KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR INFRA SEGMENT
RAILWAYS
- Railways will focus on passenger safety, capex, cleanliness, financing & accounting reforms.
- Total outlay in FY18 will be Rs.1.31 Lakh Cr.against Rs.1.21 Lakh Cr. in FY17. The entire Rs.10,000 Cr. uptick has come through increase in GBS which will be at Rs.55000 Cr. in FY18.
- Safety – A fund called “Rail Sanrakshan Kosh” will be established with Rs.1 Lakh Cr. corpus over next 5 years. Besides seed capital from Govt., railways will arrange rest of the funds. Timely implementation will be ensured. Beneficiaries will be Siemens (signalling), Kernex Microsystem (system software), Stone India (bio toilets etc), Zicom (surveillance, CCTVs), MIC Electronics (display systems), Bartronics etc.
- All unmanned level crossings will be eliminated by 2020. Beneficiary will be GPT Infra.
- Accrual based accounting roll out by March 2019. Will enable Railways to raise external funding.
- Railway PSUs like IRCON, IRFC and IRCTC may be listed.
- Target of Throughput to increase by 10% in 3 years.
- Railways will implement end-to-end integrated transportation systems for specific commodities in certain corridors in partnership with logistic companies.
- Focus on providing customised rolling stock for perishable products. Beneficiaries – Texmaco Rail, Titagarh.
- Will award 25 stations for redevelopment in FY18. Beneficiaries will be NBCC, Ahluwalia Contracts.
ROADS
- GBS has increased from Rs. 57676 Cr. in FY17 to Rs. 64000 Cr. in FY18. Beneficiaries will be Sadbhav, Ashoka, KNR, PNC Infra etc.
TRANSPORTATION
- Total outlay – Rs. 2.41 Lakh Cr. in FY18 against 2.3 Lakh Cr. last year.
Overall Infrastructure sector
Rs. 3.96 Lakh Cr. to be spent in FY18
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