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- Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi proposes to set up an independent Railway Safety Authority.
- To form a panel to examine the current safety standards in Indian Railways.
- Indian Railways will target zero deaths by preventing train accidents.
- All railway level crossings will be removed in the next five years.
- To create SPV to eliminate all level crossings.
- The recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar Committee on Indian Railway’s safety will be implemented.
- Railway Minister demands Budgetary Support of Rs 2.5 lakh from the Government for FY13.
- Rs 5 lakh crores needed under the Prime Minister’s scheme.
- Rs 14 lakh crores are required over the next decade.
- Railways must get at least 10% of Government’s infrastructure funds.
- Proposes formation of Railway Research Development Council.
- Indian Railways has large basket of pending projects.
- Most ongoing projects cannot be completed in a time bound manner due to paucity of funds.
- Need viable funding mechanism to complete the ongoing projects.
- 487 Rail Gauge projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore have been approved.
- Railways aims for an operating ratio of 84.9% in FY13 vs. 95% now.
- Indian Railways aims to cut the operating ratio to 74% in future.
- The 12th five-year plan investment on Indian Railways is pegged at Rs 7.35 lakh crores.
- The internal resources of railways are pegged at Rs 1.99 lakh crores.
- Proposes to account for 2-2.5% of GDP as against 1% at present.
- Railways must grow at 10% annually to sustain India’s GDP growth.
- Need a national policy for Indian Railways.
- Signaling systems of Indian Railways will be modernized.
- To facilitate running of heavier and longer freight trains.
- Proposes investment of Rs 18,193 crores in rolling stock for FY13.
- Investment of Rs 1.7 lakh crores required over the next five years.
- Proposes formation of Indian Railways Station Development Corporation.
- The Railway Safety Fund is pegged at Rs 16,842 crores.
- Proposes 100 stations through PPP route over the next five years.
- Development of new stations will create 50,000 jobs.
- FY13 market borrowings pegged at Rs 50,000 crores.
- Rs 6,870 crores earmarked for new line projects in FY13.
- Gross Budgetary Fund is pegged at Rs 24,000 crores.
- Proposes Rs 6,647 crores for track modernisation.
- 6,500 km to be electrified in the 12th Five-Year Plan.
- Rs 4,410 crores allocated for capacity augmentation.
- Need Rs 45,000 crores budgetary support in FY13 vs Rs 24,000 crores.
- Alternative train accommodation system for waitlisted passengers proposed.
- Special housekeeping body proposed for cleanliness on trains, stations.
- Cleanliness standards to be improved within next six months.
- Proposal for escalators on stations, book-a-meal, AC lounge to accommodate wait listed passengers.
- Project proposed to connect Agartala to Bangladesh.
- A railway design centre to be set up at NID.
- Dedicated freight corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni and Dadri to JN Port.
- Elevated car project from Churchgate to Virar through PPP route to be studied.
- Attempt to increase train speeds to 160 kmph.
- Conversion of DC to AC completed n western railways in Mumbai.
- Special coaches planned for differently-abled.
- 31 projects of over 5,000 km being implemented with the support of state governments.
- More than 1 lakh persons to be recruited by Railways in 2012-13.
- 2500 coaches to be equipped with DRDO developed bio-toilets.
- Proposal to set up special housekeeping body to ensure cleanliness in trains, stations.
- Propose to manufacture disabled friendly coaches with 2 attendants.
- Plan to set up rail coach factory in Kerala.
- Railways to have two new board members for PPP and Marketing, and for Safety.
- Improvement of passenger amenities at a cost of Rs.1,112 crore.
- Proposes to upgrade 929 stations across the country.
- Plan to set up three disaster management training centres at Bengaluru, Kharagpur and Lucknow.
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