The document summarizes the key points of the Indian Railway Budget for 2012-13. It outlines 10 group members and their areas of focus. Some highlights include a budget outlay of Rs. 60,100 crores, freight loading target of 1025 MT, fare increases across all classes, green energy initiatives like solar power and biofuel plants, plans for new rail lines, conversion projects, and electrification. Key projects with state corporations are also mentioned. The budget aims to focus on modernization, safety, capacity growth and reducing operating costs compared to the previous year.

1. Railway Budget 2012-’13

2. Group members
• Rahul More - Introduction
• Ravi Rajani - Budget estimation
• Payal Agrawal – Fare changes
• Mudra Dixit – Green initiatives
• Mehul Thakkar – New lines
• Nikunsh Mehta – Conversion Projects
• Nirav Patel – Railway Electrification
• Nitesh Kateshiya – Project with state corporation
• Mohsin Pathan – Comaparion with 2011-’12
• Prateek Agrawal - Conclusion

3. Introduction
• Issued by Dinesh Trivedi on 14th March
• To raise the modernization
• Highest plan outlay of Rs. 60, 100 crores
(Rs. 6872 for new lines)
• Operating ratio
• Five Major Objective : Modernization, Safety,
Security, Capacity augmentation,
Consolidation

4. Budget Estimates
• Freight loading of 1025 MT, 55 MT more than 2011-
12
• Passenger growth - 5.4%
• Gross Traffic Receipts - RS 1,32,552 cr. i.e. 27.6%
increase over RE, 2011-12
• Ordinary Working Expenses - Rs 84,400 cr.
• Appropriation to DRF at Rs 9,500 cr. and to Pension
Fund at Rs 18,500 cr.
• Loan of Rs 3,000 cr. taken in 2011-12 to be fully
repaid along with interest

5. FARE CHANGES
• Increased passenger fares by 2 paise per km for
suburban and ordinary second class
• 3 paise per km for mail/express second class
• 5 paise per km for sleeper class
• 10 paise per km for AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier and
First Class
• 15 paise per km for AC 2 tier
• 30 paise per km for AC I.
• Even the price of platform tickets has been raised to
Rs. 5 from Rs 3.

6. GREEN INITIATIVES
• 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.
• Providing solar lighting system at 1000 manned level crossing
gates.
• Introduction of mobile emission test cars to measure pollution
level of diesel locomotives.
• Commissioning of two bio diesel plants at Raipur and
Tondiarpet.
• Introduction of a 'Green Train' to run through the pristine
forests of North Bengal.

7. New lines
 6,872 crore rupees is specially provided for
new railway lines in budget of 2012-13.
 41 new lines is going to be start during the
2012-13
 45 new lines projects has been included in
budget of 2012-13.
 84 new line projects sent to planning
commission and also 111 new line surveys to
be taken up during 2012-13

8. Conversion Project
• 17 Gauge Conversion Projects to be
completed in 2012-13.
• 4 Gauge Conversion Projects sent to
Planning Commission.
• 7 new Surveys for Gauge Conversion
sanction in 2012-13.

9. Railway Electrification System
• Meaning
• Average horse power in elec is 1.6 times more then
conventional diesel locomotive
• The load bearing capacity of elec is 9% more then diesel
loco
• Average speed of elec is 8% higher then diesel loco
• The average fuel cost in diesel loco is 60% higher
passenger & 160% higher in goods carriage
• Diesel loco have 50% more failures then elec loco
• Electric loco- environment friendly - is that really so ??
 One electric loco of 5000 HP requires 4.2 MW of power.
 One mw of power requires 10 tonnes of coal per day

10. Project with State corporation
• There are 31 new project will be executed with
different state corporation
• Some of the major projects are as below:
• Ahmednagar-Beed-Parli Vaijnath Rajasthan ,
Burdwan-Katwa new line,
Bagalkot-Kudachi, Wardha-Nanded (via
Yevatmal-Pusood) etc.

11. Cont….
• Following new line projects with cost sharing by state
government have been sent to Planning Commission
(a) Gadag-Haveri
(b) Gadag-Wadi
(c) Kandra-Namkom (Ranchi)
(d) Kondapalli-Kathagudem
(e) Manmad-Indore via Malegaon & Dhule
(f) Manugur-Ramagundam stn.
(g) Pirpainti-Jasidih
(h) Pune-Nasik
(i) Thiyat Hamira - Sanu
(j) Kadiri - Puttaparthy
(k) Chickballapur - Puttaparthy
(l) Srinivasapura - Madanapalli

12. Comparison 2011-’12 and 2012-’13
2011-12 2012-13
- No increase in fares. - The Train fares would be increased
across all classes.
- Safety first priority; accident rate has - Safety cannot be achieved without
come down. modernization .
- 80,000 employees hired last year. - More than one lakh employees hire
in 2012-13
- All unmanned level crossing up to - All unmanned level crossing to be
3000 to be eliminated. abolished in next five year.
- 1300 km new lines, 867 km doubling - 75 new Express trains to be
of lines and 1017 km gauge introduced, along with 21 new
conversion targeted in 2011-12. passenger services, nine DEMU
services and 8 MEMU services trains.

13. Conclusion