Total Suburban and Non-suburban 6,344.8 161.2 6,524.4

Passenger kms. (millions)Suburban

6,965 — 6,965 1st Class 7,730 — 7,7301,04,932 — 1,04,932 2nd Class 1,12,112 — 1,12,1121,11,897 — 1,11,897 Total Suburban 1,19,842 — 1,19,842

Non-suburban790 1 791 A.C. First Class 972 1 973

9,109 46 9,155 A.C. Sleeper 10,416 33 10,44917,560 — 17,560 A.C. 3-Tier 22,419 — 22,4191,445 19 1,465 1st Class 1,568 18 1,5874,940 1 4,941 A.C. Chair Car 5,519 1 5,520

Sleeper Class1,38,908 1,252 1,40,160 Mail/Express 1,54,052 873 1,54,976

2,876 59 2,935 Ordinary 2,656 42 2,6982nd Class

1,86,794 3,415 1,90,287 Mail/Express 2,24,222 2,853 2,27,1611,96,915 18,071 2,15,573 Ordinary 2,05,911 17,749 2,24,3815,59,337 22,864 5,82,867 Total Non-suburban 6,27,735 21,570 6,50,1146,71,234 22,864 6,94,794 Total Suburban and Non-suburban 7,47,577 21,570 7,69,956

Average lead (kms.)Suburban

31.1 — 31.1 1st Class 34.1 — 34.131.8 — 31.8 2nd Class 32.4 — 32.431.8 — 31.8 Total Suburban 32.5 — 32.5

Non-suburban584.1 291.0 595.9 A.C. First Class 611.4 249.6 615.2681.0 295.9 688.2 A.C. Sleeper 739.9 244.4 745.9660.8 — 662.5 A.C. 3-Tier 713.7 — 716.1258.1 157.6 260.0 1st Class 275.6 226.0 278.8443.3 *171.8 443.4 A.C. Chair Car 425.9 161.9 426.0

Sleeper Class672.5 242.3 672.6 Mail/Express 719.9 220.2 721.9481.5 239.3 473.1 Ordinary 344.9 281.5 346.7

2nd Class374.4 255.2 381.4 Mail/Express 403.8 230.1 410.0110.0 103.7 111.5 Ordinary 110.8 107.1 112.6218.6 118.2 215.6 Total Non-suburban 232.4 118.2 229.3110.5 118.2 111.7 Total Suburban and Non-suburban 117.0 118.2 118.0

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Traffic and Earnings VIC2006-07 2007-08

B.G. M.G. Total inclu- B.G. M.G. Total inclu-ding N.G. Passenger Earnings (Rs. in crore) ding N.G.

Suburban193.71 — 193.71 1st Class 223.30 — 223.30

1,233.71 — 1,233.71 2nd Class 1,346.26 — 1,346.561,427.42 — 1,427.42 Total Suburban 1,569.56 — 1,569.56

Non-suburban195.16 0.44 195.60 A.C. First Class 230.99 0.36 231.35

1,137.70 5.85 1,143.55 A.C. Sleeper 1,353.45 4.40 1,357.851,606.16 — 1,606.16 A.C. 3-Tier 2,176.85 0.01 2,176.86

100.97 2.32 104.50 1st Class 112.83 4.60 119.28374.58 0.10 374.68 A.C. Chair Car 423.04 0.04 423.08

Sleeper Class4,396.31 63.06 4,459.37 Mail/Express 4,919.60 39.55 4,959.15

66.80 1.69 68.49 Ordinary 66.44 0.91 67.352nd Class

4,428.56 71.92 4,502.32 Mail/Express 5,358.24 59.72 5,419.912,996.76 284.66 3,294.37 Ordinary 3,179.15 262.01 3,458.86

15,303.00 430.04 15,748.59 Total Non-suburban 17,820.59 371.59 18,213.6916,730.42 430.04 @17,176.01 Total Suburban and Non-suburban 19,390.15 371.59` #19,783.25

Average rate/passenger km. (paise)Suburban

27.8 — 27.8 1st Class 28.9 — 28.911.8 — 11.8 2nd Class 12.0 — 12.012.8 — 12.8 All Classes (suburban) 13.1 — 13.1

Non-Suburban246.8 295.3 246.9 A.C. First Class 237.7 292.2 237.7124.9 128.5 124.9 A.C. Sleeper 129.9 135.0 130.0

91.5 — 91.5 A.C. 3-Tier 97.1 91.2 97.169.9 120.7 71.0 1st Class 72.0 255.2 75.275.8 110.6 75.8 A.C. Chair Car 76.6 104.0 76.6

Sleeper Class31.6 50.4 31.8 Mail/Express 31.9 45.3 32.023.2 28.5 22.3 Ordinary 25.0 21.7 25.0

2nd Class23.7 21.1 23.7 Mail/Express 23.9 20.9 23.915.2 15.8 15.3 Ordinary 15.4 14.8 15.427.4 18.8 27.0 All Classes (Non-suburban) 28.4 17.2 28.024.9 18.8 24.7 Total Suburban and Non-suburban 25.9 17.2 25.7

Freight TrafficTonnes originating (000's)

724,834 2,915 727,749 Revenue earning 790,696 3,195 793,89116,366 444 16,810 Non-revenue 10,165 54 10,219

741,200 3,359 744,559 Total 800,861 3,249 804,110Net tonne kms. (millions)

479,556 1,437 480,993 Revenue-earning 520,328 1,043 521,3712,385 44 2,429 Non-revenue 1,818 7 1,825

481,941 1,481 483,422 Total 522,146 1,050 523,196Earnings from carriage of goods

40,928.92 144.29 41,073.21 traffic (Rs. in crore) 46,335.80 89.69 46,425.49Average lead (kms.)

661 386 661 Revenue-earning 658 269 657146 99 145 Non-revenue 179 124 179650 355 649 Total 652 267 651

85.35 100.42 85.39 Average rate/tonne km. (paise) 89.05 86.01 89.04

@ Excludes Rs.45.23 crore for # Excludes Rs.48.54 crore for2005-06 and Rs.48.54 crore for 2006-07 and Rs.60.92 crorefor 2006-07 pertaining to Metro for 2007-08 pertaining toRailway, Kolkata. Metro Railway, Kolkata.I R A R & A ---- 2007-08 105


Utilisation of Rolling Stock VID

2006-07 2007-08B.G. M.G. N.G. Vehicle and Wagon usage B.G. M.G. N.G.

Vehicle kms./Vehicle day501 221 *77 Passenger vehicles 510 189 77304 82 Other coaching vehicles 306 65

*230.1 27.4 — Wagon kms./wagon day 248.9 21.9 —5.49 — — Wagon turn-round (days) 5.23 — —

*3,238 314 — Net tonne kms./wagon day 3,539 303 —*21.7 22.7 — Avge. wagon load during the run (tonnes) 21.8 27.6 —

(in terms of 4-wheelers)Average speed of goods trains

(kms. per hour)Through goods trains

— — — Steam — — —24.1 15.9 — Diesel 24.5 14.8 —25.8 — — Electric 26.5 — —25.0 15.9 — All Traction 25.6 14.8 —

All goods trains— — — Steam — — —

23.9 15.2 — Diesel 24.2 14.5 —25.8 — — Electric 26.3 — —24.9 15.2 — All Traction 25.4 14.5 —

Engine usageEngine kms./day/engine on line

— 9 25 Steam — 9 17341 249 *142 Diesel 344 223 142425 — — Electric 437 — —

Net tonne kms./goods loco day on line— — — Steam — — —

*248,468 36,974 — Diesel 252,693 39,219 4,732*385,618 — — Electric 436,824 — —

Net tonne kms./goods loco day in use— — — Steam — — —

*298,422 47,191 — Diesel 307,158 49,880 —*448,794 — — Electric 487,634 — —

Net tonne kms./goods engine*19,021 2,991 — hour (All traction) 18,744 3,076 11

Avge. load of goods trains (tonnes)1,588 523 — Net Load 1,607 663 —2,959 1,056 — Gross load (incl. wt. of engine) 2,952 1,328 —

* revised

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General VIE2006-07 2007-08

B.G. M.G. Total inclu- Density B.G. M.G. Totalding N.G. Train kms./running incl. N.G.

31.6 9.0 27.7 track kms./day 32.6 8.5 28.9Passenger train kms./

19.7 *8.2 *17.7 running track kms./day 20.1 7.9 18.2Goods train kms./

11.9 0.8 10.0 running track kms./day 12.4 0.6 10.7Repair of Rolling Stock(ineffective %age)

8.72 12.1 *8.98 Locomotives 8.36 18.8 8.577.97 12.28 8.31 Passenger Carriages 7.68 10.17 7.838.07 12.57 *8.29 Other Coaching Vehicles 7.09 10.15 7.21

12.50 — 12.50 E.M.U. Coaches 12.00 — 12.00*4.37 3.65 *4.34 Wagons 4.29 1.66 4.22

Fuel consumption by locos— 2 3 Coal (000 tonnes) — 2 3

2,088 112 2,212 Diesel oil (000 kilolitres) 2,180 93 2,2848,844 — 8,844 Electricity (million kwt. hrs.) 9,008 — 9,008

Electricity consumed by E.M.U.1,099 — 1,099 suburban services (million kwt. hrs.) 1,149 — 1,149

Consumption/1,000 gross tonne km.Passenger and proportion of mixed

— 574.4 830.6 Coal (kg.) — 599.3 764.14.27 5.82 4.38 Diesel oil (litres) 4.09 5.91 4.1919.2 — 19.2 Electricity (kwt. hrs.) 19.1 — 19.1

Goods and proportion of mixed— — — Coal (kg.) — — —

2.60 6.48 2.63 Diesel oil (litres) 2.52 5.13 2.537.98 — 7.98 Electricity (kwt. hrs.) 7.72 — 7.72

Groups Group Group Total Personnel Groups Group Group TotalA&B C D A & B C D

Number (000)*11.3 *839.6 *457.9 *1,308.8 Open line 11.5 847.5 445.7 1,304.7

*2.0 *13.1 *13.0 *28.1 Construction 2.1 13.1 12.7 27.90.9 35.5 9.4 45.8 Production Units 0.9 35.4 9.4 45.7

Railway Board and1.6 *10.3 3.0 *14.9 other Railway offices 1.6 11.5 3.1 16.2

15.8 *898.5 *483.3 *1,397.6 Total 16.1 907.5 470.9 1,394.5*808.9 *17,495.5 *5,854.7 *24,159.1 Total wage (Rs. in crore) 917.7 18,969.4 6,005.3 25,892.4*517.4 *196.8 *120.7 *173.8 Avge. annual wage/employee 573.5 209.7 127.5 186.1

(Rs. in ’000 )Stores purchases (Rs. in crore)

18,056.8 Indigenous 21,352.1Imported

431.9 Direct 590.7162.7 Purchased in India 39.2

18,651.4 Total 21,982.0 *revised

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@ Includes investment from Capital Fund Investment upto latest year 2007 08 was Rs 24 540 33 crore * Excludes earning pertaining to Metro Railway Kolkata for the year

Statistical Summary

For the year

As on March 31 1950-51 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 1998-99 1999-00 2000-0

Assets

@Capital-at-charge (Rs. in crore) 827.0 1,520.9 3,330.3 6,096.3 16,125.8 36,829.34 39,772.06 43,051.8Total Investment (Rs. in crore) 855.2 1,868.6 4,099.4 7,448.4 22,200.5 53,657.6 58,353.4 63,341.0

Route kilometres–Electrified 388 748 3,706 5,345 9,968 13,765 14,261 14,85Total 53,596 56,247 59,790 61,240 62,367 62,809 62,759 63,02

Running Track kms–Electrified 937 1,752 7,447 10,474 18,954 25,773 26,809 27,93

Total 59,315 63,602 71,669 75,860 78,607 81,511 81,252 81,86Number of stations 5,976 6,523 7,066 7,035 7,100 6,896 6,867 6,84Rolling Stock (in units)–

Locomotives:Steam 8,120 10,312 9,387 7,469 2,915 58 56 5

Diesel 17 181 1,169 2,403 3,759 4,586 4,651 4,70Electric 72 131 602 1,036 1,743 2,785 2,810 2,81

Coaching stock–Passenger carriages 13,022 20,062 24,591 27,410 28,677 31,554 32,208 33,23EMU / DMU / DHMU 460 846 1,750 2,625 3,142 4,076 4,266 4,66Rail Cars 87 116 85 68 24 20 17 2Other coaching vehicles 6,059 7,415 8,719 8,230 6,668 5,338 4,891 4,73

Wagons 205,596 307,907 383,990 400,946 346,102 252,944 234,397 222,19Personnel

No. of employees (in thousands) 914 1,157 1,374 1,572 1,652 1,578 1,577 1,54Wage Bill (Rs. in crore) 113.8 205.2 459.9 1,316.7 5,166.3 15,610.6 16,288.7 18,841.Average wage per employee (in Rs.) 1,263 1,799 3,398 8,435 31,864 98,731 1,02,948 1,21,28

Transportation outputTrain kms. (excl.deptt.) (in millions)–

Passenger and proportion of mixed 163.4 205.1 248.7 294.6 364.5 434.1 445.7 453.Goods and proportion of mixed 111.5 161.2 202.4 199.5 244.9 246.2 260.6 261.

Vehicle and wagon kms. (excl. deptt.and brake vans) (in millions)–

Vehicle kms. 2,802 3,799 5,011 6,189 8,585 11,022 11,699 12,06Wagon kms. 4,370 7,507 10,999 12,165 19,230 25,240 27,003 27,65

NTKms./Wagon day (BG)(4-wheelers) 710 998 908 986 1,407 1,904 2,027 2,04

Volume of trafficPassenger traffic–

No. of passengers originating (in millions) 1,284 1,594 2,431 3,613 3,858 4,411 4,585 4,83Passenger kms. (in millions) 66,517 77,665 118,120 208,558 295,644 403,884 430,666 457,02Passenger earnings* (Rs. in crore) 98.2 131.6 295.5 827.5 3,144.7 8,526.7 9,555.6 10,483.

Average lead (in kms.) 51.8 48.7 48.6 57.7 76.6 91.6 93.9 94.Average rate per passenger km. (in paise) 1.48 1.71 2.50 3.97 10.64 21.11 22.19 22.9

Freight Traffic–Tonnes originating (in millions):Revenue earning traffic 73.2 119.8 167.9 195.9 318.4 420.9 456.4 473.Total traffic 93.0 156.2 196.5 220.0 341.4 441.6 478.2 504.Net tonne kms. (in millions):Revenue earning traffic 37,565 72,333 110,696 147,652 235,785 281,513 305,201 312,37Total traffic 44,117 87,680 127,358 158,474 242,699 284,270 308,039 315,51Earnings from freight carried excl.wharfage & demurrage charges(Rs. in crore) 139.3 280.5 600.7 1,550.9 8,247.0 19,675.8 21,754.99 23,045.4Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.) 470 561 648 720 711 644 644 62Average rate per tonne km. (in paise) 3.16 3.87 5.43 10.50 35.00 69.89 71.28 73.7

Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotivesCoal (in thousand tonnes) 9,504 14,800 14,338 11,079 4,483 19 10Diesel oil (in kilo-litres) N.A. 62,771 569,025 1,067,477 1,712,816 1,900,804 1,983,427 1,999,26Electricity (Million KWH) N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 4,249.26 7,299.34 7,153.45 7,932.6

Stores purchases (Rs. in crore)

Indigenous 63.2 158.1 331.1 1,233.3 4,749.2 8,562.1 8,604.1 10,381.Total 81.6 177.9 363.7 1,337.1 5,189.3 9,114.2 9,398.4 10,835.

Operating Revenue and Expenditure(Rs. in crore)

Gross revenue receipts 263.30 460.42 1,006.95 2,703.48 12,451.55 30,233.95 33,855.68 36,010.9Working expenses incl. depreciation,etc. and miscellaneous expenses 215.74 372.55 862.22 2,575.99 11,337.77 28,092.79 31,120.01 34,939.7Net revenue receipts 47.56 87.87 144.73 127.49 1,113.78 2,141.16 2,735.67 1,071.2Percentage of net revenue receiptsto the Capital-at-charge 5.75 5.77 4.35 2.09 6.91 5.81 6.88 2.4Operating ratio (per cent) 81.00 78.75 84.13 96.07 91.97 93.34 93.31 98.3Dividend to General Revenues andpayment to States in lieu of tax onpassenger fares 32.51 55.86 164.57 325.36 938.11 1,742.08 1,889.78 307.6Excess(+)/Shortfall(-) (+)15.05 (+) 32.01 (-) 19.84 (-) 197.87 (+) 175.67 (+) 399.08 (+) 845.89 (+) 763.5

Out-put Cost (BG)Cost/Vehicle km (Rs.) N.A. N.A. 0.84 2.09 6.05 11.95 12.33 13.8Cost/Wagon km (Rs.) N.A. 0.33 0.57 1.24 3.20 5.93 6.00 6.5


rs 2006 07 & 2007 08 at Rs 48 54 crore and Rs 60 92 crore respectively # Revised

y—Indian Railways

For the year

01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

88 47,147.35 51,099.09 56,061.79 59,346.93 65,878.37 76,030.69 88,521.1401 70,117.47 77,915.78 87,474.50 98,490.02 1,12,180.41 1,30,168.71 151,434.35

56 15,994 16,272 16,776 17,495 17,907 17,786 18,27428 63,140 63,122 63,221 63,465 63,332 63,327 63,273

37 29,567 29,974 30,589 32,686 33,540 33,623 34,70065 82,354 82,492 83,859 84,260 84,370 85,389 85,15843 6,856 6,906 7,031 7,146 6,974 6,909 7,025

54 53 52 45 44 44 43 4402 4,815 4,699 4,769 4,807 4,793 4,816 4,8430 2,871 2,930 3,004 3,065 3,188 3,294 3,443

36 34,338 34,871 35,654 37,087 38,156 38,855 40,69668 4,876 4,957 5,278 5,388 5,894 6,454 6,64122 22 24 37 38 40 41 3831 4,827 4,904 5,519 5,600 5,612 5,905 6,18093 216,717 214,760 227,752 222,409 207,983 #207,723 204,034

45 1,511 1,472 1,442 1,424 1,412 #1,398 1,3954 19,037.2 19,914.8 20,928.4 22,552.7 23,919.9 #24,159.08 25,892.35

81 126,650 133,967 145,040 158,140 1,69,770 #1,73,799 186,070

2 475.9 498.3 506.5 517.4 534.4 #551.7 567.51 268.5 274.2 269.2 283.5 291.0 305.4 325.5

67 12,777 13,504 13,836 14,261 15,004 15,741 16,71454 29,012 29,584 28,814 31,366 32,434 #34,259 36,695

42 2,223 2,468 2,570 2,677 2,960 #3,238 3,539

33 5,093 4,971 5,112 5,378 5,725 6,219 6,52422 490,912 515,044 541,208 575,702 615,614 694,764 769,9562 11,162.2 12,540.8 13,259.8 14,072.52 15,080.77 17,176.01 19,783.256 96.9 103.6 105.9 107.0 107.5 #111.7 118

94 22.62 24.35 24.50 24.4 24.5 24.7 25.7

5 492.5 518.7 557.4 602.1 666.5 727.75 793.892 522.2 542.7 581.4 626.2 682.4 744.56 804.11

71 333,228 353,194 381,241 407.398 439,596 480,993 521,3716 336,445 356,027 384,074 411.280 441,762 483,422 523,196

41 24,586.79 26,231.45 27,403.15 30,489.23 35,534.69 41,073.21 46,425.4926 644 656 661 657 647 649 65178 73.78 74.27 71.88 74.84 80.83 85.39 89.04

4 3 3 3 3 3 3 362 1,970,723 2,007,993 2,060,396 2,080,634 2,111,190 2,211,531 2,284,06165 8,365.46 9,013.39 9,500.61 10,157.98 10,425.12 11,061.5 11,684.67

8 10,565.2 11,134.9 11,017.5 12,620.61 14,905.04 18,057.0 21,352.12 10,950.4 11,598.3 11,372.0 12,967.32 15,326.09 18,651.4 21,982

95 39,357.81 42,741.48 44,910.62 49,046.58 56,315.51 64,785.84 73,276.57

72 37,020.28 38,911.24 40,432.13 43,773.03 48,309.63 50,332.71 54,942.553 2,337.53 3,830.23 4,478.49 5,273.55 8,005.88 14,453.13 18,334.02

49 4.96 7.50 7.99 8.89 12.15 19.01 20.7134 96.02 92.34 92.13 90.98 83.72 78.68 75.94

64 1,337.18 2,714.83 3,387.08 3,199.32 3,667.92 4,246.81 4,902.9359 (+)1,000.35 (+) 1,115.40 (+) 1,091.41 (+) 2,074.23 (+)4,337.96 (+)10,206.32 (+)13,431.09

83 14.45 14.72 17.18 16.08 15.26 #17.13 17.9952 6.43 7.75 6.42 6.46 7.11 #6.96 7.16

As on March 31Assets

@Capital-at-charge (Rs. in crore)Total Investment (Rs. in crore)

Route kilometres–ElectrifiedTotal

Running Track kms–ElectrifiedTotal

Number of stationsRolling Stock (in units)–

Locomotives:SteamDieselElectric

Coaching stock–Passenger carriagesEMU / DMU / DHMURail CarsOther coaching vehicles

WagonsPersonnel

No. of employees (in thousands)Wage Bill (Rs. in crore)Average wage per employee (in Rs.)

Transportation outputTrain kms. (excl.deptt.) (in millions)–

Passenger and proportion of mixedGoods and proportion of mixed

Vehicle and wagon kms. (excl. deptt.and brake vans) (in millions)–

Vehicle kms.Wagon kms.

NTKms./Wagon day (BG)(4-wheelers)

Volume of trafficPassenger traffic–

No. of passengers originating (in millions)Passenger kms. (in millions)Passenger earnings* (Rs. in crore)Average lead (in kms.)Average rate per passenger-km. (in paise)

Freight Traffic–Tonnes originating (in millions):Revenue earning trafficTotal trafficNet tonne kms. (in millions):Revenue earning traffic

Total trafficEarnings from freight carried excl.wharfage & demurrage charges(Rs. in crore)Average lead-Total traffic (in kms.)Average rate per tonne km. (in paise)

Quantity of fuel consumed by locomotivesCoal (in thousand tonnes)Diesel oil (in kilo-litres)Electricity (Million KWH)

Stores purchases (Rs. in crore)IndigenousTotal

Operating Revenue and Expenditure(Rs. in crore)Gross revenue receiptsWorking expenses incl. depreciation, etc.and miscellaneous expensesNet revenue receiptsPercentage of net revenue receiptsto the Capital-at-chargeOperating ratio (per cent)Dividend to General Revenues andpayment to States in lieu of tax onpassenger faresExcess(+)/Shortfall(-)

Out-put Cost (BG)Cost/Vehicle km (Rs.)Cost/Wagon km (Rs.)

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