Indian Railways has registered a record revenue of Rs 2.40 lakh crore in the 2022-23 monetary 12 months, up by almost Rs 49,000 crore from the earlier 12 months, in accordance with a ministry assertion on Monday. In 2022-23, the freight revenue rose to Rs 1.62 lakh crore, a progress of almost 15 % from the earlier 12 months.
Indian Railways’ passenger revenue has registered an all-time excessive progress of 61 % to achieve Rs 63,300 crore. “After three years, Indian Railways is able to fully meet the pension expenditures. Buoyancy in revenues and tight expenditure management have helped in achieving an operating ratio of 98.14 percent, well within the RE target. After meeting all revenue expenditure, railways generated Rs 3,200 crore for capital investment from its internal resources,” it mentioned.
The railways have over time approached the Finance Ministry to bear elements of its pension burden. The assertion additional acknowledged that in phrases of visitors revenue, the railways earned Rs 63,300 crore in 2022-23 as in comparison with Rs 39,214 crore in 2021-22. The railways earned Rs 5,951 crore as different teaching revenue in 2022-23 as in comparison with Rs 4,899 crore throughout 2021-22. Sundries revenue stood at Rs 8,440 crore throughout FY 2022-23 as in comparison with Rs 6,067 crore in 2021-22.
During 2022-23, the gross revenue stood at Rs 2,39,803 crore as in comparison with Rs 1,91,278 crore in 2021-22. Also, gross visitors receipts stood at Rs 2,39,750 crore as in comparison with Rs 1,91,206 crore in 2021-22. The whole railway receipts in 2022-23 have been Rs 2,39,892 crore as in comparison with Rs 1,91,367 crore the earlier 12 months.
According to the assertion, the entire railway expenditure in 2022-23 was Rs 2,37,375 crore as in comparison with Rs 2,06,391 crore in 2021-22. The working ratio in 2022-23 was 98.14 per cent. In phrases of capital expenditure, the capital invested was Rs 1,09,004 crore throughout 2022-23 as in comparison with Rs 81,664 crore in 2021-22. Under the railway security fund, Rs 30,001 crore was spent throughout 2022-23 as in comparison with Rs 11,105 crore throughout 2021-22.
