The document summarizes key aspects of the Indian Railway Budget 2015-16 presented by Railway Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu. Some of the highlights include no increase in passenger fares, advance booking period increased to 120 days, provision of WiFi at 400 stations, and allocation of INR 8.56 lakh crore towards network decongestion, expansion, safety, IT and passenger amenities. New technology such as e-ticketing, CCTV cameras and GPS tracking are proposed to improve customer experience and safety. The budget aims to transform railways through capacity expansion, enhanced sustainability and improved customer service.

1. Enterprise Application Assignment 21

2. Title
The presentation is an exemplary outcome of the research conducted by the group over the Enterprise
application aspects covered in the ‘INDIAN RAILWAY BUDGET 2015-16” presented by Railway
Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu on 26th February’2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the rail budget as a "watershed" moment for Indian
Railways and called it "forward looking, futuristic and passenger-centric budget”.
“I have not increased passenger fares. We are directing our efforts to make travel on Indian railways
a happy experience with a mix of various initiatives” Prabhu.
2http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/railway-budget-2015-no-increase-in-rail-
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3. Topics covered
Overview of Indian Railway Budget
Highlights
Technology Proposed and its applications
Budgetary Allocations
Benefits
Impacts
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4. Overview: Indian Railway Budget
Four goals for Indian Railways to transform over next five years:
a) To deliver a sustained and measurable improvement in customer experience.
b) To make Rail a safer means of travel.
c) To expand Bhartiya Rail’s capacity substantially and modernize infrastructure.: increase daily
passenger carrying capacity from 21million to 30 million: increase track length by 20%from 1,14,000 km
to 1,38,000 km: grow our annual freight carrying capacity from 1 billion to 1.5 billion tonnes.
d) Finally, to make Bhartiya Rail financially self-sustainable. Generate large surpluses from operations
not only to service the debt needed to fund our capacity expansion, but also to invest on an on-going basis
to replace our depreciating assets.
4http://zeenews.india.com/business/budget-2015/rail-budget-2015-no-passenger-fare-hike-no-new-trains-tickets-
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5. Highlights:
No increase in rail fare
Advance ticket booking period increased from 60 days to 120 days
24X7 helpline for attending passenger problems and security-related complaints
Surveillance cameras in coaches for the safety of women passengers.
Wi-Fi in 400 stations and facility of Bio-toilets
Self-operated lockers on railway stations
E-catering to sell meals through IRCTC online
More General class coaches to be added in identified trains
SMS alert service on arrival and departure of trains
New department for keeping stations and trains clean under Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Speed of trains to go up by 20 per cent in next two years
Hot buttons and coin vending machines for railway tickets
Provision of INR 120 Crore for lifts and escalator
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6. Technology Proposed and its applications
 Ticketing:
Operation five minutes for issuing unreserved tickets
Hot buttons
Coin vending machines
Single destination teller
Concessional e-tickets for differently abled travelers Developing a multi-lingual e-portal
Crediting of refunds through banks
Unreserved tickets on Smart phones
Proliferation of automatic ticket vending machines with smart cards and currency options
Integrated ticketing system on the lines of rail-cum-road tickets
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7. Contd.
 Help-line:
24X7 helpline number 138;toll-free number 182 for security related complaints.
 Leveraging Technology:
Hand-held terminals to Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) for verification of passengers
and downloading charts possibility of extending facility of SMS on mobiles as a valid proof
of travel for PRS tickets
Integrated customer portal as a single interface to access different services
Introduction of a centrally managed Railway Display Network in over 2000 stations in next
two years
“SMS Alert” service to inform passengers in advance of the updated arrival/departure time
of trains at starting or destination stations.
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8. Contd.
 Safety:
RDSO to develop a suitable device with reliable power supply system based on theft-proof panels/batteries
in consultation with Indian Space Research Organization,
Use of geo-spatial technology for providing audio-visual warning to road users at unmanned level
crossings
Radio based signal design project been taken up with IIT Kanpur for warnings at unmanned level crossing
Train Protection Warning System and Train Collision Avoidance System to be installed on select routes at
the earliest
 Transparency and Governance initiatives:
System of on-line applications introduced for two categories of recruitment as a pilot project- to
be extended.
E-procurement value chain being expanded
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9. Contd.
 Food And Catering:
E-catering to select meals from an array of choices
Ordering food through IRCTC website at the time of booking of tickets
Integrating best food chains into this project
Setting up of Base Kitchens in specified Divisions to be run by reputed agencies for serving
quality food
Expansion of water vending machines
 Station Facilities:
Provision of concierge services through IRCTC at major stations
Online booking of wheel chair on payment basis for senior citizens, patients and the
differently-abled passengers through IRCTC on selected stations
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10. Contd.
 Technology Innovation:
Constituting an innovation council called “Kayakalp” for business re-engineering and introducing a spirit of
innovation in Railways
IT vision to be unveiled: information on latest berth availability station navigation system, bar coded/RFID tracking
of parcels and freight wagons, automated parcel warehouses.
Integration of train control and asset management applications
Mechanize integrated track maintenance
“Foreign Rail Technology Cooperation scheme” to be launched
 Improvements to Management Processes and Systems:
Improve appraisal mechanism for the selection of projects and introduce simulation tools for project planning and
decision-making by introducing EPC system of contracting.
Paperless working in material management system to be expanded
Vendors to be integrated through Vendor Interface Management System to provide single window interface to
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11. Budgetary Allocation : INR 8,56,020
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Network Decongestion
Network Expansion
National Projects
Safety
Information Technology
Rolling Stock
Passenger Amenities
High Speed Rail
Station redevelopment
Others
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
INR (Crore)
INR (crore)

12. Benefits
Open Wi-Fi at 400 train stations
Multi-lingual E-ticketing provisions
Hand-held terminals to Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) for verification of passengers and downloading charts
SMS Alert service to inform passengers in advance of the updated arrival/departure time of trains at starting or destination
stations.
Extending facility of SMS on mobiles as a valid proof of travel for PRS tickets.
E-catering to select meals from an array of choices. Pre-Ordering food through IRCTC website at the time of booking of tickets.
Automatic ticket vending machines with smart cards and currency options
Unreserved tickets to be available on Smart phones through App
Online booking of wheel chairs
Integrated customer portal as a single interface to access different services
Introduction of a centrally managed Railway Display Network in over 2000 stations in next two years
Bar coded/RFID tracking of parcels and freight wagons
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13. Impact
Freight rates hiked by 10 per cent for urea, 2.7 per cent for cement and 6.3 per cent for coal.
77 new projects to be launched with an investment of INR 96,182 Crore to expand capacity.
Plan Outlay proposed at INR 1,00,011 Crore, up by 52 per cent.
Railways will also leverage additional resources and envisages investment of INR 8.5 lakh Crore in
next five years.
INR 6,581 Crore earmarked on level crossing safety, train protection warning system to prevent
fires, collision avoiding system which is expected to increase rail travel reliability among
passengers.
Passenger Benefits: 17,000 toilets to be replaced and modernized, vacuum-based toilets on cards,
new toilets in 650 railway stations as well as railways will set up waste management plants.
100 diesel-run trains to be enabled for dual fuel - CNG and diesel and locomotives running on LNG
are also currently under development.
13http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/live-rail-budget-2015-railways-minister-suresh-prabhu-set-to-
unveil-policy-at-12-noon-today/47662/

14. Thank You!
Team:
Mohit Sethi
Karan Kundra
Kritika Gupta
Komalpreet
Sanchi Kataria
Namrata Chhabra
Happy Kahali
Jatin Kinra
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