1. Railway Budget
RAILWAY BUDGET 2013-14: HIGHLIGHTS

2. RAILWAY BUDGET : HIGHLIGHTS
 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
 An independent Rail Tariff Authority has been formalised
 Diesel price hike added Rs 3,300 crore to fuel bill of
Railways
 Railway revenues to show a balance of Rs 12,506 crore
in 2013-14
 Planned investment of Rs 63,363 crore for 2013-14,
including Rs 600 crore from PPP route

3. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Operating ratio expected to improve to 87.8 per cent in
2013-14 from 88.8 per cent in the current fiscal
 5.2 per cent growth in passenger traffic expected in 2013-14
 Railway hopes to end 2013-14 with a balance of Rs 12,506
crore
 Rs.100 crore for improving stations in New Delhi
 Railways to set up a Debt Service Fund
 Freight earning to grow by 9 per cent to Rs 93,554 crore.
 Freight target fixed at 1,047 MT for 2013-14, 40 MT over the
current year

4. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Marginal increase in cancellation, reservation charges
 No fresh hike in passenger fares
 Modest 5-6% hike in passenger fares will add to corpus, and
translate into better amenities
 Rs 3,000 crore loan from Finance Ministry re-paid with
interest by Railways this financial year
 Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management to be set
up at Secunderabad to train rail officers on a regular basis
 Railway Energy Management Company to be set up to
harness solar and wind energy
 47,000 vacancies for weaker sections and physically
challenged to be filled up soon

5. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Rs 9000 crore investments expected including Rs 3,800
crore in port connectivity and Rs 800 crore in iron ore mines
connectivity
 Allocation of Rs 1,000 crore each made for railway land
development authority and railway station development
authority.
 Railways set to enter 1 billion ton freight club of China,
Russia and US
 Common rail-bus ticket to be introduced for Katra-
Vaishnodevi pilgrims
 New train Azadi Express to places linked with the freedom
struggle to be introduced, fares to be concessional

6. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Internet booking to be provided from 0030 hours to 2330
hours
 Internet booking to be strengthened with next-
generation e-ticketing system to eliminate delays
 Special A/C coaches ‘Anubhuti’, to be introduced in
select Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains to give excellent
ambience with commensurate fare
 Railways will use Aadhar data base for bookings and
validation of passengers
 SMS alert service being rolled out shortly to intimate
passengers about reservation status

7. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Free wi-fi facility to be provided in select trains
 Plan to allow e-ticketing via mobile phones
 Railway committed to bring marked change in passenger
amenities
 Seventeen bridges identified for repair
 Smoke and fire detection system envisaged
 Railways to set up six more Rail Neer bottling plants
 10% reservation for women in RPF
 Presence of women in RPF to go up
 Plan for elephant corridor safety

8. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Fall in accidents — per million accidents down from .41 to
.13
 There has been significant drop in train accidents
 Corporate safety plan proposed
 Railway safety fund inadequate
 Rs. 95,000 crore shortfall, meeting this shortfall will mean a
paradigm shift
 Rs 1 lakh crore to be raised from public-private partnership,
Rs 1.05 lakh crore through internal resources in the 12th
Plan
 12th Plan railway size to be Rs 5.19 lakh crore, with gross
budgetary support of Rs 1.94 lakh crore

9. RAILWAY BUDGET: HIGHLIGHTS
 Steep increase in input costs have been met with hike in
Freight rates: Bansal
 Railways powerful vehicle driving the growth of the country:
Bansal
 Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presents his maiden
budget in Parliament
 Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal arrives in Parliament
to present his maiden budget.