Union Budget: Indian Railways is set to undergo unprecedented modernization and expansion in FY 2023-24. In the Union Budget announced on February 01, the Railways received a capital outlay of Rs 2,41,267.51 crore. The allocation is about nine times the outlay made since 2013-14. Investment in focus The ministry is looking to focus on investing […]
The Indian Railways have placed an order for 84,000 wagons, the highest in the national transporter’s history. This will help boost the railways’ freight transportation share to 45 per cent by 2030 from the current 27 per cent, Union minister Darshana Jardosh said. Various schemes for the purchase of special types of wagons have also […]
Railway Budget 2023 – Indian Railways got a capital outlay of Rs 2.40 lakh crore from FM Sitharaman in the Budget. This is the highest ever capital outlay for railways till date and is 9 times the outlay provided to railways in 2013-14. Railway Budget was merged with the Union Budget in 2016 and is […]
The capex for 2022-23 includes Rs 1.37 trillion from general revenues, Rs 1.08 trillion from Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources and Rs 200 crore from Nirbhaya fund With the government giving an extra thrust on PM GatiShakti, the Indian Railways is set to see its highest-ever capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 2.45 trillion for 2022-23, […]
FM Sitharaman announced that in next 3 years, railways will manufacture 400 Vande Bharat trains, while 100 greenfield multimodal cargo terminals will also be constructed. New Delhi: The rail industry is upbeat about Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2022-23 proposals for the Indian Railways (IR), for understandable reasons. Over the next three years, IR will manufacture […]