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National Rail Plan (NRP), 2030 In order to provide long term perspective to planning for augmenting the railway network, in 2016, Ministry of Railways decided to develop National Rail Plan (NRP 2030) in consultation with all the stakeholders including State Governments, public representatives and other relevant Central Ministries. • Jump to read- Long-term Planning The Indian Railway Network is a key component of the Country’s Transport System. Transporting goods and passengers on a massive scale, the Indian Railways plays a critical role in India’s economic as well as social fabric, not to mention the security and cross-border strategic linkages. Indian Railways needs to form a concrete plan about its doings in the coming 10-20 years. Therefore, pragmatic development of Indian Railway Network as part of the country’s overall multi-modal transport system is very important. Seamless multi modal transportation NRP-2030 will endeavour to harmonise and integrate the rail network with other modes of transport and create synergy for achieving seamless multi modal transportation network across the country. Railways do not want to beat the other modes of transport by competing but want to work by complementing. Background: Present way of planning So far, the development of the rail network is taken up based on numerous individual requests received from various stakeholders such as State Governments, elected representatives, industries, etc. for sanction of railway projects in diff...

Railway Budget 2022-23: On Tuesday (1 February 2022), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated Rs 1,40,367.13 crore to the Ministry of Railways in this fiscal’s Union Budget for the upgradation of the Indian Railways network. Several announcements were made by the minister in her Budget Speech including the production of 400 semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express trains, the concept of ‘One Station One Product’ to help local businesses, bringing 2,000 kilometres of the railway network under Kavach, the indigenously developed world class tech, etc. Also, most of the states have seen noteworthy growth in allocation for multiple ongoing projects which are under different stages of planning/execution. Here’s how much these states got in this Budget for railway projects: • Rs 6,606 Crore has been allocated to Bihar where ongoing projects include 57 new lines/gauge conversion/doubling projects, covering 5,267 km and costing Rs 76,137 crore • Rs 7,032 Crore has been allocated to Andhra Pradesh where ongoing projects include 33 new lines/doubling projects, covering 5,706 km and costing Rs 63,731 crore • Rs 1,064 Crore has been allocated to Delhi where ongoing projects include 4 new lines/doubling projects, covering 302 km and costing Rs 3,983 crore • Rs 1,400 Crore has been allocated to Haryana where ongoing projects include 12 new lines/doubling projects, covering 1635 km and costing Rs 20,035 crore • Rs 4,745 Crore has been allocated to Gujarat where ongoing projects include ...

Ashwini Vaishnaw who took over as the new Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology was anonymous in political spheres just two years ago. His ascent to crucial Ministries previously held by political bigwigs such as Piyush Goyal and Ravi Shankar Prasad was dramatic and meteoric in equal measure. The search for a person to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Indian Railways as a key factor in driving the nation’s economy stopped at a man considered a political novice. But, those who take a look at 50-year-old Mr. Vaishnaw’s career graph will see that he has a varied and vast experience in bureaucracy and corporate world, besides the reputation of being a silent and astute worker. The Jodhpur-born Mr. Vaishnaw was a brilliant student from the beginning. After graduating with a gold medal in electronics and communications engineering course from Rajasthan’s Jai Narayan Vyas University in 1992, he pursued his M.Tech programme from IIT Kanpur. He immediately cracked the coveted civil service examination with an all-India rank of 27 in 1994. District Collector During his short stint in Odisha bureaucracy, he worked as District Collector of Balasore and Cuttack, earning the reputation of an efficient administrator while being low profile. Being tech-savvy, he was known for exploring new areas. In 1999, when access to internet was limited and most people were not conversant with it, the young Collector mon...

Synopsis Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech for 2022-23 said that India will manufacture 400 new, energy-efficient Vande Bharat trains in the next three years. The rail sector will also develop "One Station One Product", which will leverage local produce carried on the railways. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that 100 cargo terminals will be developed during the next three years under the PM Gati Shakti master plan. "100 PM Gati Shakti cargo terminals for multimodal logistic facilities will be developed during the next three years," the Finance Minister said while presenting the Union Budget in Parliament on Tuesday. The Budget has also earmarked Rs 38686.59 crore for investment in PSUs, joint ventures and special purpose vehicles. The FM has also allocated Rs 15710.44 crore to the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), whose assets will be monetised by the Railways for operations and maintenance.