National Rail Vikas Yojana
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National Rail Vikas Yojana
With a view to complete strategically
important projects within a stipulated period of time, a non-budgetary
investment initiative for the development of Railways has been
launched.. Under the scheme all the capacity bottlenecks in the critical
sections of the railway network will be removed at an investment of
Rs.15,000 crore over the next five years. These projects would include:
1.Strengthening of the golden
Quadrilateral to run more long-distance mail/express and freight trains
at a higher speed of 100 kmph.
2.Strengthening of rail connectivity to ports and development of multi-modal corridors to hinterland.
3.Construction of four mega bridges - two over River Ganga, one over River Brahmaputra, and one over River Kosi.
4.Accelerated completion of those projects nearing completion and other important projects.
2.Strengthening of rail connectivity to ports and development of multi-modal corridors to hinterland.
3.Construction of four mega bridges - two over River Ganga, one over River Brahmaputra, and one over River Kosi.
4.Accelerated completion of those projects nearing completion and other important projects.
New Steps towards Safety and Security :
Safety of 13 million passengers that
Indian Railways serve every day is of paramount importance to the
system. Over the years, apart from the regular safety norms followed,
the network has taken a number of steps through innovative use of
technology and stepped up training to its manpower to enhance safety
standards. Constitution of Rs.17,000 crore non-lapsable Special Railway
Safety Fund (SRSF) to replace the arrears of aging assets of Railways
over the next six years has been a historical move in this direction. A
number of distressed bridges, old tracks, signalling system and other
safety enhancement devices will be replaced during this period. As far
as budget allocation for safety is concerned, Rs.1,400 crore was
allocated in the revised estimate for the year 2001-02 and Rs.2,210
crore for the year 2002-2003. Extensive field trials of the
Anti-Collision Device (ACD), indigenously developed by Konkan Railway,
is going on and once deployed across the Zonal Railways, this innovative
technology will help railways reduce accidents due to collision between
trains.
Security of railway passengers is at present a shared responsibility of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Reserve Police (GRP). Efforts are on to amend the Railway Act to give more powers to the RPF in ensuring security of passengers on trains and within Railway premises. Deployment of women police Force has been made for security and assistance of women passengers.
Security of railway passengers is at present a shared responsibility of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Reserve Police (GRP). Efforts are on to amend the Railway Act to give more powers to the RPF in ensuring security of passengers on trains and within Railway premises. Deployment of women police Force has been made for security and assistance of women passengers.
Improving Financial Health :
The financial position of Indian Railways
has been slowly but steadily improving. Some of the highlights of the
financial performance during 2001-02 include: improved operating ratio
from 98.8 per cent to 96.6 per cent, savings in ordinary working
expenses of Rs.1,487 crore, Depreciation Reserve Fund (DRF) balance goes
up from Rs. 78.04 crore during March last year to Rs.632.99 crore
during same time this year. Railways have established a new milestone in
incremental freight loading during July this year by carrying 5.70
million tonnes of goods. Freight loading for the last financial year
crossed the target and attained 492.31 million tonnes.
New Trends in Passenger Amenities :
To take care of the unreserved segment of
the passengers, a new pilot project on computer based unreserved
ticketing has been launched this year. Of the 13 million passengers
served by the network everyday, nearly 12 million are unreserved
passengers. To cater to this huge segment, computer based ticketing
systems has been launched for all stations in Delhi area and in due
course throughout the country. With this, unreserved tickets can be
issued even from locations other than the boarding station and will
reduce crowds at booking offices and stations.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
with the assistance of Centre for Railway
Information Systems has launched On-line ticketing facility which can
be accessed through website irctc.co.in. Computerized reservation
facilities were added at 245 new locations. At present these facilities
are available at 758 locations in the country covering about 96 per cent
of the total workload of passenger reservation. Computerized
Reservation related enquiries about accommodation availability,
passenger status, train schedule, train between pair of stations etc.
have been made web enabled.
A pilot project for issuing monthly and quarterly season tickets through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) has been launched in Mumbai this year and has been found very successful. Another pilot project for purchasing tickets including monthly and quarterly season tickets through Smart Card has also been launched.
"National Train Enquiry System" has been started in order to provide upgraded passenger information and enquiries. This system provides the train running position on a current basis through various output devices such as terminals in the station enquiries and Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) at important railway stations. So far the project has been implemented at 98 stations.
Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) Computerisation of freight operations by Railways has been achieved by implementing Rake Management System (RMS). Such FOIS terminals are available at 235 locations
Railways have established their own intra-net 'Railnet' It provides networking between Railway Board, Zonal Headquarters, Divisional headquarters, Production Units, Training Centers etc.
Sterling Performance by PSUs The public sector undertakings of the Railways, especially IRCON and RITES, scored commendable achievements during the last three years. IRCON International has achieved a record turnover of Rs.900 crore during 2001-02 and the foreign exchange earnings of this prestigious organization has increased six fold over the years. At the international level, IRCON is at present executing different projects in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia. The PSU has registered a strong presence in the international scenario by its sterling track record.
RITES, another prestigious PSU under the Ministry has scaled new heights in performance, profit and dividend to the shareholders during the last three years. Its turn over increased from Rs.172 crore in 1999 to Rs.283 crore in 2002. RITES for its sterling performance secured the prestigious ISO-9001 Certification this year. The company has also entered into export/leasing of locomotives in different countries in Asia and Africa. RITES is operating all over the world including Columbia, UK, Iran, Malayasia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Indian Railways Finance Corporation Limited secured excellent rating for fourth year in succession by the Department of Public enterprises on the basis of the performance targets. Besides, Standards and Poor's, the international credit rating agency, also reaffirmed the sovereign ratings to IRFC. The Corporation has been making profits and paying dividends.
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC ) Internet based ticket booking has been launched by IRCTC in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Calcutta this year. Hygienic and air-conditioned food plazas having consumer-friendly ambience opened at Pune and Chennai and license for similar plazas awarded for 17 more locations. In all, 50 such plazas will be opened by the end of this financial year across the zonal Railways. Railneer - packaged drinking water is to be made available from December this year.
More than half a lakh tourists have availed the value added tour package programme launched by the Corporation this year.
A pilot project for issuing monthly and quarterly season tickets through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) has been launched in Mumbai this year and has been found very successful. Another pilot project for purchasing tickets including monthly and quarterly season tickets through Smart Card has also been launched.
"National Train Enquiry System" has been started in order to provide upgraded passenger information and enquiries. This system provides the train running position on a current basis through various output devices such as terminals in the station enquiries and Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) at important railway stations. So far the project has been implemented at 98 stations.
Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) Computerisation of freight operations by Railways has been achieved by implementing Rake Management System (RMS). Such FOIS terminals are available at 235 locations
Railways have established their own intra-net 'Railnet' It provides networking between Railway Board, Zonal Headquarters, Divisional headquarters, Production Units, Training Centers etc.
Sterling Performance by PSUs The public sector undertakings of the Railways, especially IRCON and RITES, scored commendable achievements during the last three years. IRCON International has achieved a record turnover of Rs.900 crore during 2001-02 and the foreign exchange earnings of this prestigious organization has increased six fold over the years. At the international level, IRCON is at present executing different projects in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia. The PSU has registered a strong presence in the international scenario by its sterling track record.
RITES, another prestigious PSU under the Ministry has scaled new heights in performance, profit and dividend to the shareholders during the last three years. Its turn over increased from Rs.172 crore in 1999 to Rs.283 crore in 2002. RITES for its sterling performance secured the prestigious ISO-9001 Certification this year. The company has also entered into export/leasing of locomotives in different countries in Asia and Africa. RITES is operating all over the world including Columbia, UK, Iran, Malayasia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Indian Railways Finance Corporation Limited secured excellent rating for fourth year in succession by the Department of Public enterprises on the basis of the performance targets. Besides, Standards and Poor's, the international credit rating agency, also reaffirmed the sovereign ratings to IRFC. The Corporation has been making profits and paying dividends.
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC ) Internet based ticket booking has been launched by IRCTC in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Calcutta this year. Hygienic and air-conditioned food plazas having consumer-friendly ambience opened at Pune and Chennai and license for similar plazas awarded for 17 more locations. In all, 50 such plazas will be opened by the end of this financial year across the zonal Railways. Railneer - packaged drinking water is to be made available from December this year.
More than half a lakh tourists have availed the value added tour package programme launched by the Corporation this year.
Innovative Technologies by Konkan Railway :
Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC), the
technological marvel of Indian Railways, has invented quite a few new
technologies. Anti Collision Device (ACD), state-of-art indigenous
technology of KRC is currently under-going intensive field trials and is
capable of avoiding collision between trains. Sky bus metro is another
innovative, economic and eco-friendly mass rapid transportation solution
devised by Konkan Railway. Self Stablising Track (SST) devised by KRC,
which is undergoing trials at present, will help Railways run the
fastest train in the near future and will make tracks much more safe and
sustainable.
Private Sector Participation :
The participation of both private and
public sectors in developing rail infrastructure has gone up. A joint
venture company was formed with Pipava Port authorities to provide broad
gauge connectivity to Pipava Port. MoUs have been signed between
Ministry of Railways and the State governments of Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand in
developing rail infrastructure in these States.
Telecommunication - New Trends :
To give improved telecommunication
systems on Railways, Optical Fibre based communication systems has been
adopted and laying OFC has increased to 7,700 route kilometer this year.
Rail Tel Corporation has been created to make a nationwide broadband
multimedia network by laying optical fibre cable along the railway
tracks. This system will provide better operational and passenger
amenities and additional revenue to Railways.
New Technologies :
India became the first developing country
and the 5th country in the world to roll out the first indigenously
built "state-of-the-art" high horse power three phase electric
locomotive when the first such loco was flagged off from Chittranjan
Locomotive Works (CLW). CLW has been achieving progressive
indigenisation and the cost of locomotives has come down to the level of
Rs.13.65 crore.
Diesel Locomotives Works, Varanasi has produced state-of-the-art 4000 HP AC/AC diesel locomotive in April this year. These locos are capable of hauling 4,800 tonne freight trains at a speed of 100 KMPH and can run continuously up to 90 days in one stretch without any major maintenance.
Diesel Locomotives Works, Varanasi has produced state-of-the-art 4000 HP AC/AC diesel locomotive in April this year. These locos are capable of hauling 4,800 tonne freight trains at a speed of 100 KMPH and can run continuously up to 90 days in one stretch without any major maintenance.
Honours and Awards
Indian Railways achieved a number of
recognitions and awards in sports, tourism sector and for excellence in
operational matters. In the Common Wealth Games in Manchester, the
Indian teams record performance has been mainly due to Railway team's
excellence in sports. Except one member the entire women's Hockey team
which bagged the gold medal belonged to Railways. Mohd Ali Qamar of
Indian Railways has bagged gold medal for boxing and other participants
from Railways helped India win medals in many a team events. A number of
sportspersons from Railways were conferred with the coveted Arjuna
Awards and other major sports awards.
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