Railway Budget 2024-25 Analysis

 

FY 2024-25 Railway Budget - Analysis 

By Nageswara Rao 9492432160

Source: Click for Railway Budget 2024-25 at a glance

SN	Receipts	Amount  (Rs. in Crores)	%		SN	Expenditure	Amount  (Rs. in Crores)	%
1	Coaching Revenue	87500	32 %		1	Ordinary Working Expenses	205065	75 %
2	Goods Revenue	180000	64 %		2	Appropriation to Pension Fund	67000	24 %
3	Sundry Revenue	10500	4 %		3	Appropriation to DRF	1000	1 %
4	Gross Revenue (1+2+3)	278000	100 %		4	Total Working Expenses (1+2+3)	273065	100 %
5	Suspense	100			5	Suspense	Minus 65
6	Gross Traffic Receipts (4+5)	278100			6	Gross Expenditure (4+5)	273000
7	Misc Receipts	400			7	Misc. Expenditure	2700
8	Total Revenue Receipts (6+7)	278500			8	Total Revenue Expenditure	275700

Operating Ratio:  = Total Working Expenses / Gross Revenue x 100

Operating Ratio = 273065 / 278000 x 100 = 98.22%

Net Revenue = Total Revenue Receipts minus Total Revenue Expenditure 

Net Revenue =  278500 minus 275700 = 2800

Appropriation of Net Revenue/ Net Receipts / Surplus - Rs. 2800 Crores

Fund	Amount  (Rs. in Crores)
Development Fund	1000
RRSK	1800
Net Revenue /Net Receipts	2800

Appropriations to Capital Fund, RSF - Railway Safety Fund, Debt Service Fund  - NIL 

Highest OR:   Kolkata Metro - 232.2%,  NCR - 206.4%

Lowest OR: ECoR - 53.6%, SECR - 59.9%

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Mapping of erstwhile Demands with Major Heads & SMH - Sub Major Heads

 Mapping of erstwhile Demands with

  Major Heads & SMH - Sub Major Heads

Group	Description	Erstwhile Demand	Major Head	SMH
Policy & Services common to IR	Railway Board	01	3001	Nil
	Misc. Expenditure (General)	02		Nil
Admin	General Superintendence & Services	03	3002	1
Repairs & Maintenance	P.Way & Works	04		2
	Motive Power	05		3
	Carriages & Wagons	06		4
	Plant & Equipment	07		5
Operating Expenses	Rolling Stock & Equipment	08		6
	Traffic	09		7
	Fuel	10		8
Others	Staff Welfare & Amenities	11		9
	Misc. Working Expenses	12		10
	PF, Pension & Other Retirement Benefits	13		11
Funds	Appropriation to Funds	14		12
Dividends	Dividends to General Revenues	15	3005	Nil
Assets	Assets - Acquisition, Construction & Replacement	16	5002	Nil

Important Major Heads 

Major Head	Description
1001	Indian Railways-Miscellaneous Receipts
1002	Indian Railways-Commercial Lines- Revenue Receipts
1003	Indian Railways-Strategic Lines-Revenue Receipts
3001	Indian Railways-Policy Formulation,  Direction, Research, and other Miscellaneous  Organisation
3002	Indian Railways-Commercial Lines-Working Expenses
3003	Indian Railways-Strategic Lines-Working Expenses
3005	Payments to General Revenues (Dividends etc)
5002	Capital Outlay on Indian Railways-Commercial Lines
5003	Capital Outlay on Indian Railways-Strategic Lines

Important Major Heads (within brackets are Erstwhile Demand Numbers)

	Revenue Receipts X,Y & Z	Ordinary Working Expenses  (3 to 14)	Capital Expenditure  (16)
Commercial Lines	1002	3002	5002
Strategic  Lines	1003	3003	5003

Note: Strategic lines existed in 4 Zonal Railways i.e., NR, NFR, NWR & WR  

Comparison among Vande Bharat, Namo Bharat, Amrit Bharat

 Comparison among Trishakti Bharat Trains 

Picture	Category	AC or Non AC	MPS - Maximum Permissible Speed	Gauge	Radius	Features
	Namo Bharat	Non AC	160 KMs Per Hour	Standard 1435 mm	Short Distances - Less than 200 KMs Return to Originating point on same day like Local Trains	Local/Regional Trains, Sitting accommodation only, RRTS (Regional Rapid Transit System) Corridor between Delhi & Meerut, Push-Pull technology Loco, EMU (Electric Multiple Unit), 6 Coaches
	Vande Bharat	AC	160 KMs Per Hour	Broad  1656 mm	Medium Distances - 200 KMs to 800 KMs Return to Originating point on same day	Inter City, Sitting Accommodation only,  AC Chair Car & Executive Class, 8/16 Coaches, Trainset, No Locomotive
	Amrit Bharat	Non AC	130 KMs Per Hour	Broad 1656 mm	Long Distances - More than 800 KMs Overnight journey	Sleeper & Unreserved accommodation, Push-Pull technology Loco, 2 Locomotives, Trainset, 22 Coaches