Indian Railways prepares National Rail Plan for 2030: Govt in Parliament

New Delhi, February 11

Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan, NRP for India – 2030. The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, said that the NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45 percent.

The minister said that objective of the Plan is to create capacity ahead of demand, which in turn would also cater to future growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the modal share of Railways to 45 percent in freight traffic and to continue to sustain it.

He added, to achieve this objective all possible financial models including Public-Private Partnership are being considered.

Mr. Vaishnaw said, as Indian Railways is the growth engine of the nation, NRP is aimed to reform Railways to make it more efficient, greener, and modern which will translate into cheaper, safer, and assured mode of transport to the common man be it in passenger or freight segment.