OREANDA-NEWS.   An outlay of Rs. 5,19,221 crore has been finalized for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) of the Railways.  the details of the outlay are given below:-

Gross Budgetary Support   -        Rs. 1,94,221 crore
Internal Generation         -        Rs. 1,05,000 crore
Extra Budgetary Resources        -        Rs. 2,20,000 crore
Total                                          -        Rs. 5,19,221 crore

Outlay of Rs. 5.48 lakh crore was proposed for the Twelfth Plan by Ministry of Railways to the Planning Commission.  Outlay of Rs. 5.19 lakh crore has been approved by the Planning Commission. Outlay for different sectors is decided by the Planning Commission keeping in view the total availability of resources and requirement of resources in different sectors.

For financing the Twelfth Plan outlay, adequate Gross Budgetary Support, mobilization of Extra Budgetary Resources including bonds and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in identified areas and mobilization of internal resources would be necessary.  All efforts are being made for mobilizing these resources.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.