Indian
Railways - Demand No.16 – Sources of Finance
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Sources of Finance
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financed from
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chargeable to
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20
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Capital
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General Revenues (Ministry of Finance)
as Budgetary support
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Land, New Lines, Gauge conversions,
Doubling, Electrification, Locos, Coaches & Wagons.
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21
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DRF- Depreciation Reserve Fund
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Appropriated from Ordinary Revenue
(i.e., Railway Revenue under Demand No.14 – Appropriation to DRF, Pension
Fund
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Track renewals, Replacement of Locos,
Coaches & Wagons
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22
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OLWR - Open Line Works Revenue
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Not existed
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Not existed
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23
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D.F – Development Fund I
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Appropriated
from Ordinary Revenue (i.e., Railway Revenue) after paying Dividends to
General Revenues.
Note: PLUS – easy way to remember DF I, II,
III & IV.
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Passenger welfare works
and other Railway user works (waiting hall, goods sheds & Parcel offices)
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33
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D.F – Development Fund II
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Labour/Staff Welfare
Works (Hospitals, Schools, Rly. Institutes, Quarters for Cl.III& IV
staff)
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43
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D.F – Development Fund III
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Un-remunerative works
(modern train control equipment, washable aprons, new flag stations,
improvements to Station/Office buildings)
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53
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D.F – Development Fund IV
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Safety
Works (All safety works other than ROB/RUBs & LC gates)
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24
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ACSPF - Accident Compensation, Safety, Passenger Fund
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Not existed.
Accident compensation - transferred to
Demand No.12/SMH 10
Safety - Transferred to DF IV
Passenger welfare works - DF I
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Not existed
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25
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C.F – Capital Fund
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From Ordinary Revenue (i.e., Railway
Revenue). If any surplus available after paying Dividends to General Revenues
and appropriating to D.F, R.S.F, Railway Liability Reserve Fund.
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All works which are hitherto
chargeable to Capital are now chargeable to Capital fund subject to
availability of amount in the Capital Fund.
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26
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R.S.F – Railway Safety Fund
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Appropriated from Ordinary Revenue
(i.e., Railway Revenue) after paying Dividends to General Revenues and from
CRF-Central Road Fund and RSWF – Railway Safety Works Fund ( maintained in
the ministry of finance)
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Plan Head 29 – Conversion of unmanned
to manned Level Crossing(LC) Gates
Plan Head -30 – Construction of
ROBs/RUBs
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27
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SRSF - Special Railway SafetyFund
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Not existed
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Not existed
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29
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RRSK - Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh
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From ordinary Revenue, Cess on Fares,
Contribution from CRF- Central Road Fund & Budgetary support from
ministry of finance
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Tr
Track renewals &upgradation
2. Bridge rehabilitation
3. Elimination of LC gates
on BG routes by 2022 }
Construction of
ROBs/RUBs
4. Replacement &
Improvement of Signaling system.
5. Improvement & up
gradation of Rolling Stock.
6. Replacement of
Electrical assets
7. HRD – Human Resources
Development.
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Note:
1. The above table is just an outline
for understanding of Funds in broad sense. For complete details, refer chapter
VII of Indian Railways Finance Code volume I for allocation rules.