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Presented by:Prankur Sharma

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The Union Railway Budget 2012-13 was

presented in the Lok Sabha on 14 March 2012 by

Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.

The budget drew heavily from the

recommendations ofKakodkar committee onrailway safety and Pitroda committee on

modernization of infrastructure

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Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 60,100 cr.

Gross Budgetary Support - Rs. 24,000 cr.

Railway Safety Fund - Rs. 2,000 cr.

Internal Resources - Rs. 18,050 cr.

Market Borrowing - Rs. 15,000 cr.

PPP - Rs. 1,050 cr.

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1. Safety

2. Consolidation

3. Decongestion & Capacity Augmentation

4. Modernisation

5. Improve Operating Ratio from 95% to 84.9%in 2012-13 and 74% in terminal year of 12th

Five Year Plan.

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Setting up of a Railway Safety Authority as astatutory regulatory body.

Aligning the Annual Plan investment with fivefocus areas: Track

Bridges

Signalling & Telecommunication

Rolling Stock

Stations & Freight Terminals

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New Board Member (Safety/Research) to be

inducted.

Rail-Road Grade Separation Corporation tobe set up to eliminate level crossings.

Three Safety Villages to be set up at

Bengaluru, Kharagpur and Lucknow for skilldevelopment for disaster management.

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S. No. Activity Length ofTrack

Allocation

1. New Lines 725 kmRs. 6,872 cr

2. Doubling 700 km Rs. 3,393 cr

3. Gauge Conversion 800 km Rs. 1,950 cr

4. Electrification 1100 km Rs. 828 cr

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Passengerfares were raised in the budget.

Number ofnew passenger services-75 new

Express trains, 21 Passenger trains, 8 newMEMU services and 9 DEMU services were

proposed.

The routes of 40 existing trains wereextended and the frequency of 23 trains was

increased.

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Installation of 321 escalators at important

stations of which 50 will be commissioned in

2012-13. Introduction ofAlternate Train

Accommodation System to accommodate

waitlisted passengers on alternate trains. Integration of RPF helpline with the All India

Passenger Helpline.

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Specially designed coaches for differently-

abled persons to be provided in each

Mail/Express trains. Introduction of satellite based real time train

information system (SIMRAN) to provide

train running information to passengersthrough SMS, internet, etc.

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Construction of Jogbani-Biratnagar and

Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas new lines

already in progress to provide connectivity toNepal.

Project to connect Agartala with Akhaura inBangladesh to be taken up in2012-13.

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Setting up of 72 MW capacity windmill plants

in Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil

Nadu and West Bengal. Setting up of 200 remote railway stations as

green energy stations powered entirely by

solar energy. Introduction ofmobile emission test cars to

measure pollution level of diesel locomotives.

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Commissioning of two bio diesel plants at

Raipur and Tondiarpet.

Introduction of a Green Train to run throughthe pristine forests of North Bengal.

2500 coaches to be equipped with bio toilets.

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