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19/12/20 11:27 AM IST

National Rail Plan

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In an endeavour to address the inadequacies of capacity constraints and improve its modal share in total freight eco system of the country, Indian Railways has come up with Draft National Rail Plan. 

Highlights
  • A long term strategic plan called the National Rail Plan has been developed to plan infrastructural capacity enhancement along with strategies to increase modal share of the Railways.
  • The National Rail Plan will be a common platform for all future infrastructural, business and financial planning of the Railways.
  • This plan is being circulated among various Ministries for their views now.
  • Railways aim to finalise the Final plan by January 2021.
Objective
  • To create capacity ahead of demand by 2030, which in turn would cater to growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the modal share of Railways from 27% currently to 45% in freight by 2030
  • It would be achieved as part of a national commitment to reduce Carbon emission and to continue to sustain it.
  • Net Zero Carbon emission by 2030.
Source: PIB

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