RSP - ROLLING STOCK PROGRAM
( Important
question for Workshop Accounts & GRP)
Ø
RSP - Plan Head 21 under
Demand No.16
Ø RSP Inclusions: 1) acquiring new rolling stock such as locos,
coaches, wagons, cranes tower wagons, track machines, Break Down Cranes etc.,
2) Midlife rehabilitation/modernization of rolling stock. 3) Major
modifications to be carried out on the Rolling stock which primarily changes
their class i.e., conversion of coaches into ART - Accident Relief Train 4)
Modifications which are of improvement nature, chargeable to Development Fund
Ø RSP Exclusions: 1) piecemeal modernization/conversion of the
rolling stock normally chargeable to Revenue. 2) Conversions that do not affect
the category of the rolling stock or class.
Ø Follow up of the Five
year Plans.
Ø As part of Five year
plans, the working groups on 1) Freight
traffic projections 2) Passenger traffic projections & 3) Formulation of
Railway Development projections fix the traffic targets and draft plan is prepared
for requirement of Rolling Stock in
respect of Locos, Wagons & Carriages.
Ø The final plan is
subject to periodical reviews based on the growth of expected traffic.
Ø Usually the Railway
Minister is the convener of the above Working groups.
Ø The Five Year Plan is implemented through an
action oriented annual plan prepared in consultation with Finance ministry.
Advance Planning for Rolling stock:
Ø 3 years target for Production Units for Locos
& Carriages and Wagon Manufacturing units
- finalized by December of preceding year. That means Production target for 2018-19,
2019-20 & 2020-21 (3 years) is to be finalized by December, 2017 itself.
Ø If there is no advice
by Railway Board in regard Production target, PUs & Workshops can plan 80 %
(of previous year production) of their production for the next year.
Ø Any unanticipated changes or corrections based
on the Budget shall be advised in the beginning
of the year. But the variations
should not be too large and not more than + or - 30 % of the original planning.
Estimation of requirements
|
Available on
line during the previous year
|
A
|
|
Additional
requirements due to increase in Traffic
|
B
|
|
Reductions
due to change in traffic pattern
|
C
|
|
Total
traffic requirement of each type of stock
|
D = A+B-C
|
|
Condemned or
likely to be phased out in the previous year
|
E
|
|
Accident
damaged beyond rehabilitation
|
F
|
|
Likely
population on line at the beginning of the year
|
A-E-F
|
|
Provisions
required in RSP
|
B-C+E+F
|
Example (assumed):
|
Available on
line during the previous year
|
A
|
200
|
|
Additional
requirements due to increase in Traffic
|
B
|
20
|
|
Reductions
due to change in traffic pattern
|
C
|
5
|
|
Total
traffic requirement of each type of stock
|
D = A+B-C
|
215
|
|
Condemned or
likely to be phased out in the previous year
|
E
|
5
|
|
Accident
damaged beyond rehabilitation
|
F
|
5
|
|
Likely
population on line at the beginning of the year
|
A-E-F
|
190
|
|
Provisions
required in RSP
|
B-C+E+F
|
25
|
Ø
Apart from the budgeting year, requirements shall also be worked
out (with a 30% error margin) for next two consecutive years for each type of
Locomotive, Coach and Wagon and included in the Rolling Stock Program.
Itemized Rolling Stock Program (IRSP)
Ø Prepared by the zonal
Railways and PUs
Ø IRSP is in two Formats:
1) For Works already sanctioned by the Board (Programmed Deliveries) with any
changes in numbers or unit rates and 2) For New Works (New Acquisitions)
proposed on the premise that the proposals are not global in nature and pertain
to the specific local requirement of the particular zone.
Ø IRSP is submitted on a similar pattern as the
Works Programme, separately for Programmed Deliveries and new Acquisitions.
Ø IRSP should reach the
Railway Board by 15 September of the preceding year.
Ø The IRSP proposals in
the above format are consolidated and examined by various directorates,
moderated or modified.
Ø
These are then sent for
finance concurrence and approval of the C.A. The approved proposals are
returned to PU Directorate for compilation and data entry for the Pink Book.
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