The last ten years have been golden decade for the Indian Railways and the performance has been phenomenal, former Member (Traffic), Railway Board, Mohammad Jamshed has said, noting that freight movement has gone up compared to the previous decade from about 8,000 million tons to 12,000 m
The results of consistent capital expenditure (CAPEX) over the last decade are evident in 164 Vande Bharat train services, 30 Amrit Bharat train services, the implementation of the Kavach automatic train protection system, over 99 per cent electrification of the broad-gauge network, and e
According to official data, Indian Railways has utilised Rs 1,42,487 crore out of the total Rs 2,52,200 crore budgetary allocation for FY 2025-26 till September 2025.
This marks a minor 0.9 per cent increase over last year's Budget Estimate of Rs 11.11 lakh crore, but if compared with revised estimate of 2024-25 at Rs 10.18 lakh crore, the budget estimate of 2025-26 is substantially higher.
Keeping pace with the budgetary allocation, Indian Railways has spent 76 per cent of its budgetary outlay within the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2024-25.