Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Railway Budget 2021-22 - Highlights

 Highlights of Railways Budget 2021-22

 

  • Single Demand Number - 84 ( 83 for 2020-21)

 

  • Capex - 2,15,058 Crores

 

  • Budgetary Support from Ministry of Finance -110055 Crores

 

  • 100 % Electrification  - by December, 2023

 

  • BG Route KMs - 72 % Electrification by December, 2021

 

  • DFC - Dedicated Freight Corridors - Commissioned by June, 2022

 

  • The Sonnagar-Gomoh Section (263.7 km) of Eastern DFC  -taken up in PPP mode in 2021-22

 

  • Proposed DFCs

 

  1. East Coast corridor from Kharagpur to Vijayawada

  2. East-West Corridor from Bhusaval to Kharagpur to Dankuni

  3. North-South corridor from Itarsi to Vijayawada

 

  • Vista Dome LHB coaches on Tourist routes

 

  •  ATPS - Automatic Train Protection System (indigenously developed one) - introduced  in Important routes to eliminate Train Collision. 

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