Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
25-February-2011 13:52 IST
Highlights of Railway Budget 2011-12
‘23’
- No hike in passenger fare and
freight rates.
- Highest ever Plan outlay of Rs.
57, 630 crore proposed for Railways.
- Rs. 9,583 crore
provided for new lines.
- 1300 km new lines, 867 km doubling
of lines and 1017 km gauge conversion targeted in 2011-12.
- 56 new Express Trains, 3 new Shatabdis and 9 Duronto
trains to be introduced.
- AC Double Decker services on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai
routes.
- New Super AC Class to be
introduced.
- A new portal for e-ticketing to be
launched shortly. Booking charges
will be cheaper with a charge of only Rs. 10 for AC classes and Rs.5 for
others.
- Pan-India multi-purpose smart card
“Go India” to be introduced.
- 236 more stations to be upgraded
as Adarsh Stations.
- 47 additional suburban services in
Mumbai and 50 new suburban services proposed for Kolkata.
- Two new passenger terminals in
Kerala and one each in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
proposed.
- Feasibility study to raise speed
of passenger trains to 160-200 kmph to be undertaken.
- A special package of two new
trains and two projects for the States managing trouble free run of trains
through out the year.
- Anti Collision Devise (ACD)
sanctioned to cover 8 zonal railways.
- GPS Based ‘Fog Safe’ Device to be
deployed.
- All unmanned level crossing upto 3000 to be eliminated.
- All India Security Help line on a
single number set up.
- All state capitals in the
North-East except Sikkim
to be connected by Rail in next seven years.
- A Bridge Factory in J & K and
a state-of-art Institute for Tunnel and Bridge Engineering is proposed at Jammu.
- A Diesel Locomotive Centre will be
set-up in Manipur.
- A Centre of Excellence in Software
at Darjeeling
proposed under the aegis of CRIS.
- Rail Industrial Parks at Jellingham and New Bongaigaon
proposed.
- Additional mechanized laundry
units to be set up at Nagpur, Chandhigarh and Bhopal.
- 700 MW gas-based power plant to be set up at Thakurli
in Maharashtra.
- 18,000 Wagons to be procured
during 2011-12.
- A scheme for socially desirable
projects, ‘Pradhan Mantri
Rail Vikas Yojana’
with Non-lapsable fund proposed.
- 10,000 shelter units proposed for
track side dwellers in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli
on pilot basis.
- Concession to physically
handicapped persons to be extended on Rajdhani
and Shatabdi trains.
- Concession of 50% to press
correspondents with family increased to twice a year.
- Senior Citizens concession to be
hiked from 30 % to 40 %.
- Medical facilities extended to
dependent parents of the Railway employees.
- Scholarship for Girl child of
Group-D railway employees increased to Rs.1200 per month.
- 20 additional hostels for children
of railway employees to be set up.
- Recruitment for 1.75 lakh vacancies of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ including to fill
up backlog of SC/ST initiated, 16,000 ex-servicemen to
be inducted by March 2011.
- A separate sports cadre to be
created.
- 2011-12 declared ‘Year of Green
Energy’ for Railways.
- Freight loading of 993 MT and
passenger growth of 6.4 % estimated for 2011-12.
- Gross Traffic Receipts at Rs.1,06,239 crore, exceeding one lakh crore mark for the
first time estimated.
- Ordinary Working Expenses assessed
at Rs. 73,650 crore.
DNM/NCJ/VN