Presented By:

Nishant Kumar Oraon

Raghvendra Pratap Singh

Railway Budget
Railway Budget or Rail Budget is a plan or
statement of the annual financial allocation for
Indian Railways which is responsible for providing
transport through rails in the country. Rail Budget
is submitted in the Parliament every year brought
up by the Minister of Railways.
Till 1924 there was no separate budget for railways
it was included in General budget.
Following the recommendation of the 10 memberAcworth Committee in 1920-21, headed by railway
economistWilliam Acworth, the railway finances of
India were separated from the general government
finances in 1924.
John Mathai presented the first Railway Budget for
independent India in November 1947.

 No new trains
Investment of 8.5 lakh crore envisaged
over the next 5 years
Advance bookings extended to 120 days
No hike in train passenger fares
More berths for aged, pregnant women
Effort to make railway economically self
sufficient
Freight charges for a dozen items including
Pulses, cement, coal, urea etc have been
raised from 0.8% to 10%

4 Goal
Enhanced Customer Service
Safer Travel
Capacity Augmentation and
infrastructure modernization
Financially self-sustainability

5 drivers
Adopting
a
medium-term
perspective
Building partnership with all
stakeholders
Leveraging additional resources
Revamping
management
practices, systems, processes and
re-tooling of human resources
Setting standards for Governance
and Transparency

11 Thrust Areas
Quality of life in journey
-Tickets can now be booked 4 months in
advance
-Operation 5-minutes project to deliver
tickets to the passengers travelling in
unreserved categorise
-2 helpline number 138 and 182 is going
to be introduced
-In 108 trains there will be the facility of
e-catering
Station Redevelopment
-200 more station will be constructed
-Other B-Class Stations will have Wi-Fi

Contd.
Capacity Augmentation
-Increase speed on 9 corridors from 110-130
to 160-200 km/hr
-1000 MW solar power projects on railway land
or roof tops
-For electrification of railway line budget has
been increased by 1330%
Safety
-To finish off un-manned railway crossing
budget has been increased by 2600%
-Fire Alarm in every coaches
-Anti-coalition Technique
-CCTVs will be installed on a pilot basis in
selected
mainline
coaches
and
ladies

Contd.
Technology Up gradation
-In 4 universities there will be railway
research centre
-Constitute an innovation council called
kayakalp for business re-engineering and
introducing a spirit of innovation in railway
Partnership for Development
-Foreign rail technology cooperation
scheme to be launched for development
partnership
-For completion of project there will be a
partnership between states and PSU

Contd.
Improvement to management processes
and Systems
-Decentralization of railways management
-Inspection of use of funds at central level
Resource Mobilization
-To increase revenue through advertisements
in trains and stations
- Projects worth of Rs 2500 crore to be
launched on BOT model
Human Resource
-Railway will make its own university in this
financial year
-Staff will be trained for better behaviour
towards customers

Contd.
Energy & Sustainability
-Railway board will have its separate
environmental directorate
-Railway will now purchase electricity
through bidding process
Transparency and Governance
Initiatives
-All recruitments drive will be linked
through online processes
-Purchase will be done through eprocurement

Conclusion

Easier
Faster
Safer
Cleaner
Wiser

Thank You!!!