Indian Railways Capex at All-Time High of 1.61 Lakh Crores for FY 2020-21

Indian Railways is set to invest in capital expenditure at an all time high of 1.61 lakh crores in FY 2020-21 for capacity enhancement and other infrastructure Read more

Railways: Thrust Areas of Budget 20-21

Railway related allocations, investment targets and revised targets from the Union Budget 2020-21 Read more

Key Railway Related Highlights of the Union Budget 2020

Key railway related highlights from the union budget speech, including Bengaluru Suburban Transport, National Logistics Policy and So Read more

WR: Non Fare Revenues Up 88% From Last Year

Non – Fare Revenue target for Indian Railways has been set at ₹.500.50 Cr out of which the share of Western Railway is ₹.99.50 Cr. which is 20% of the… Read more

Indian Railways Goods Earnings Remain Lower YoY, Passenger Earnings Improve

Indian Railways continued to register a fall in freight revenues from April to December 2019 period over the same period last year. Read more

Indian Railways Passenger and Freight Earnings Down in 8 Months of FY20

Slowing Demand and pessimistic economic outlook have upset the Indian Railways' financial plans for the year, as freight and passenger earnings have not only missed targets but also declined as… Read more

Indian Railways Earned Rs. 51,066 Crores From Passenger Fares in FY18-19

During the Financial Year 2018-19, Passenger traffic on Indian Railways has registered a growth of 1.8% as compared to the previous year Read more

CAG Report on Indian Railways: Questions Increased Reliance on External Borrowings, Gross Budgetary Support

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has flagged the rising dependence of the Indian Railways on external funds for capital expenditure as a problem. Read more

IR Needs to Focus on Higher Internal Revenue Generation: CAG Report

Analysing the national transport behemoth’s numbers both bottom-up and top-down, the CAG concluded that Indian Railways (IR) could not have shown a surplus of earnings (of Rs 1,665.61 crore) over… Read more

CAG on Railways: Declining Revenue Surplus, 95% of Freight Profits Used to Subsudize Passenger Ops Losses

Operating Ratio of 98.44 per cent was the worst in the last ten years. Indian Railways, in fact, would have ended up with a negative balance of ₹5,676.29 crore instead… Read more