Five year plans in bnbnbjbjbIndian Railways.pptx
- 1. Five year plans in Indian Railways
- 2. First five year plan (1951-56) • Rs.257 crores allotted to railways • Main objective of the plan – rehabilitation of railway assets • The plan helped India in achieving self-sufficiency • Chittaranjan Locomotive Works & Tata Engineering and Locomotive boosted up their production • Station and railways facilities were improved
- 3. Second five year plan (1956-61) • Many new lines were opened • New locomotives and new coaches were placed on line • Considerable progress was made in the electrification of railways • The plan developed the indigenous sources of supply to make the country self-sufficient in railway equipment
- 4. Third five year plan (1961-66) • It provided for the acquisition of locomotives, wagons, coaching vehicles, doubling of tracks, rail renewals, sleeper renewals. • It laid emphasis on electrification of railways • Construction of many bridges, staff quarters, railway stations and other facilities was undertaken
- 5. Fourth five year plan (1969-74) • Twin objectives – Modernisation of railways – Improving the operational efficiency of the system by more intensive utilization of existing assets of railways
- 6. Fifth five year plan • Main objective – development of rapid transport system in metropolitan cities • Other objectives – improvement in financial viability through cost reduction techniques • Resource mobilisation and optimum utilization of assets • Achievement of national self-sufficiency in railway equipments
- 7. Sixth five year plan (1980-85) • Main objective – limited resources of railways should be used for rehabilitation of assets • Stress was to use the existing resources in the best possible manner for getting high operational efficiency
- 8. Seventh five year plan (1985-90) • Main objective – augmentation of capacity for manufacture of passenger coaches, electric multiple units and electric locomotives • Electrification of important routes, track renewal works, upgradation of communication network. • Introduction of computer based freight operation information system and Computerisation of passenger reservation in certain metropolitan cities
- 9. Eighth five year plan (1992-97) • Emphasis was laid on the modernization of th e sytem to reduce the operating cost and improve the reliability
- 10. Ninth five year plan (1997-2002) • Generation of adequate rail transport capacity to handle increased freight and passenger traffic • Completion of replacement , rehabilitation and renewal of over aged assets • Modernization and up-gradation of the rail transport system to reduce the cost, improve safety and quality of travel, and reliability of service to customers • To continue with the policy of conversion to uni-gauge/single gauge throughout the country • Improve the man power productivity , work culture and moral of the staff
- 11. Tenth five year plan (2002-07) • Tenth plan saw a remarkable turnaround in the financial performance of the Indian Railways • Increased reliance on internal resources and market borrowings for development