{"id":909,"date":"2019-09-24T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=909"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:54:24","slug":"revenue-generation-by-indian-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"REVENUE GENERATION BY INDIAN RAILWAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. of measures have been taken to rationalize the tariff so as to increase revenue<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0Revenue generation is a critical function of Indian Railways<\/strong>\u00a0which is contingent upon a number of factors including passenger fare and freight rates, demand for transportation, domestic and international macroeconomic scenario, growth in core sectors of economy and availabilities and pricing of alternative modes of transportation. Evaluation of various alternatives relating to the rationalisation of passenger and freight structure is an on-going process.<\/p>\n

Recently, a number of measures have been taken to rationalize the tariff so as to increase revenue. Some of them are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liberalised Automatic Freight Rebate scheme for traffic loaded in the empty flow direction, rebate in freight under Long Term Tariff Contracts (LTTC) with key freight customers, discount on loading of bagged consignment in open and flat wagon, withdrawal of port congestion charge, rationalization of coal & coke tariff etc. A number of measures for enhancing ease of doing business have also been taken such as Registration of Demand for wagons electronically, Electronic Transmission of Railway Receipt (eT-RR), Multiple RRs for single container train, Customer friendly rationalization of weighing policy etc.<\/p>\n

Indian Railways has taken various initiatives to increase earnings from passenger and non-fare services including parcel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A number of measures have been taken in passenger segment. Some of them are Introduction of Flexi Fare system in a higher category of trains i.e. Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains. In view of special attempts\/ arrangements made for running of special train services during the peak period, higher fares have been fixed for running of special trains. Suvidha trains are introduced on variable fare structure during the peak seasons depending on the demand pattern. Humsafar Express, Tejas Express, Antyodaya Express and Mahamana Express have been introduced on higher fare on cost recovery basis. The endeavour is to realize higher fare for better facility trains and continue to provide service at affordable and economical rates to the common man.<\/p>\n

Number of Steps have been taken to improve parcel earnings including having a policy of \u2018Comprehensive Parcel Leasing Policy (CPLP), \u2018Parcel Cargo Express Trains (PCET)\u2019 and Opening of parcel business to container traffic etc.<\/p>\n

During 2016-17 and 2017-18, the growth of traffic earnings was not commensurate to the high growth of working expenses comprising inter alia of pay, allowances and pension on account of implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission recommendations. Though Railways have been generating \u2018Excess\u2019 after meeting working expenses from own revenues, the amount of \u2018Excess\u2019 has varied over the years depending on the pace of growth of working expenses vis-a-vis the earnings of Railways.<\/p>\n

Periodic Pay Commissions, the performance of the economy at large, intense competition from other modes of transport like road and air effects the capability of Railways to raise revenue earnings at a faster pace than the growth in working expenditure. Thus, while there has been a progressive rise in Railways\u2019 capital expenditure, the contribution of Railways\u2019 internal resources to the same has gone down occasionally especially during the years of implementation of Pay Commission recommendations.<\/p>\n

As experienced in the past, stabilization of impact of the pay commission recommendations and with the traffic earning picking up in subsequent years, the financial performance of Railways improves. Accordingly, the Budget Estimates of 2018-19 stipulate adequate revenue generation to meet the working expenses of the Railways and also to make a contribution of Rs. 11,500 Cr to capital expenditure.<\/p>\n

The Flexi fare was introduced from 9th September 2016. During the Financial Year 2016-17 (Sept to Mar), 2017-18 and 2018-19 (April to June), Railway earned approximately Rs. 371 Crores, Rs. 860 Crores and Rs. 262 crores respectively as additional earnings from trains having a flexi fare. There has been mixed response from various quarters to the introduction of flexi fare scheme. Further, a review of the existing scheme is an ongoing and continuous process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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