Union Budget 2025: Railways allocation remains unchanged at ₹ 2.65 Lakh Crore, Budget for Customer Anems, Investment in Psus Slashed

The Budget Allocation for Indian Railways for FY 2025-26 Stands at ₹ 2.65 Lakh Crore. File | Photo credit: the Hindu

The Budget Allocation for Indian Railways for FY 2025-26 Stands at ₹ 2.65 Lakh Crore, The Same as Last Year’s Allocation. The allocations for customer amenities in the railway and investments in public sector units and joint ventures have been slashed.

At a press briefing following the union budget 2025-26 Presentation on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Said, “The RAILWAY CAPEX Stands at ₹ 2.52 2.65 Lakh Crore allocation that Include (s ) Public Private Partnership Investments. “

Sources in the Railways Told The Hindu That in fy 2024-25, of the allocated budget of ₹ 2.65 lakh Crore, The Expenditor Till January 23 this year stock at ₹ 2.09 Lakh Crore (79.33%). The actual utilization of the budget for fY 2023-24 Study at ₹ 2.45 Lakh Crore, Budget Documents Reveal.

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Responding to a question on no increase in the allocation, Mr. Vaishnaw said that unchanged allocation indicated that overall the continuous push for influx of capes is being maintained.

Mr. Vaishnaw further said that new projects that have been considered while frameing the budget run up to the tune of ₹ 4.6 Lakh Crore. “If one railway project gets approved, the life cycle of that project will run into four to five years. These new projects take into account laying of new lines, doubling, quadrupping, flyovers, underpasses, construction of new workshops, plant and machinerie “He said.

Allocation to Freight Corridor Corporation down to ₹ 500 Crore

A Closer Look at the Budget Document Reveals that Allocation to Developing Customer Anems in Indian Railways Has Continued To Decline from ₹ 15,510 Crore in FY 2024-25 Estimates) and now to ₹ 12,118.39 Crore in the FY 2025-26. Customer Amenities May Include Maintaining toilets, Standardising Signals, Brightening Up Enquiri and Booking Office, Sealing Stations to Provide Specific Entry, And EXIT and Prevign of Entry of Unauthoria Leys, lights, fans, seating and so on.

Also, The Allocation for Investment in Public Sector Units (PSU) and Joint Ventures (JV) have gone down from the revised estimate of ₹ 27,570.770.77 Crore in fY 2024-25 to ₹ 22,44444444444444444444.26.

Mr. Vaishnaw said that by March 2025, The Indian Railways will achieve an important milstone of carrying 1.6 billion-tonne cargo carrying capacity. “With this, we become the second largest cargo carrying railway in the world, next only to China, which has the capacity of 3.7 billion tonnes.”

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Allocation to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India, which is a Public Sector Unit (PSU) of the Indian Railways, has decreased from ₹5,499 crore in FY 2024-25 (revised estimate) to ₹500 crore in FY 2025-26.

Mr. Vaishnaw also said that in the upcoming financial year, the Railways will achieve 100% Electrification of Rail Network. He added that ₹ 3 Lakh Crore in Passenger Revenue will be achieved for the first time in fy 2025-26.

‘Bullet’ train project

The Railways Minister said that India is also working on Producing Indigenous High-Speed ​​’Bullet’ Train, Being Devised by Defense PSU BEML and RAIL PSU NATINAL HIND SPEED RAIL CORPED Get of running trains at speed of 280 kmph, And that the japanese government is on board with the indigenous plan. In 2023-24, ₹ 18,295 Crore was Utilized towards the project, and fY 2024-25 Budget Estimate for it Study at ₹ 21,000 Crore. The allocation has been reduced to ₹ 19,000 Crore in the budget for fY 2025-26.

Mr. Vaishnaw also said that fY 2025-26 Budget has Accounted for Manufacturing 100 Non-CMRIT BHARITS, 50 Namo Bharat Trains Certified for Running at 130 kmph for Shortan Bharat Trains (Sleeper and Chair Car Trains). “The Budget will be utilized towards manufacturing 17,500 general coaches approved, of which 1,200 have alredy been manufactured and year-on-yar-on-yar this capacity will be a ‘ .