INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2010-11 (With Highlights of the Performance for 2011-12) BHARAT SARKAR GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAIL MANTRALAYA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) Contents Organisation Structure 2 Personnel 58 Welfare, Development and Apex Management 3 Empowerment of Women 67 Facilities to Persons with Review–Prospects 5 Disabilities 68 Finance 8 Security 70 Freight Operation 14 Vigilance 72 Passenger Business 19 Promoting Hindi 74 Planning 25 North Eastern Region 76 Railway Engineers Regiments Engineering 27 (Territorial Army) 81 Electrification 33 Public Relations 82 Undertakings and other Signal and Telecom 35 Organisations 84 Safety 38 Advisory Boards 98 Rolling Stock 44 Important Events 99 Materials Management 50 Glossary 101 Summary of Audit Observations Research and Development 52 provided by C & AG and ATNs 104 Financial Statements and Managing the Environment 56 Operating Statistics 113 2 Apex Management Minister of Railways Dinesh Trivedi Ministers of State for Railways K. H. Muniyappa Bharatsinh Solanki Members, Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal Financial Commissioner Smt. Vijaya Kanth Member Electrical Kul Bhushan Member Engineering A. P. Mishra Member Mechanical Sanjiv Handa Member Staff A. K. Vohra Member Traffic K. K. Srivastava Secretary V. K. Gupta Director-General Railway Health Services Dr. V. K. Ramteke Railway Protection Force P. K. Mehta General Managers, Zonal Railways Central S. K. Jain Eastern G. C. Agarwal East Central Varun Bharthuar East Coast Indra Ghosh **Metro P. B. Murty Northern B. N. Rajasekhar* North Central B. P. Khare* North Eastern K. B. L. Mittal Northeast Frontier Keshav Chandra North Western R.C. Agarwal Southern Deepak Krishan South Central G. N. Asthana South Eastern A. K. Verma South East Central Arunendra Kumar South Western A. K. Mittal Western Mahesh Kumar West Central S. V. Arya General Managers, Production Units Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Radhey Shyam Diesel Locomotive Works B. P. Khare Integral Coach Factory Abhay Kumar Khanna Rail Wheel Factory Rajeev Bhargava Rail Coach Factory B. N. Rajasekhar General Managers, Construction Units Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction) Keshav Chandra* Central Organisation for Railway Electrification Jagdev Kalia Director-General Railway Staff College Niraj Kumar Director-General & Ex-Officio General Manager Research, Designs and Standards Organisation V. Ramachandran Chief Administrative Officers (Railways) Central Organisation for Modernisation of Workshops P. K. Agarwal Diesel Loco Modernisation Works A. K. Kansal * Looking after. ** Metro Railway, Kolkata. (As on 21st February, 2012) 3 Review-Prospects Results : 2010-11 Financial Performance The year ended with an excess of `1,404.89 crore which Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, was appropriated to Development Fund. Central Railway. Freight Operation The originating revenue loading was 921.73 million tonnes excluding loading of Konkan Railway in 2010-11 compared to 887.79 million tonnes in the previous year. The transport output in terms of revenue net tonne kms. (NTKms.) was 625.72 billion in 2010-11 compared to 600.55 billion in 2009-10. Earnings from freight traffic (excluding miscellaneous goods earnings) was `60,687.05 crore – up by `3,775.54 crore (6.63%) from the previous year. Passenger Business A front view of Dimapur Railway Station, Northeast Frontier Railway. During 2010-11, the number of passengers carried was 7,651 million compared to 7,246 million in 2009-10 thus registering an increase of 5.59%. Passenger kms. which is the product of the number of passengers carried and average distance traversed was 978 billion, up by 8.31% from 903 billion in the previous year. Passenger earnings increased by `2,291.2 crore (9.78%) compared to 2009-10. Engineering Works During the year, 709 kms. of new lines were constructed and 837 kms. of track was converted to Broad Gauge. 3,465 A view of New Delhi Railway Station, kms. of track renewal was carried out in 2010-11 as against Northern Railway. 3,840 kms. in the previous year. Electrification 975 kms. of IR’s route was electrified during 2010-11. Safety, Signal and Telecom There were 139 consequential train accidents during 2010-11 compared to 165 during 2009-10. Train accidents per million train kms. on IR came down from 0.17 in 2009-10 to 0.14 in 2010-11. As a step towards improving passenger amenities, New Station building, Sealdah, Eastern Railway. INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2010-11 5 Public Address System at 3,865 stations, Train Display Boards at 1,090 stations and Coach Guidance Boards at 480 stations have been installed. Operating Efficiency Some important efficiency indices for 2010-11 compared to 2009-10 were as follows: Efficiency Index Broad Gauge Metre Gauge 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 Net tonne kms. per wagon per day *9,022 9,247 *624 662 Speed (kmph) of all goods trains (all 25.8 25.6 14.6 14.7 traction) Percentage of loaded to total wagon kms. 66.4 66.6 49.1 51.2 Net load per goods train (tonnes) 1,691 1,702 *572 488 Net tonne kms. per engine hour *20,876 20,840 *2,309 2,407 Passenger vehicle kms. per vehicle per *526 532 *193 204 day *revised Materials Management Materials Management on IR is being progressively revamped with a view to reduce costs, storage, handling, insurance and dividend charges. Turn Over Ratio in terms of value of inventories to value of materials consumed was 13% (without fuel) and 11% (with fuel) during 2010-11 as compared to 15% (without fuel) and 12% (with fuel) during last year. The disposal of condemned Rolling Stock and scrap arising was monitored closely. Managing the Environment Efforts continued to bring down the adverse effects of railway activities on the environment through adaptation of cleaner technologies, energy conservation measures, afforestation on vacant railway land, etc. Concerted efforts to eliminate the use of wooden sleepers, adoption of energy- efficient technologies, etc. were some of the major initiatives in managing the environment. Human Resource Development A number of initiatives were taken to improve the quality of training programmes for railway employees in order to improve productivity. Industrial Relations and Personnel As on 31st March, 2011, IR had 13,28,199 regular employees as against 13,62,131 as on 31st March, 2010 – a decrease of 33,932. 6 INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2010-11 Industrial Relations remained cordial during 2010-11. Productivity Linked Bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wages was paid to all Group B (non-gazetted), C and D employees for 2010-11. RPF/RPSF personnel belonging to Group C and D categories received an ad hoc bonus equivalent to 30 days’ wages. Staff Welfare IR’s welfare schemes cover a wide spectrum of activities, viz., educational facilities and assistance to the children of railway Night view of Platform No.1 of Bhubaneshwar Railway Station, East Coast employees, handicraft centres for augmenting family income, Railway. financial assistance in sickness, subsidized housing and canteen facilities at work places and medical cover for employees and their families during service and after retirement. Performance : 2011-2012 Passenger Business During April-December of 2011-12, the number of originating passengers on IR was 6,211 million vis-à-vis 5,906 million during the corresponding period of 2010-11, registering an increase of 5.15%. The Passenger earnings during this period was `20,593.32 crore–up by `1,683.41 crore (8.90%) A view of waiting room at Allahabad, North compared to the earnings during the corresponding period of Central Railway. last year. Freight Operation Loading of revenue-earning traffic in the period April- December of 2011-12 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, was as under:- (Million tonnes) Commodity April-December April-December 2010-11 2011-12 Coal 307.30 329.48 Raw material for steel plants 42.19 49.61 Potable water facilities at Dimapur Railway Pig iron and finished steel from 18.12 19.44 Station, Northeast Frontier Railway. steel plants Iron ore for export 19.31 9.17 Cement 71.04 77.77 Foodgrains *29.78 32.70 Fertilizers (Chemical manures) 37.86 38.75 P.O.L. (Mineral oils) 29.82 30.69 Balance other goods *117.89 117.20 Total revenue earning traffic 673.31 704.81 *revised Total Freight Earnings (including ‘Other Goods Earnings’ such as wharfage, demurrage, etc.) in the first 9 months (April- December) of 2011-12 stood at `49,542.63 crore which shows an increase of `4,627.88 crore (10.30%) over the earnings in Inside view of newly constructed retiring the corresponding period of the previous year. room at Allahabad, North Central Railway. INDIAN RAILWAYS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2010-11 7 Finance Results for 2010-11 Gross Traffic Receipts of the Railways went up from `86,963.97 crore in 2009-10 to `94,535.63 crore in 2010-11. Total Working Expenses increased from `82,915.35 crore in 2009-10 to `89,474.22 crore in 2010-11. After taking into account the miscellaneous transactions, the Net Revenue Receipts were at `6,346.14 crore. After meeting the Dividend Liability, the year ended with an excess of `1,404.89 crore which was appropriated to Development Fund. The Financial Results for 2010-11, compared to 2009-10, are summarised as below: (` in crore) 2009-10 2010-11 Variation Capital-At-Charge (excluding MTPs and Circular Railway, Udhampur-Baramula project and appropriation to SRSF) 87,654.64 1,04,544.64 16,890.00 Investment from Captial Fund 35,346.05 38,675.93 3,329.88 Total 1,23,000.69 1,43,220.57 20,219.88 Gross Traffic Receipts 86,963.97 94,535.63 7,571.66 Total Working Expenses 82,915.35 89,474.22 6,558.87 Net Traffic Receipts 4,048.62 5,061.41 1,012.79 Miscellaneous Receipts (Net) 1,495.47 1,284.73 (-)210.74 Net Revenue Receipts 5,544.09 6,346.14 802.05 Dividend payable to General Revenues 5,543.34 4,941.25 (-)602.09 Excess(+)/Shortfall(–) 0.75 1,404.89 1,404.14 Percentage of (a) Working Expenses to Gross Earnings 95.28 94.59 (-) 0.69 (b) Net Revenue to Capital-at-charge & investment from Capital Fund 4.51 4.46 (-) 0.05 Capital-at-charge*(in paise) per NTKm 187 205 18 *Includes investment from Capital Fund Revenue The Gross Traffic Receipts went up by `7,571.66 crore (8.71%) over the previous year.