| Table:1: Important Financial Data of Indian Government Railway | (Rs crore) | ||||||||||
| Capital-at | Investment | Gross | Annual | Total | Annual | Net | Excess(+) | Percentage | |||
| Charge | from | Traffic | Growth | Working | Growth | Revenue | Shortfall(-) | Operating | Net | Excess/ | |
| at the end | Capital | Receipt | in | Expenses | in | Ratio | Revenue | Shortfall | |||
| of year* | Fund | Per cent | Per cent | to Capital | to Capital | ||||||
| at Charge | at Charge | ||||||||||
| and | and | ||||||||||
| Investment | Investment | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 2006-07(B) | 57552 | 16832 | 59978 | (9.6) | 50397 | (10.2) | 7465 | 4673 | 84.3 | 10.0 | 6.3 |
| 2005-06® | 52418 | 12823 | 54700 | (15.5) | 45728 | (6.9) | 6987 | 4380 | 83.7 | 10.7 | 6.7 |
| 2004-05 | 48957 | 10390 | 47370 | (10.4) | 42759 | (8.3) | 5274 | 2074 | 91.0 | 8.9 | 3.5 |
| 2003-04 | 45672 | 10390 | 42905 | (4.5) | 39482 | (3.8) | 4479 | 1091 | 92.1 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| 2002-03 | 40709 | 10390 | 41068 | (8.5) | 38026 | (4.8) | 3830 | 1115 | 92.3 | 7.5 | 2.2 |
| 2001-02 | 36758 | 10390 | 37838 | (8.5) | 36293 | (4.7) | 2338 | 1000 | 96.0 | 5.0 | 2.1 |
| 2000-01 | 32662 | 10390 | 34880 | (5.9) | 34667 | (12.4) | 1071 | 764 | 98.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 1999-00 | 29655 | 10117 | 32939 | (11.2) | 30844 | (10.8) | 2736 | 846 | 93.3 | 6.9 | 2.1 |
| 1998-99 | 27313 | 9517 | 29619 | (3.6) | 27835 | (7.6) | 2141 | 399 | 93.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 |
| 1997-98 | 25320 | 8526 | 28589 | (17.6) | 25876 | (23.2) | 3024 | 1535 | 90.9 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
| 1996-97 | 23475 | 7437 | 24319 | (8.5) | 21001 | (13.4) | 3624 | 2117 | 86.2 | 11.7 | 6.8 |
| 1995-96 | 22248 | 5465 | 22418 | (11.5) | 18525 | (11.7) | 4135 | 2871 | 82.5 | 14.9 | 10.4 |
| 1994-95 | 21763 | 3162 | 20101 | (12.0) | 16590 | (9.6) | 3808 | 2446 | 82.6 | 15.3 | 9.8 |
| 1993-94 | 20874 | 1747 | 17946 | (14.4) | 15135 | (8.3) | 3102 | 1806 | 82.9 | 13.7 | 8.0 |
| 1992-93 | 20123 | 15688 | (14.3) | 13980 | (12.8) | 1955 | 441 | 87.4 | 9.7 | 2.2 | |
| 1991-92 | 17712 | 13730 | (13.5) | 12389 | (11.1) | 1541 | 435 | 89.5 | 8.7 | 2.5 | |
| 1990-91 | 16126 | 12097 | (12.6) | 11154 | (12.8) | 1114 | 176 | 92.0 | 6.9 | 1.1 | |
| 1989-90 | 14629 | 10739 | (16.0) | 9888 | (14.5) | 982 | 173 | 91.5 | 6.7 | 1.2 | |
| 1988-89 | 12988 | 9259 | (9.8) | 8633 | (10.6) | 737 | 22 | 93.0 | 5.7 | 0.2 | |
| 1987-88 | 11622 | 8435 | (12.4) | 7803 | (13.1) | 723 | 84 | 92.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | |
| 1986-87 | 10373 | 7506 | (16.8) | 6901 | (18.5) | 681 | 102 | 92.2 | 6.6 | 1.0 | |
| 1985-86 | 9078 | 6428 | (20.0) | 5823 | (13.2) | 686 | 179 | 90.6 | 7.6 | 2.0 | |
| 1984-85 | 8286 | 5359 | (7.5) | 5142 | (10.3) | 270 | -196 | 96.3 | 3.3 | -2.4 | |
| 1983-84 | 7568 | 4986 | (13.9) | 4661 | (20.0) | 379 | -45 | 93.9 | 5.0 | -0.6 | |
| 1982-83 | 7251 | 4376 | (23.7) | 3883 | (22.0) | 554 | 118 | 88.3 | 7.6 | 1.6 | |
| 1981-82 | 6698 | 3538 | (34.8) | 3182 | (25.5) | 403 | 47 | 89.4 | 6.0 | 0.7 | |
| 1980-81 | 6096 | 2624 | (12.2) | 2536 | (18.4) | 127 | -198 | 96.1 | 2.1 | -3.2 | |
| 1979-80 | 5485 | 2338 | (8.7) | 2142 | (14.7) | 227 | -66 | 91.5 | 4.1 | -1.2 | |
| 1978-79 | 5024 | 2151 | (1.3) | 1868 | (6.7) | 261 | 37 | 87.5 | 5.2 | 0.7 | |
| 1977-78 | 4797 | 2123 | (4.3) | 1750 | (1.8) | 353 | 126 | 83.0 | 7.4 | 2.6 | |
| 1976-77 | 4534 | 2036 | (15.2) | 1719 | (6.8) | 296 | 87 | 84.4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | |
| 1975-76 | 4355 | 1767 | (25.5) | 1610 | (22.2) | 137 | -61 | 91.1 | 3.1 | -1.4 | |
| 1974-75 | 4106 | 1408 | (23.8) | 1317 | (23.5) | 74 | -114 | 93.5 | 1.8 | -2.8 | |
| 1973-74 | 3893 | 1138 | (-2.1) | 1066 | (8.5) | 55 | -116 | 93.7 | 1.4 | -3.0 | |
| 1972-73 | 3726 | 1162 | (6.0) | 983 | (7.8) | 164 | 3 | 84.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | |
| 1971-72 | 3521 | 1097 | (8.9) | 912 | (7.6) | 169 | 18 | 83.1 | 4.8 | 0.5 | |
| 1970-71 | 3331 | 1007 | (5.8) | 847 | (7.3) | 145 | -20 | 84.2 | 4.3 | -0.6 | |
| 1969-70 | 3196 | 951 | (5.8) | 790 | (6.5) | 147 | -10 | 83.0 | 4.6 | -0.3 | |
| 1968-69 | 3101 | 899 | (9.9) | 742 | (7.0) | 143 | -8 | 82.5 | 4.6 | -0.3 | |
| 1967-68 | 2978 | 818 | (6.4) | 693 | (8.5) | 110 | -32 | 84.7 | 3.7 | -1.1 | |
| 1966-67 | 2842 | 769 | (4.8) | 639 | (9.6) | 114 | -18 | 83.2 | 4.0 | -0.6 | |
| 1965-66 | 2680 | 734 | (11.0) | 583 | (10.4) | 135 | 19 | 79.5 | 5.0 | 0.7 | |
| 1964-65 | 2435 | 661 | (4.5) | 528 | (11.8) | 118 | 13 | 79.9 | 4.9 | 0.5 | |
| 1963-64 | 2160 | 632 | (11.5) | 472 | (10.0) | 145 | 49 | 74.7 | 6.7 | 2.3 | |
| 1962-63 | 1897 | 567 | (13.2) | 430 | (10.0) | 123 | 42 | 75.8 | 6.5 | 2.2 | |
| 1961-62 | 1683 | 501 | (9.6) | 391 | (9.0) | 100 | 24 | 78.0 | 5.9 | 1.5 | |
| 1960-61 | 1521 | 457 | (8.2) | 358 | (7.1) | 88 | 32 | 78.4 | 5.8 | 2.1 | |
| 1959-60 | 1432 | 422 | (8.2) | 335 | (4.1) | 75 | 20 | 79.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 | |
| 1958-59 | 1357 | 390 | (2.7) | 321 | (3.9) | 59 | 9 | 82.4 | 4.4 | 0.7 | |
| 1957-58 | 1222 | 380 | (9.3) | 309 | (10.8) | 58 | 13 | 81.5 | 4.7 | 1.1 | |
| 1956-57 | 1072 | 348 | (9.9) | 279 | (8.2) | 58 | 20 | 80.3 | 5.4 | 1.9 | |
| 1955-56 | 969 | 316 | (10.3) | 258 | (9.4) | 50 | 14 | 81.6 | 5.2 | 1.5 | |
| 1954-55 | 902 | 287 | (4.6) | 236 | (1.9) | 44 | 9 | 82.3 | 4.9 | 1.0 | |
| 1953-54 | 869 | 274 | (1.4) | 232 | (6.2) | 37 | 3 | 84.4 | 4.2 | 0.3 | |
| 1952-53 | 857 | 271 | (-7.0) | 218 | (-2.8) | 47 | 13 | 80.6 | 5.5 | 1.5 | |
| 1951-52 | 850 | 291 | (10.6) | 224 | (6.8) | 62 | 28 | 77.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | |
| 1950-51 | 827 | 263 | 210 | 48 | 15 | 79.8 | 5.8 | 1.8 | |||
| Notes: | B : Budget estimates and R : Revised estimates | ||||||||||
| * Captal-at-charge excludes capital outlay on Metropolitan Transport Projects &Circular Railway (Kolkata). | |||||||||||
| Net Revenue represent the net earning after meeting all the revenue charges expect payment of dividend | |||||||||||
| to General Revenues. | |||||||||||
| Excess/Shortfall represents the net earnings after meeting all the revenue charges including the payment off | |||||||||||
| dividend,current and deferred to General Revenues. | |||||||||||
| Source:GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07, Ministry of Railways,February 24. | |||||||||||