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| Indian Rail Budget 2013 |
Rail Budget 2013 Highlights:
· No hike in passenger fares
· Superfast and Tatkal charges to rise
· Annual plan for 2013-14 set at Rs.63,363 crore
· Losses up from Rs.22,500 crore in 2011-12 to Rs.24,600 crore in 2012-13
· Accidents per million km down from .41 to .13
· Raised four companies of women RPF personnel; another eight to be raised for women's safety
· 67 new Express and 26 new passenger trains to run; 8 DEMU services and 5 MEMU services to be introduced; run of 57 trains to be extended; frequency of 24 trains to increase
· 22 new rail lines to be taken up in 2013-14
· New debt service fund to be set up
· Will close fiscal 2012-13 with fund balance against previous deficit; need to build fund balance to Rs.30,000 crore by end of 12th Plan
· Operating ratio of 88.8 percent achieved
· Dividend reduced from 5 to 4 percent
· Electrification of 1,200 km to be completed this year
· 72 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 18 in Kolkata
· Rs.6,600 crore increase in earnings from fare adjustment in January
· Rs.63,000 crore investment in 2013-14
· 1,047 million tonnes freight loading estimated during 2013-14
· Passenger earnings of Rs.42,000 crore estimated in 2013-14
· Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management to be set up at Secunderabad
· Chair at Delhi to promote research in reducing carbon footprint
· Winners of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Dhyan Chand awards to get free first class passes
· Complementary first class passes for parents of unmarried posthumous awardees of Maha Vir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra
· Complementary passes of freedom fighters to be renewed every three years instead of annually
· New forged wheel factory at Rae Bareli in collaboration with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd
· Greenfield Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMU) manufacturing facility at Bhilwara along with Rajasthan government and BHEL
· Coach making unit at Sonepat in collaboration with Haryana government
· Midlife rehabilitation workshop at Kurnool along with Andhra Pradesh government.
· Railway energy management company to be set up to harness solar and wind energy
· 1,000 crossings to be energised by solar power
· 1.51 lakh vacancies to be filled up
· Locomotive cabs to be air-conditioned
· Azadi Express for travel to places associated with freedom struggle
· India in 1 billion tonne freight club
· By end of 2013-14, 1,500 km of contracts to be awarded for two dedicated rail corridors
· Rs.1 lakh crore target set for public-private-partnership route
· Free Wi-Fi to be provided on some trains
· Rs.100 crore for improving stations in New Delhi
· 179 escalators and 400 lifts at A 1 and other select stations
· E-ticketing through mobile phones
· SMS alerts for passengers on reservation status
· Next generation e-ticketing system by end of 2013
· Seventeen bridges identified for repair
· Smoke and fire detection system envisaged
· Fire extinguishers to be kept in guard vans
· Making corporate Safety Plan for a 10 year period (2014-24)
· Introduction of Train Protection Warning System on Automatic Signalling Systems
· Rigorous trials of indigenously developed Train Collision Avoidance System
· Introduction of 160/200 kmph Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains
· Elimination of 10,797 level crossings during the 12th Plan and no addition of such crossings
· Six more Rail Neer bottling plants to be set up
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