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Highlights of interim Rail Budget 2009-10
February 13, 2009
Budget estimates 2009-10
Freight loading targeted at 910 mt – an increment of 60 mt on 2008-09; number of passengers likely to grow by around 7%.
Gross Traffic Receipts estimated at Rs 93,159 cr i.e. Rs 10,766 cr more than RE 2008-09.
Ordinary Working Expenses budgeted at Rs 62,900 cr to cover the full year impact of VI CPC and the payment of 60% arrears due in 2009-10.
Dividend payable to General Revenues kept at Rs 5,304 cr at the current applicable rates.
Budgeted Operating Ratio 89.9%.
Plan outlay kept at Rs 37,905 cr.
Image: Porters rest at a railway station on the outskirts of Siliguri, west Bengal. | Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
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