Table  8 : Indian Railways : Freight  Traffic Earnings									(Rs.crore)
	Freight	of which:
	Traffic	Coal	Food-	Cement	Iron Ore	POL	Raw	Pig Iron &	Fertilisers
	Earnings		grains		for		Material	Fini.Steel
					Export		to Steel	from Steel
							Plants	Plants
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
2006-07	40319	15844	3515	3214	2940	2900	2175	2048	1875
2005-06	36491	14718	3072	2837	2551	2931	1842	1744	1736
2004-05	30779	13134	2965	2335	1549	2683	1302	1403	1193
2003-04	27618	11646	3192	2185	963	2428	1139	1390	1192
2002-01	26505	11481	2929	2038	632	2755	1020	1397	1220
2001-02	24845	11242	1826	2037	603	2746	1031	1313	1178
2000-01	23305	10552	1468	1994	562	2663	961	1285	1151
1999-00	22061	9930	1594	1948	473	2473	915	1325	1052
1998-99	19960	9051	1314	1599	427	2574	805	1183	911
1997-98	19866	9245	1206	1610	437	2521	864	1206	852
1996-97	16668	7322	1273	1312	320	2031	802	1159	638
1995-96	15290	6406	1064	1162	310	1999	734	1129	706
1994-95	13670	5630	855	1120	286	1801	667	672	672
1993-94	12557	5193	972	1048	275	1460	536	1008	575
1992-93	10903	4397	695	933	253	1173	483	945	559
1991-92	9462	3570	707	882	215	1026	353	806	564
Indian Railway : Freight  Traffic:Net tonne kms
2006-07	479454	178294	60430	37403	26701	22253	21369	20101	30174
2005-06	440883	169043	53907	33695	23644	22955	18474	17467	28511
2004-05	407398	161906	62597	28888	18945	21024	15843	14149	21713
2003-04	381241	157256	61930	26349	13702	17914	14194	14212	20212
2002-01	353194	141724	63912	24819	8595	19216	13370	13254	22606
2001-02	333228	141091	42034	24778	8287	19772	14673	12429	22841
2000-01	312371	133444	33096	24915	7930	19873	13533	12046	22997
1999-00	305201	126771	38180	24774	6879	18650	13048	12419	25584
1998-99	281094	121779	32560	20981	6452	20320	12290	11475	22445
1997-98	284249	127515	30962	20945	6811	19656	13392	11562	22015
1996-97	277567	119085	38858	19318	5890	18605	14069	11922	18217
1995-96	270489	111979	34568	18642	5943	19277	14163	12454	21186
1994-95	249564	105256	27077	19057	5893	18171	13003	19299	19299
1993-94	252411	104014	35263	19739	5985	16512	11274	12955	16948
1992-93	252388	100477	36290	19211	6118	15917	10906	13755	17265
1991-92	250240	91660	37280	22250	6970	15470	9370	13680	17500
Indian Railway : Freight  Traffic: Earnings per Net tonne kms									(Paise)
2006-07	84	89	58	86	110	130	102	102	62
2005-06	83	87	57	84	108	128	100	100	61
2004-05	76	81	47	81	82	128	82	99	55
2003-04	72	74	52	83	70	136	80	98	59
2002-01	75	81	46	82	74	143	76	105	54
2001-02	75	80	43	82	73	139	70	106	52
2000-01	75	79	44	80	71	134	71	107	50
1999-00	72	78	42	79	69	133	70	107	41
1998-99	71	74	40	76	66	127	66	103	41
1997-98	70	73	39	77	64	128	65	104	39
1996-97	60	61	33	68	54	109	57	97	35
1995-96	57	57	31	62	52	104	52	91	33
1994-95	55	53	32	59	49	99	51	35	35
1993-94	50	50	28	53	46	88	48	78	34
1992-93	43	44	19	49	41	74	44	69	32
1991-92	38	39	19	40	31	66	38	59	32
Indian Railway : Freight  Traffic : Share of Different Commodities in Total Earnings in Percent
2006-07	100.0	39.3	8.7	8.0	7.3	7.2	5.4	5.1	4.7
2005-06	100.0	40.3	8.4	7.8	7.0	8.0	5.0	4.8	4.8
2004-05	100.0	42.7	9.6	7.6	5.0	8.7	4.2	4.6	3.9
2003-04	100.0	42.2	11.6	7.9	3.5	8.8	4.1	5.0	4.3
2002-01	100.0	43.3	11.1	7.7	2.4	10.4	3.8	5.3	4.6
2001-02	100.0	45.2	7.3	8.2	2.4	11.1	4.1	5.3	4.7
2000-01	100.0	45.3	6.3	8.6	2.4	11.4	4.1	5.5	4.9
1999-00	100.0	45.0	7.2	8.8	2.1	11.2	4.1	6.0	4.8
1998-99	100.0	45.3	6.6	8.0	2.1	12.9	4.0	5.9	4.6
1997-98	100.0	46.5	6.1	8.1	2.2	12.7	4.3	6.1	4.3
1996-97	100.0	43.9	7.6	7.9	1.9	12.2	4.8	7.0	3.8
1995-96	100.0	41.9	7.0	7.6	2.0	13.1	4.8	7.4	4.6
1994-95	100.0	41.2	6.3	8.2	2.1	13.2	4.9	4.9	4.9
1993-94	100.0	41.4	7.7	8.3	2.2	11.6	4.3	8.0	4.6
1992-93	100.0	40.3	6.4	8.6	2.3	10.8	4.4	8.7	5.1
1991-92	100.0	37.7	7.5	9.3	2.3	10.8	3.7	8.5	6.0
Source:	GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07, Ministry of Railways, February 24.
	GOI(2004), Railway Year Book, Ministry of Railways