Key points To work on a fuel adjustment component on fares for future.

Panel to be set up to examine need for independent railway tariff authority Value of concessions extended by Railways to certain section of passengers is about Rs 800 crore a year 50 per cent concession in fare in AC classes to anaemia and sickle cell disease patients SMS on mobile phones to be accepted as proof of reservation 75 new express trains, 21 passenger trains, 8 EMUs, 9 DEMUs announced Guru Parikrama Special Trains to be introduced for Sikh pilgrimage Allocation for passenger amenities raised to Rs 1,112 crore in FY13, from Rs 762 crore in FY12 Planned facilities for passengers include regional cuisine, book-a-meal facility, exclusive AC lounge, 321 escalators and mobile booking To also introduce alternative train accomodation system to facilitate wait-listed passengers, increase real-time train information to more trains - already exists on 36 trains such as Rajdhani 2,500 coaches to be equipped with bio-toilets To set up special housing-keeping body to take care of station and trains Special coaches for differently abled persons Rail Khel Ratna Award to be instituted To widen online procurement of commodities/goods and auction of scrap Railway board to be restructured on business lines; to add two new members to Railway Board, one for PPP and Marketing and another for Safety Railway Coach Factory to be set up in Palakkad High speed rail corridors to be set up To create wellness programme for staff for early detection of diseases arising from high blood pressure, sugar levels; For staff, ensure proper rest periods, environment for enhanced dignity 80,000 people recruited in 2011-12; Railways to hire over 1 lakh people in 2012-13 Proposes setting up a high-power locomotive factory at Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh; Lalu Prasad interrupts A special purpose vehicle: Rail Road Grade Separation Corporation to be set up; unmanned level crossings to be eliminated in 5 years Plan size Rs 60,100 crore for 2012-13, highest ever.

Independent Railway Safety Authority to be set up. Sam Pitroda to head Railway Modernisation Panel Railways demands Rs 5 lakh crore under Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojna Investments under 12th Plan estimated at Rs 7.35 lakh crore To bring down operating ratio from 95 per cent to 84.9 per cent by FY 13 Other focus areas: Safety, Consolidation, Decongestion and Capacity Augmentation, Modernisation. To modernise 19,000 km of track, which represents 80 per cent of total. Every state to benefit. Also, renovate 250 bridges Calls for National Policy for Railways Separate organisation to develop railway stations to be set up -- Indian Railways Stations Corporation Royapuram station in Tamil Nadu to be developed; Velachery-St Thomas Mount link in Chennai to be completed in 2013 Logistics Corporation to be set up to provide total logistics solutions To introduce wagons with high payloads 11 km tunnel in Kashmir Valley announced Hopes the Government will enhance gross budgetary support to the Railways in coming years Line plan Rs 6,872 crore allocated under new line plan Hopeful of completing 725 km of new lines, 114 new line survey in FY13 750 km of lines to be doubled; 6,500 km of lines to be electrified New rail line from Agartala to Bangladesh proposed All meter gauge, narrow gauge sections to be made broad gauge, except heritage lines, by end of 12th Five Year Plan. 1,000 stations to be developed under public private partnership New coach maintenance factory to be set up in Navi Mumbai Mumbai to get elevated rail corridors Attempt to increase speeds to 160 kmph Difficult phase

Indian Railways passing through difficult phase. Ban on iron ore exports affected achieving of targets. Railways receipts to cross Rs 1 lakh crore though short of budgeted target. Passengers earnings target scaled down to Rs 28,800 crore. Freight earnings target at Rs 89,339 crore Initiated a revamping of the accounting systems to an accrual-based system Gross traffic receipt for FY13 projected at Rs 1,32,552 crore; Rs 89,339 crore from freight and Rs 36,073 crore from passenger revenue