{"id":305222,"date":"2024-07-23T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=305222"},"modified":"2024-07-23T18:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:19:38","slug":"economic-survey-2023-24-highlights-on-railway-safety-and-signalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/economic-survey-2023-24-highlights-on-railway-safety-and-signalling\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Survey 2023-24 highlights on Railway Safety and Signalling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Economic Survey 2023-24 highlights on Railway Safety and Signalling has been created based on the article \u201cEconomic Survey indicates limited progress on safety-related works in railways<\/a>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 22 July 2024.<\/p>\n

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Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

The economic Survey 2023-24 highlighted limited progress on Railway Safety Initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Key Points from Economic Survey 2023-24 on Railway Safety and Signalling:<\/h2>\n

1. The Economic Survey 2023-24 emphasis on the slow deployment of the automatic train protection system, Kavach, and the upgrade of signaling systems.<\/p>\n

2. Deployment of Kavach:<\/strong> Kavach is an automatic train protection (ATP) system which is deployed on 1,465 route km in the South-Central Railway. This accounts for only 2.14% of India\u2019s total railway network (68,426 route km) and 7,349 railway stations.<\/p>\n

3. Mechanical to Electronic Signalling:<\/strong> Out of 17 operational railway zones in India, eight zones have transitioned from mechanical to electronic signalling.<\/p>\n

4. By FY23, 2,981 stations (40% of 7,325 stations) had switched to electronic interlocking systems. In FY24, an additional 443 stations made the switch, increasing the total to 46% of stations with electronic interlocking.<\/p>\n

5. Electronic Interlocking (EI) Systems:<\/strong> EI systems were introduced in India 12 years ago and have been implemented at 3,424 stations by March 31, 2024.<\/p>\n

6. Automatic Block Signaling (ABS):<\/strong> ABS is a low-cost signaling solution that has been provided on 582 route km during FY24. As of March 31, 2024, ABS covers 4,431 route km, comprising 6.47% of the Indian Railways network.<\/p>\n

7. Capital Expenditure (Capex) Deployment:<\/strong> Capex deployment in railways has increased by 77% over the past five years, amounting to \u20b92.62 lakh crore in FY24. Significant investments were made in the construction of new lines, gauge conversion, and doubling of tracks.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Indian Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Economic Survey 2023-24 highlights on Railway Safety and Signalling has been created based on the article \u201cEconomic Survey indicates limited progress on safety-related works in railways\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 22 July 2024. Why in the news? The economic Survey 2023-24 highlighted limited progress on Railway Safety Initiatives. Key… Continue reading Economic Survey 2023-24 highlights on Railway Safety and Signalling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-305222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}