Privatisation in Railways – FDI in Railways : Rajya Sabha Q&A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 87

ANSWERED ON 28.11.2014

Privatisation in Railways

87 SHRI ANIL KUMAR SAHANI
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether Government plans to privatise Railways; and

(b) the number of projects of Railways in which Government plans for Foreign Direct Investment, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

(a): No, Sir.

(b): Ministry of Railways have based on initial assessment identified the following potential projects for Domestic/Foreign Direct Investment:

1. Suburban Corridor projects through PPP

S.No	Project	Kms	Cost (Rs Crore)
1.	CSTM-Panvel	49	14,000

2. High speed train projects

3. Freight lines

S.No.	Project	Kms	Cost(Rs.Cr.)
1	Dankuni-Gomoh New line	282	4500
2	Whitefield-Kolar (52.9 km) New Line	52.9	353.45
3	North- South DFC-New Line	–	–
4	Ajmer-Bangurgram -Doubling	48.43	144.57
5	Durg-Rajnandgaon 3rd line	31	152.99
6	Wardha(Sewagram)-Nagpur 3rd line	76.3	297.85
7	Kazipet-Vijaywada 3rd line with electrification	219.6	1054.35
8	Bhadrak-Nergundi 3rd line	80	837.33
9	Sambalpur-Talcher DL	174.1	679.27
10	Manoharpur-Bondamanda 3rd line	30	258.2
11	Rajkharswan-Chakradharpur 3rd line (20 km)	20	174.49

4. Rolling stock including train sets and locomotives or coach manufacturing and maintenance facilities

S.No	Project	Quantity	Cost (Rs. Cr)
1	Rail Coach Factory, for manufacture of modern 3 phase MEMU/EMU coaches equipped with IGBT technology at Kachrapara.	Approximate 500 EMU/ MEMU coaches annually	1,200
2.	Rail coach factory for manufacturing of Aluminum coaches at Palakkad	Approximately 400 coaches per annum	550
3.	Periodic overhauling of wagons at Sonpur	Approximately180 wagons per annum	300
4.	Midlife rehabilitation of coaches at Anara	Approximately 250 coaches per annum	185
5.	Locomotive maintenance depots at Barauni, Daund, Mughal-sarai, Bonda-munda.	–	300

5. Railway Electrification Projects

S.No	Project	Kms	Cost ( Rs . Cr)
1	Katwa-Azimganj-Nalhati & Azimganj-Tildanga/New Farakka	200	229.26

6. Signaling System

S.No	Project	Kms	Cost (Rs. Cr)
1.	Agra-Gwalior, A route: provision of automatic signaling along with train protection system to enhance line capacity.	118	250 Cr.
2.	Gwalior – Burhpura A route: Provision of automatic signaling along with train protection system to enhance line capacity	126	280 Cr.
3.	Burpura-Bina, A Route: Provision of automatic signaling along with train protection system to enhance line capacity.	126	270 Cr.

7. Passenger Terminals

8. Railway Technical Training Institutes.

S.No	Project	Quantity	Cost (Rs. Cr)
1.	Advanced Training Institute (ATI) for training of Technical staff and Loco Pilots	6 Training Centres with Driving Simulators at Mughalsarai (ECR),Kurla (CR),Asansol (ER),Vishakapatnam (ECoR),Kanpur (NCR) and Avadi (SR)	120

9. Mechanized Laundry

S.No	Project	Quantity	Cost (Rs. Cr)
1.	Mechanized laundries at identified locations of different capacities.	1T/2T/3T/5T per day	100

Source: RajyaSabha.nic.in

Annexure Source: https://pqars.nic.in/annex/233/As87.doc

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Privatisation in Railways – FDI in Railways : Rajya Sabha Q&A