The Rs 100,000 crore would include Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) for advanced signalling systems on 19,000 km trunk routes, Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) for elimination of all level crossings, Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) for manufacturing coaches with better designs and Rs 20,000 crore for maintenance of safety-related infrastructure and other items.
To fund the Rs 20,000 crore annually, the panel says Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) could be mopped up as safety cess from passengers and has asked for similar grant amount from the Centre.
It also called for deferment of dividend of Rs 5,000 crore as social burden, raising Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) from the Rail Land Development Authority and not paying road tax of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion).
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