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Monopoly - Indian Railways
Monopoly - Introduction
What is a monopoly?
A firm is considered a monopoly if . . . ¼ it is the sole seller of its product. ¼ its product does not have close substitutes.
Monopoly - Introduction
Primary characteristics of a monopoly – Single Sellers – No Close substitutes – Price Maker – Blocked Entry
Why do Monopolies Arise?
Barriers to entry – Legal/Government Restrictions – High cost of entry – Advertising and product differentiation
Profit Maximization for Monopoly 2. ...and then the demand curve shows the price consistent with this quantity. 1. The intersection of the marginal-revenue curve and the marginal-cost curve Costs and Revenue
Monopoly price
B Average total cost A Demand
Marginal cost
Marginal revenue 0
Q MAX
Quantity
INDIAN RAILWAYS - Evolution State owned company Monopoly of country’s rail transport In 1832, a proposal was made to build a railroad between Madras & Bangalore, but it never materialized. In 1845, two companies formed – East Indian Railway Company operating from Calcutta – Great Indian Peninsula Railway operating from Bombay
On December 22, 1851, first train is operational in India April 16, 1853, first enger train introduced between Bombay & Thana. Railways grows in India with encouragement of
Background Information Evolution Due to Partition, India lost 40% of its existing rail network. At independence, 42 rail systems were existing In 1951, all systems were nationalized as one unit. Total of 6 zones came into existence in 1952, later extended to 16 zones. In 1985, steam locomotives are phased out. In 1987, computerisation of reservation first was carried out in Bombay In 1989, train numbers were standardized to 4 digits. In 1995, entire reservation system was computerized. In 1998, Konkan Railway was opened spanning difficult terrain through the Western Ghats.
Background Information Evolution
Background Information Evolution Railways Zones – Sr . No . Name 1 Central
Abbr . Headquarters CR
Date Divisions Established November 5, 1951 Mumbai Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur
2
East Central
ECR
October 1, 2002 Hajipur
Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur
3
East Coast
ECoR
April 1, 2003
Bhubaneswar
Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam
4
Eastern
ER
April, 1952
Kolkata
Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
5
North Central
NCR
April 1, 2003
Allahabad
Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi
6
North Eastern
NER
1952
Gorakhpur
Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi
7
North Western
NWR
October 1, 2002 Jaipur
Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur
8
Northeast Frontier
NFR
1958
Guwahati
Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangia, Tinsukia
9
Northern
NR
April 14, 1952
Delhi
Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad
10
South Central
SCR
October 2, 1966 Secunderabad
11
South East Central
SECR
April 1, 2003
Bilaspur, CG
Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur
12
South Eastern
SER
1955
Kolkata
Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
13
South Western
SWR
April 1, 2003
Hubli
Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore
14
Southern
SR
April 14, 1951
Chennai
15
West Central
WCR
April 1, 2003
Jabalpur
Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Tiruchchirapalli, Thiruvanathapuram Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
16
Western
WR
November 5, 1951 Mumbai
Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar
Background Information Services
enger Services – Operates over 9000 trains and transports over 5 billion annually across India. – Preferred mode of transport in most of the country. – Overcrowding is a widely faced problem – Ticket-less travel is also an additional problem faced.
Background Information Services
Production Services – Manufactures most of its rolling stock and heavy engineering component – Production units are managed directly by ministry – Each unit is headed by GM
Background Information Services Production Services Name
Diesel Locomotive Works Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works Integral Coach Factory
Headquarte Purpose rs Varanasi Manufacture mainline diesel-electric for enger and freight traffic Chittaranja Manufacture electric locomotives using DC traction as well as AC-AC n transmission Patiala Manufactures key sub-assemblies for Diesel Locomotives Chennai
Make coaches for the Indian Railways
Rail Coach Factory
Kapurthala Modern plant and has a much more flexible automation
Wheel & Axle Plant
Bengaluru
Makes cast wheels for wagons
Background Information Services
Freight – Carries variety of goods – Contributes to 70% of revenues – Last 2 decades, shifted to large container movement. – Majority of earnings comes from carrying bulk goods like iron ore, coal. – Introduced CONRAJ for high priority freight
Background Information Services Suburban Rail – Many cities have dedicated suburban networks. – Cities include Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Pune. – Only Mumbai, Pune & Hyderabad share tracks with long distance trains. – Trains are mostly electric multiple units. – Only in Mumbai trains run on Direct Current, rest run on Alternating Current.
Background Information – Organizational Services
Background Information – Organizational Structure Other PSU’s under the control of Ministry of Railways – Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation – Konkan Railway Corporation – Indian Railway Finance Corporation – Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation – Railtel Corporation of India – Telecommunication Networks – RITES Ltd. – Consulting Division of Indian Railways – IRCON International Ltd. – Construction Division – Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
Centre for Railway Information Systems is an autonomous society under Railway Board, which is responsible for developing the major
Indian Railways Present World’s third largest railway network Prime movers to the nation Approximately 65,000 km of rail tracks and over 7,151 railway stations. IR owns a fleet of – 2,22,379 wagons – 42,441 coaches – 7,910 locomotives Operates 1,60,251 trains including 9,550 enger trains, carrying about 1.6 million tonnes of freight and about 18 million engers daily
Indian Railways - Present Prime infrastructural sector World's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.5 million employees on its payrolls Perform the dual role – Commercial Organization – Vehicle for fulfillment of social obligations Part and parcel of the total receipts and expenditure of the Government of India. Contributes to 1% of GDP of INDIA.
Indian Railways – The Mayhem
Indian Railways – The Mayhem In 2002-03, 'social service obligation' of Indian Railways worked out Rs 37.87 billion. A 2001-02 review of all "branch lines" disclosed that 115 trains had become uneconomical, ing for an annual loss of Rs 434 crore. In 2001, the ratio of net revenue to capital declined to 2.5 In 1999-2000, fund balances had touched a low of Rs. 1.49 billion. Operating ratio reached 98.8 percent in the year ending March 2001.
Indian Railways – Problems faced
Surplus manpower…1.6 million in FY 2001. Poor staff productivity. Loss of market share in the profitable freight business. Lack of flexibility in pricing. Lack of ability. Politicization of the decision-making processes
Indian Railways – Cost Structure
Indian Railways – Corrective Measures
modernization safety and security of engers replacement and renewal of assets track renewal & improvement in enger amenities increase in productivity and reduction in operating ratio. computerization of railway systems. induction of new technologies for signalling and telecom. prevention of leakages of revenue.
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Capacity Enhancement
increasing wagon loading capacity reducing wagon turnaround time increasing length of wagon sidings(platforms) reducing loading/unloading time avoiding frequent train examination
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Capacity Utilization
Dynamic pricing policy Tariff Rationalization Non-peak Season Incremental Freight Discount Loyalty Discount Scheme Long-term Freight Discount Scheme Multiple Unloading
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Revenue Enhancement
Focusing on low-cost highvolume operations Revision in freight rates Increasing number of coaches in popular trains Reducing AC class fares Introducing Garib Raths to attract volumes
Indian Railways – Favourable Factors Change in the macro-economic conditions Rise in demand Change in the legal position Changes in organisational culture Human resources initiatives Downsizing Decentralising
Indian Railways – The Recovery In FY 2006-2007, IR ed profits of Rs. 200 billion. As of 2007, IR was India's second largest profit making PSU after ONGC. Revenue per staff witnessed a rise by 68 percent (2001– 2006). Operating Ratio was brought down to 78.7 percent by 2007. Enhanced axle load and reduction in turnaround time of wagons increased by 14% IR increased wagon capacity available per day by 36 % The number of employees reduced to 1.412 million by 2006 . The number of accidents have been more than halved from 473 (2001) to 200 (2007) Increase in the volume of engers by approx 29 percent over the period 2001 to 2007
Way Forward
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
The XIth Plan (2007-12) lays ambitious targets for 1. Freight and enger business transportation 2. Capacity augmentation 3. Technological up gradation. 4. Sustained improvement of services . 5.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
The Head Start : Right sizing in the system. Significant change was the Investment Strategy.
Freight was the .
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Increase in market share in freight traffic, both bulk and non-bulk, was the important focus area. Plan priorities for IR - building capacity for handling traffic growth Up-gradation for heavy axle load movement Modernization of freight and enger terminals Developing world class stations Information Technology initiatives and technological up-
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Quantum increase in traffic through
incremental capacity augmentation :
Capacity creation targets in XIth Plan have been kept at twice/thrice.
2000 kms of new lines, convert 10000 kms of Meter/Narrow gauge lines to Broad gauge, double 6000 kms of single track and electrify 3500 kms of network length
Manufacture/ procure 1,55,000 wagons (equivalent 4 wheeler units), 17,500 coaches, 2800 EMUs.
2200 MEMU/DEMU and 3600 Locomotives (1800 Electric and 1800
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
How to attain the Rolling Stock ?? The INITIATIVES : 1. Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Unit 2. Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Unit 3. main line EMU Manufacturing Unit, 4. two new Rail Coach Factories besides augmenting the capacity of existing production units. 5. These new Manufacturing Units are to be setup as departmental production units or through the t Venture route.
“ Indian Railways is also moving ahead with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Projects on Western Route from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Bombay to Rewari and Eastern Route from Ludhiana to Dankuni. These corridors would add significant capacity in freight transportation and would be operational in 2016-17. “
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Status Quo : enger Services Trains 10 new Garib Raths introduced. 53 pairs of new trains. Extension of trains : 16 pairs. Increase in frequency : 11 pairs.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Status Quo : enger Services – Trains
300 additional services in Mumbai suburban.
Special train from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Gurudwara Sachkhand Sahib during tercentenary function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib of Gurta Gaddi.
Special train between Pune and Delhi for Commonwealth Youth Games being held in Pune from 12th -18th October this year.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Amenities
Provision of on-line coach indication display board; on-line train arrival departure information board; on-line reservation availability information board.
Provision of discharge-free green toilets in all 36,000 coaches in XI Plan period at a cost of about Rs.4,000 cr.
LHB design coaches for all Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains over next few years.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Concessions
Senior citizen concession for women enhanced to 50% from existing 30%.
Free Monthly Seasonal Ticket to girl students up to graduation level in place of 12th standard and for boys up to 12th standard in place of 10th standard.
Improvements in ticketing
Termination of queues at ticket counters targeted in two years.
Ticket booking on mobile phones; E-ticket for waitlisted engers.
Increase in Unreserved Ticketing Systems counters to 15,000
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Reduction in enger fares
One rupee discount per enger for fares up to Rs.50 in non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express)
5% discount across the board for enger fares beyond Rs.50 for all non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express).
Increase in discount for travel in new design high capacity reserved coaches.
Reduction in fare – AC-I : 7%; and AC-II : 4% (the reduction will be half for popular trains and during peak period).
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Freight Business Reductions & Concessions 5% reduction in freight rates for Petrol and Diesel. 14% reduction in freight rate of Fly-ash. Liberalisation of Traditional Empty Flow direction incentive scheme
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Freight Business Reductions & Concessions 30% discount on entire traffic in place of incremental traffic booked from goods shed. Increase in discount on incremental traffic booked from private sidings from 30% to 40%. 6% freight concession for traffic booked from other States for stations in North Eastern States.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Initiatives Target for loading fixed at 850 MT in 200809. Blue - Print prepared for High Density Network. Top priority being given to port rail connectivity projects. New and dedicated iron ore routes to be upgraded/constructed. Work on Eastern freight corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni (Kolkata) and Western freight corridor from Delhi to JNPT
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Initiatives Procurement of Rolling Stock: All time high of 20,000 wagons, 250 diesel and 220 electric locomotives to be manufactured. New Wagon Leasing Policy and Wagon Investment Scheme formulated to increase availability of wagons in the system. Discounts for development of bulk and
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Safety & Security
Multi-pronged scheme to strengthen railway safety through various automatic devices like anti-collision device etc.
Rail accidents have reduced remarkably despite substantial increase in gross traffic volumes.
Fire resistant material to be used in coaches.
Unmanned level crossings at busy sections to be manned on a fast track basis.
Integrated security plan drawn up through installation of CCTVs, metal detectors etc.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Welfare Measures Social Welfare
99% backlog vacancies for SCs/STs filled up in special campaign launched since 2004.
Appointment of candidates from SCs/STs/OBCs exceeded their respective quotas in Group D appointments.
Minorities welfare cells to be opened at Railway Board and Zonal Railways.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Welfare Measures Social Welfare
One time exercise of appointing Railway Porters as gangmen and to other Group D posts.
Mother-Child Health Express to be run on a pilot basis at concessional fares in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation for providing medical facilities to mother and child.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Staff Welfare Per-capita contribution to Staff Benefit Fund to be increased by ten times from Rs.35 to Rs.350 for 2008-09. Northern Railway Central Hospital at Delhi to be made centrally air-conditioned. Two divisional hospitals at Jaipur and Hubli to be upgraded to central hospitals.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Staff Welfare A new divisional hospital at Ranchi and an OPD block at Integral Coach Factory to be constructed. Employees who ed Railways from other agencies/PSUs etc and are eligible for pensionary benefits, would now be eligible for post retirement complimentary es as per the norms being set.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Vision 2025 Aims at setting the roap for coming 17 years – customer centric and market responsive strategic initiatives. Information Technology Vision 2012 aims at radical changes in IT applications ,improvement in operational efficiency, transparency in working ad better services to the customers. Multi-Departmental Innovation Promotion Group at
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Vision 2025 Public-Private Partnership schemes to be launched for attracting an investment of Rs.1,00,000 cr over the next five years for developing world class stations, rolling stock ad other logistics. Commercial use of Railway land by Rail Land Development Authority to give a boost to Railway Revenues.
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Monopoly - Introduction
What is a monopoly?
A firm is considered a monopoly if . . . ¼ it is the sole seller of its product. ¼ its product does not have close substitutes.
Monopoly - Introduction
Primary characteristics of a monopoly – Single Sellers – No Close substitutes – Price Maker – Blocked Entry
Why do Monopolies Arise?
Barriers to entry – Legal/Government Restrictions – High cost of entry – Advertising and product differentiation
Profit Maximization for Monopoly 2. ...and then the demand curve shows the price consistent with this quantity. 1. The intersection of the marginal-revenue curve and the marginal-cost curve Costs and Revenue
Monopoly price
B Average total cost A Demand
Marginal cost
Marginal revenue 0
Q MAX
Quantity
INDIAN RAILWAYS - Evolution State owned company Monopoly of country’s rail transport In 1832, a proposal was made to build a railroad between Madras & Bangalore, but it never materialized. In 1845, two companies formed – East Indian Railway Company operating from Calcutta – Great Indian Peninsula Railway operating from Bombay
On December 22, 1851, first train is operational in India April 16, 1853, first enger train introduced between Bombay & Thana. Railways grows in India with encouragement of
Background Information Evolution Due to Partition, India lost 40% of its existing rail network. At independence, 42 rail systems were existing In 1951, all systems were nationalized as one unit. Total of 6 zones came into existence in 1952, later extended to 16 zones. In 1985, steam locomotives are phased out. In 1987, computerisation of reservation first was carried out in Bombay In 1989, train numbers were standardized to 4 digits. In 1995, entire reservation system was computerized. In 1998, Konkan Railway was opened spanning difficult terrain through the Western Ghats.
Background Information Evolution
Background Information Evolution Railways Zones – Sr . No . Name 1 Central
Abbr . Headquarters CR
Date Divisions Established November 5, 1951 Mumbai Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur
2
East Central
ECR
October 1, 2002 Hajipur
Danapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur
3
East Coast
ECoR
April 1, 2003
Bhubaneswar
Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam
4
Eastern
ER
April, 1952
Kolkata
Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda
5
North Central
NCR
April 1, 2003
Allahabad
Allahabad, Agra, Jhansi
6
North Eastern
NER
1952
Gorakhpur
Izzatnagar, Lucknow, Varanasi
7
North Western
NWR
October 1, 2002 Jaipur
Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur
8
Northeast Frontier
NFR
1958
Guwahati
Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangia, Tinsukia
9
Northern
NR
April 14, 1952
Delhi
Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad
10
South Central
SCR
October 2, 1966 Secunderabad
11
South East Central
SECR
April 1, 2003
Bilaspur, CG
Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur
12
South Eastern
SER
1955
Kolkata
Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi
13
South Western
SWR
April 1, 2003
Hubli
Hubli, Bangalore, Mysore
14
Southern
SR
April 14, 1951
Chennai
15
West Central
WCR
April 1, 2003
Jabalpur
Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Tiruchchirapalli, Thiruvanathapuram Jabalpur, Bhopal, Kota
16
Western
WR
November 5, 1951 Mumbai
Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar
Background Information Services
enger Services – Operates over 9000 trains and transports over 5 billion annually across India. – Preferred mode of transport in most of the country. – Overcrowding is a widely faced problem – Ticket-less travel is also an additional problem faced.
Background Information Services
Production Services – Manufactures most of its rolling stock and heavy engineering component – Production units are managed directly by ministry – Each unit is headed by GM
Background Information Services Production Services Name
Diesel Locomotive Works Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Diesel-Loco Modernisation Works Integral Coach Factory
Headquarte Purpose rs Varanasi Manufacture mainline diesel-electric for enger and freight traffic Chittaranja Manufacture electric locomotives using DC traction as well as AC-AC n transmission Patiala Manufactures key sub-assemblies for Diesel Locomotives Chennai
Make coaches for the Indian Railways
Rail Coach Factory
Kapurthala Modern plant and has a much more flexible automation
Wheel & Axle Plant
Bengaluru
Makes cast wheels for wagons
Background Information Services
Freight – Carries variety of goods – Contributes to 70% of revenues – Last 2 decades, shifted to large container movement. – Majority of earnings comes from carrying bulk goods like iron ore, coal. – Introduced CONRAJ for high priority freight
Background Information Services Suburban Rail – Many cities have dedicated suburban networks. – Cities include Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Pune. – Only Mumbai, Pune & Hyderabad share tracks with long distance trains. – Trains are mostly electric multiple units. – Only in Mumbai trains run on Direct Current, rest run on Alternating Current.
Background Information – Organizational Services
Background Information – Organizational Structure Other PSU’s under the control of Ministry of Railways – Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation – Konkan Railway Corporation – Indian Railway Finance Corporation – Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation – Railtel Corporation of India – Telecommunication Networks – RITES Ltd. – Consulting Division of Indian Railways – IRCON International Ltd. – Construction Division – Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
Centre for Railway Information Systems is an autonomous society under Railway Board, which is responsible for developing the major
Indian Railways Present World’s third largest railway network Prime movers to the nation Approximately 65,000 km of rail tracks and over 7,151 railway stations. IR owns a fleet of – 2,22,379 wagons – 42,441 coaches – 7,910 locomotives Operates 1,60,251 trains including 9,550 enger trains, carrying about 1.6 million tonnes of freight and about 18 million engers daily
Indian Railways - Present Prime infrastructural sector World's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.5 million employees on its payrolls Perform the dual role – Commercial Organization – Vehicle for fulfillment of social obligations Part and parcel of the total receipts and expenditure of the Government of India. Contributes to 1% of GDP of INDIA.
Indian Railways – The Mayhem
Indian Railways – The Mayhem In 2002-03, 'social service obligation' of Indian Railways worked out Rs 37.87 billion. A 2001-02 review of all "branch lines" disclosed that 115 trains had become uneconomical, ing for an annual loss of Rs 434 crore. In 2001, the ratio of net revenue to capital declined to 2.5 In 1999-2000, fund balances had touched a low of Rs. 1.49 billion. Operating ratio reached 98.8 percent in the year ending March 2001.
Indian Railways – Problems faced
Surplus manpower…1.6 million in FY 2001. Poor staff productivity. Loss of market share in the profitable freight business. Lack of flexibility in pricing. Lack of ability. Politicization of the decision-making processes
Indian Railways – Cost Structure
Indian Railways – Corrective Measures
modernization safety and security of engers replacement and renewal of assets track renewal & improvement in enger amenities increase in productivity and reduction in operating ratio. computerization of railway systems. induction of new technologies for signalling and telecom. prevention of leakages of revenue.
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Capacity Enhancement
increasing wagon loading capacity reducing wagon turnaround time increasing length of wagon sidings(platforms) reducing loading/unloading time avoiding frequent train examination
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Capacity Utilization
Dynamic pricing policy Tariff Rationalization Non-peak Season Incremental Freight Discount Loyalty Discount Scheme Long-term Freight Discount Scheme Multiple Unloading
Indian Railways – Strategic Performance Enhancement Initiatives
Revenue Enhancement
Focusing on low-cost highvolume operations Revision in freight rates Increasing number of coaches in popular trains Reducing AC class fares Introducing Garib Raths to attract volumes
Indian Railways – Favourable Factors Change in the macro-economic conditions Rise in demand Change in the legal position Changes in organisational culture Human resources initiatives Downsizing Decentralising
Indian Railways – The Recovery In FY 2006-2007, IR ed profits of Rs. 200 billion. As of 2007, IR was India's second largest profit making PSU after ONGC. Revenue per staff witnessed a rise by 68 percent (2001– 2006). Operating Ratio was brought down to 78.7 percent by 2007. Enhanced axle load and reduction in turnaround time of wagons increased by 14% IR increased wagon capacity available per day by 36 % The number of employees reduced to 1.412 million by 2006 . The number of accidents have been more than halved from 473 (2001) to 200 (2007) Increase in the volume of engers by approx 29 percent over the period 2001 to 2007
Way Forward
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
The XIth Plan (2007-12) lays ambitious targets for 1. Freight and enger business transportation 2. Capacity augmentation 3. Technological up gradation. 4. Sustained improvement of services . 5.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
The Head Start : Right sizing in the system. Significant change was the Investment Strategy.
Freight was the .
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Increase in market share in freight traffic, both bulk and non-bulk, was the important focus area. Plan priorities for IR - building capacity for handling traffic growth Up-gradation for heavy axle load movement Modernization of freight and enger terminals Developing world class stations Information Technology initiatives and technological up-
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Quantum increase in traffic through
incremental capacity augmentation :
Capacity creation targets in XIth Plan have been kept at twice/thrice.
2000 kms of new lines, convert 10000 kms of Meter/Narrow gauge lines to Broad gauge, double 6000 kms of single track and electrify 3500 kms of network length
Manufacture/ procure 1,55,000 wagons (equivalent 4 wheeler units), 17,500 coaches, 2800 EMUs.
2200 MEMU/DEMU and 3600 Locomotives (1800 Electric and 1800
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
How to attain the Rolling Stock ?? The INITIATIVES : 1. Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Unit 2. Diesel Locomotive Manufacturing Unit 3. main line EMU Manufacturing Unit, 4. two new Rail Coach Factories besides augmenting the capacity of existing production units. 5. These new Manufacturing Units are to be setup as departmental production units or through the t Venture route.
“ Indian Railways is also moving ahead with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Projects on Western Route from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Bombay to Rewari and Eastern Route from Ludhiana to Dankuni. These corridors would add significant capacity in freight transportation and would be operational in 2016-17. “
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Status Quo : enger Services Trains 10 new Garib Raths introduced. 53 pairs of new trains. Extension of trains : 16 pairs. Increase in frequency : 11 pairs.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Status Quo : enger Services – Trains
300 additional services in Mumbai suburban.
Special train from Anandpur Sahib and Patna Sahib to Gurudwara Sachkhand Sahib during tercentenary function of Shri Guru Granth Sahib of Gurta Gaddi.
Special train between Pune and Delhi for Commonwealth Youth Games being held in Pune from 12th -18th October this year.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Amenities
Provision of on-line coach indication display board; on-line train arrival departure information board; on-line reservation availability information board.
Provision of discharge-free green toilets in all 36,000 coaches in XI Plan period at a cost of about Rs.4,000 cr.
LHB design coaches for all Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains over next few years.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Concessions
Senior citizen concession for women enhanced to 50% from existing 30%.
Free Monthly Seasonal Ticket to girl students up to graduation level in place of 12th standard and for boys up to 12th standard in place of 10th standard.
Improvements in ticketing
Termination of queues at ticket counters targeted in two years.
Ticket booking on mobile phones; E-ticket for waitlisted engers.
Increase in Unreserved Ticketing Systems counters to 15,000
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Reduction in enger fares
One rupee discount per enger for fares up to Rs.50 in non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express)
5% discount across the board for enger fares beyond Rs.50 for all non suburban Second Class (ordinary and mail/express).
Increase in discount for travel in new design high capacity reserved coaches.
Reduction in fare – AC-I : 7%; and AC-II : 4% (the reduction will be half for popular trains and during peak period).
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Freight Business Reductions & Concessions 5% reduction in freight rates for Petrol and Diesel. 14% reduction in freight rate of Fly-ash. Liberalisation of Traditional Empty Flow direction incentive scheme
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Freight Business Reductions & Concessions 30% discount on entire traffic in place of incremental traffic booked from goods shed. Increase in discount on incremental traffic booked from private sidings from 30% to 40%. 6% freight concession for traffic booked from other States for stations in North Eastern States.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Initiatives Target for loading fixed at 850 MT in 200809. Blue - Print prepared for High Density Network. Top priority being given to port rail connectivity projects. New and dedicated iron ore routes to be upgraded/constructed. Work on Eastern freight corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni (Kolkata) and Western freight corridor from Delhi to JNPT
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Initiatives Procurement of Rolling Stock: All time high of 20,000 wagons, 250 diesel and 220 electric locomotives to be manufactured. New Wagon Leasing Policy and Wagon Investment Scheme formulated to increase availability of wagons in the system. Discounts for development of bulk and
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Safety & Security
Multi-pronged scheme to strengthen railway safety through various automatic devices like anti-collision device etc.
Rail accidents have reduced remarkably despite substantial increase in gross traffic volumes.
Fire resistant material to be used in coaches.
Unmanned level crossings at busy sections to be manned on a fast track basis.
Integrated security plan drawn up through installation of CCTVs, metal detectors etc.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Welfare Measures Social Welfare
99% backlog vacancies for SCs/STs filled up in special campaign launched since 2004.
Appointment of candidates from SCs/STs/OBCs exceeded their respective quotas in Group D appointments.
Minorities welfare cells to be opened at Railway Board and Zonal Railways.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Welfare Measures Social Welfare
One time exercise of appointing Railway Porters as gangmen and to other Group D posts.
Mother-Child Health Express to be run on a pilot basis at concessional fares in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation for providing medical facilities to mother and child.
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Staff Welfare Per-capita contribution to Staff Benefit Fund to be increased by ten times from Rs.35 to Rs.350 for 2008-09. Northern Railway Central Hospital at Delhi to be made centrally air-conditioned. Two divisional hospitals at Jaipur and Hubli to be upgraded to central hospitals.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Staff Welfare A new divisional hospital at Ranchi and an OPD block at Integral Coach Factory to be constructed. Employees who ed Railways from other agencies/PSUs etc and are eligible for pensionary benefits, would now be eligible for post retirement complimentary es as per the norms being set.
Way Forward for Indian Railways..
Vision 2025 Aims at setting the roap for coming 17 years – customer centric and market responsive strategic initiatives. Information Technology Vision 2012 aims at radical changes in IT applications ,improvement in operational efficiency, transparency in working ad better services to the customers. Multi-Departmental Innovation Promotion Group at
Way Forward for Indian Railways.. Vision 2025 Public-Private Partnership schemes to be launched for attracting an investment of Rs.1,00,000 cr over the next five years for developing world class stations, rolling stock ad other logistics. Commercial use of Railway land by Rail Land Development Authority to give a boost to Railway Revenues.
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