Commodity-wise freight revenue earnings of Railways goes up by 12.67 percent
The revenue was higher in comparison to Rs. 93471.59 crore during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 12.67 per cent.
"Railways carried 1097.57 million tonnes of commodity-wise freight traffic during fiscal 2014-15 as compared to 1053.56 million tonnes carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 4.18 per cent," read a government statement.
"During the financial year 2014-15 i.e. from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2015 Railways generated Rs. 48372.81 crore from transportation of 545.63 million tonnes of coal, followed by Rs. 9181.64 crore from 110.17 million tonnes of cement, Rs. 7913.73 crore from 112.78 million tonnes of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other domestic user, Rs. 8550.37 crore from 54.99 million tonnes of food grains, Rs. 5705.75 crore from 42.73 million tonnes of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL), Rs. 6404.99 crore from 39.97 million tonnes of Pig iron and finished steel from steel plants and other points, Rs. 5431.12 crore from 47.45 million tonnes of fertilizers, Rs. 1951.38 crore from 19.19 million tonnes of raw material for steel plants except iron ore, Rs. 4868.92 crore from 48.83 million tonnes by container service and Rs. 6931.38 crore from 75.83 million tonnes of other goods," it said.
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