Table  11  : Railway Finances : Balance Sheet                           (Rs.crore)
        31.3.2005 31.3.2004 31.3.2003 31.3.2002 31.3.2001 31.3.2000 31.3.1999 31.3.1998 31.3.1997 31.3.1996 31.3.1995 31.3.1994 31.3.1993 31.3.1992 31.3.1991
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
LIABILITIES    
1 Investments Liabilities 98490 87475 77916 70117 63341 58353 53658 49058 44627 39816 35618 32212 28524 24809 22200
  A. Investments Financed From 97726 86761 77259 69534 62788 57836 53251 48701 44309 39555 35398 32026 28365 24684 22111
  1 Loan Capital (advanced by exchequer) 50845 45672 40709 36758 32662 29655 27313 25320 23475 22248 21763 20874 20123 17713 16126
  2 Railwy Capital Fund 10390 10390 10390 10390 10390 10117 9517 8526 7437 5465 3162 1747 0 0 0
  3 Depreciation Reserve Fund 18159 16889 15685 14945 14197 13074 11957 10820 9740 8523 7473 6683 5733 4677 3875
  4 Development Fund* 6983 6248 5695 5215 4768 4253 3759 3364 3021 2711 2418 2166 1982 1799 1646
  5 Railway Safety Fund 672 470 304 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  6 Special Railway Safety Fund 9776 6227 3644 1284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  7 Revenue 902 864 831 803 771 737 706 671 637 609 582 557 526 496 464
  B. Miscellaneous 764 713 657 584 553 517 407 356 318 261 220 186 160 124 89
2 Railway Reserve Funds 7785 5228 3392 1527 359 149 1253 3565 3370 3165 2624 1316 1479 1369 1046
  1 Depreciation Reserve Fund 3450 2691 1753 633 78 51 677 1434 1369 1270 1107 985 1078 1021 877
  2 Development Fund* 1472 265 71 1 227 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 60 53
  3 Pension Fund 1609 1431 1006 467 32 76 313 930 976 771 713 328 274 288 116
  4 Railway Capital Fund 16 15 14 13 21 21 263 1201 1024 1124 804 3 73 0 0
  5 Railway Safety Fund 1099 764 495 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  6 Special Railway Safety Fund 138 62 52 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Banking Account 15874 14154 13379 12336 11158 9579 7994 7129 5518 5301 5005 3484 3496 3145 3047
  1 Provident Fund,etc. 10828 9871 9249 8670 8030 7261 6074 4962 3834 3519 3196 2924 2650 2394 2174
  2 Miscellaneous Deposits/Advances etc. 4490 3709 3552 3136 2683 1958 1650 1969 1500 1608 1648 415 717 752 873
  3 Loans and Advances 555 575 578 529 444 360 271 197 184 174 161 144 128 0 0
4 Demands Payable 919 863 812 812 747 723 654 575 464 426 388 358 332 312 296
  (undischarged liabilities)    
5 Net Liability Arising out of Inter- 1787 2294 2202 2172 2231 1799 1800 1451 1542 1531 1501 1596 1310 930 789
  Departmental Transactions    
Grand Total 124854 110013 97701 86964 77835 70603 65359 61778 55521 50240 45136 38967 35141 30565 27379
ASSETS    
1 Cash in Hand 431 559 441 520 523 459 587 423 439 463 481 534 551 493 463
2 Block Assets (contra item 1) 98490 87475 77916 70117 63341 58350 53658 49058 44627 39816 35618 32212 28503 24808 22200
  1 Land 1964 1848 1790 1261 988 830 731 639 544 468 425 391 368 360 302
  2 Station and Offices 5182 4412 3982 3561 2635 2343 2074 1884 1741 1627 1512 1313 1201 1039 942
  3 Workshop and Stores 2595 2611 2314 1938 1518 1467 1343 1224 1121 1033 927 894 663 677 629
  4 Residential Buildings 3275 3001 2275 2092 1779 1694 1565 1452 1351 1235 1123 1065 927 938 865
  5 Tracks formation 14769 9718 8971 9110 8032 7622 7171 6702 6005 5247 4481 3750 3417 2887 2568
  6 Permanent Way Materials 26430 25527 22215 18845 16903 15344 13878 12422 11013 9746 8598 7732 6575 5573 4826
  7 Bridges 5454 5446 4796 4159 4125 3723 3342 3060 2721 2434 2188 1886 1744 1516 1389
  8 Locomotives and Spares 8666 6931 6823 6227 5897 5569 5457 4816 4533 4223 3678 3112 2602 2112 1884
  9 Carriages 4662 3863 3869 3740 3530 3334 3186 2998 2576 2206 1946 1794 1542 1360 1325
  10 Wagons 3321 4806 2971 2891 2859 2851 2865 2742 2717 2032 1913 1861 1687 1644 1636
  11 Ferries/Cars and Carriers etc 91 106 18 9 9 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5
  12 Machinery and Plant 16102 13596 13080 11576 11323 10309 9350 8542 7795 7159 6368 5697 5149 4354 3790
  13 Suspense (Inventories/Stores etc.) 3442 3689 3204 3126 2208 1798 1260 1164 1222 1156 1223 1566 1563 1367 1218
  14 Investment in Shares 1635 1056 780 780 764 726 726 735 643 634 649 590 533 480 357
  15 Assets created from ROLW 902 865 831 803 771 737 706 671 637 609 582 557 527 496 464
3 Funds with the Government 23658 19383 16771 13863 11516 9728 9248 10694 8887 8466 7629 4800 4975 4515 4094
4 Misc.Adv.to be recovered/adjusted 418 398 337 307 301 311 308 232 216 175 160 131 112 102 87
5 Unrealised Traffic Earnings 1665 1988 2059 1985 1971 1582 1390 1174 1198 1154 1058 1115 809 494 383
6 Items awaiting adjustment 81 91 65 67 85 90 82 100 57 57 64 81 83 75 78
7 Demand Recoverable 111 120 111 105 98 80 87 97 96 107 127 94 88 78 71
Grand Total 124854 110013 97701 86964 77835 70600 65359 61778 55521 50240 45136 38967 35121 30565 27375
* Balances in ACSPF and RPF is transferred to Development fund with effect from 1994                      
 0 ' means negligiable or not relevant  
Source:GOI(2006), Explanatory Memorandum on the Railway Budget - 2006-07, Ministry of Railways, February 24