Table 10: Indian Railways : Financial Effect of  Social Obligations							(Rs.crore)
	Total	Loss on	Loss on	Gross	Gross	Percentage of Item 2
	Financial	Coaching	Low-rated	Traffic	Working	to
	Effect of	Services*	Commodi-	Receipts	Expenses	Item 5	Item 6
	Social		ties
	Obligations
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
2005-06	8545	8490	55	54700	45728	15.6	18.7
2004-05	6661	6504	157	47370	42759	14.1	15.6
2003-04	6116	5983	133	42905	39482	14.3	15.5
2002-03	5938	5609	329	41068	38026	14.5	15.6
2001-02	5962	5657	305	37838	36293	15.8	16.4
2000-01	5121	4876	245	34881	34667	14.7	14.8
1999-00	4739	4583	156	32939	30844	14.4	15.4
1998-99	4275	4165	110	29620	27835	14.4	15.4
1997-98	4407	4313	94	28589	25876	15.4	17.0
1996-97	2888	2816	72	24319	21001	11.9	13.8
1995-96	2149	2106	43	22418	18525	9.6	11.6
1994-95	1974	1927	47	20101	16590	9.8	11.9
1993-94	1926	1861	65	18046	15135	10.7	12.7
1992-93	2209	1959	250	15688	13980	14.1	15.8
1991-92	2099	1776	323	13730	12389	15.3	16.9
1990-91	2202	1796	406	12097	11154	18.2	19.7
1989-90	2104	1820	284	10740	9888	19.6	21.3
1988-89	1644	1351	293	9259	8633	17.8	19.0
1987-88	1654	1470	184	8435	7803	19.6	21.2
1986-87	1311	1121	190	7506	6901	17.5	19.0
1985-86	1140	957	183	6428	5823	17.7	19.6
1984-85	1069	895	174	5359	5142	19.9	20.8
1983-84	805	663	142	4986	4664	16.1	17.3
1982-83	646	541	105	4376	3883	14.8	16.6
1981-82	485	381	104	3538	3183	13.7	15.2
1980-81	421	287	134	2624	2536	16.0	16.6
1979-80	251	184	67	2338	2142	10.7	11.7
1978-79	177	114	63	2151	1900	8.2	9.3
1977-78	114	73	41	2124	1781	5.4	6.4
1976-77	149	100	49	2036	1750	7.3	8.5
1975-76	183	117	66	1767	1611	10.4	11.4
1974-75	165	123	42	1408	1341	11.7	12.3
1973-74	204	153	51	1138	1066	17.9	19.1
1972-73	226	106	120	1162	983	19.4	23.0
1971-72	127	70	57	1097	912	11.6	13.9
1970-71	124	69	55	1007	847	12.3	14.6
Note:	In addition to the above railways have to incur expenditure on staff welfare, law and
	order, railway protection ,health, medical and welfare activities, canteen and other staff
	amenities, educational assistance to railway employees and residential accomodation
	etc. Also it have to maintain many unremunerative branch lines, the loss in maintaining
	these 110 lines( 50 BG,39 MG and 21 NG)  in 2005-06 is Rs. 414 crores.
Source:	GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07,
	Ministry of Railways, February 24.