The total expenditure of Indian Railways at the end of the fiscal year 2022 was around two trillion Indian rupees. This was estimated to increase to over 2.3 trillion rupees in the following year. The system is operated by the Ministry of Railways and is the fourth largest railway network across the globe.
Cost breakdown
Indian Railways spent more than 40 percent of working expenses on their staff. This was followed appropriations related to the pension fund and costs related to fuel. Employee salaries and pension related costs composed around two-third of its expenditure. This expense kept increasing with the implementation of each new pay commission. With more than 1.5 million employees, Indian Railways was the seventh-largest employer in the world. Engineers were the largest personnel group in the company.
Revenue distribution
Indian Railways earned around 25 billion Indian rupees in the financial year 2020. Rail freight made up the the highest share of revenue. In the passenger rail traffic segment, most of the income was from non-suburban rail-passenger traffic. Some other sources of revenue were non-passenger coaching and suspended accounts.
Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023
(in billion Indian rupees)
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Expenditure in billion Indian rupees
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PRS Legislative Research. (February 14, 2022). Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023 (in billion Indian rupees) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/
PRS Legislative Research. "Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023 (in billion Indian rupees)." Chart. February 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/
PRS Legislative Research. (2022). Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023 (in billion Indian rupees). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/
PRS Legislative Research. "Expenditure of Indian Railways from Financial Year 2001 to 2022 with An Estimate for Financial Year 2023 (in Billion Indian Rupees)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/
PRS Legislative Research, Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023 (in billion Indian rupees) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Expenditure of Indian Railways from financial year 2001 to 2022 with an estimate for financial year 2023 (in billion Indian rupees) [Graph], PRS Legislative Research, February 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/623476/railway-expenditure-india/