 | No increase in second class mail, express and ordinary train fares |
| Second class season ticket fares to remain unchanged |
| 4 per cent uniform increase on freight rates of all commodities |
| 25 per cent concession in freight rates up to 50 km |
| Freight charges up 4 per cent for all parcels luggage |
| Sleeper and upper class fares for all trains rationalised by linking it
to second class mail/express fares |
| Rajdhani/Shatabdi fares to be revised |
| Minimum distance for charge for travel in upper class of mail and express
trains to be revised to uniform 100 km |
| Proposals to hike fares, freight charges to yield Rs 900 crore (freight
Rs 700 crore, fares Rs 200 crore) |
| Minor increase in classification of washed coal and caustic soda liquor |
| Freight loading target set at 450 million tonnes |
| Passenger traffic to grow by 8.5 per cent |
| Other coaching and sundry other earnings to increase by 5 per cent |
| Gross traffic receipts estimated at Rs 32,411 crore |
| Ordinary working expenses estimated at Rs 25,740 crore |
| Pension liabilities estimated at Rs 3,300 crore |
| Appropriation to depreciation reserve fund of Rs 1,589 crore |
| Total working expense estimated at Rs 30,283 crore |
| Net traffic receipts Rs 2128 crore |
| Net miscellaneous receipts Rs 430 crore |
| Net railway revenue projected at Rs 2,558 crore |
| Dividend to general revenues increased to Rs 1,914 crore |
| Excess Rs 644 crore, short of plan requirement by Rs 1,121 crore |
| Rs 900 crore to be mobilised additionally with Rs 221 crore to be met by
draw down and interest in capital fund |
