NEW DELHI: The freight earnings of the Indian Railways for the last three years are as under:
| Year | Freight Earnings (₹ in crore) |
| 2014-15 | 105791.34 |
| 2015-16 | 109207.65 |
| 2016-17 | 104338.54 |
The freight earnings of Indian Railways during the current year upto December-2017 are ₹81427.77crore, which reflects an increase of ₹6232.61crore (8.29%), when compared to freight earnings of ₹75195.16 crore during corresponding period of the last year.
The details of commodities-wise loading of last three years are as under:-
| A | Freight Loading | Period | ||
| Commodity | 2014-15 (in million tonne) |
2015-16 (in million tonne) |
2016-17 (in million tonne) |
|
|
1 |
Coal | 545.81 | 551.83 | 532.83 |
|
2 |
Raw material for Steel Plants | 18.28 | 20.29 | 22.75 |
|
3 |
Pig Iron and Finished Steel | 42.84 | 44.79 | 52.41 |
|
4 |
Iron Ore | 112.77 | 116.94 | 137.55 |
|
5 |
Cement | 109.80 | 105.35 | 103.29 |
|
6 |
Foodgrains | 55.47 | 45.73 | 44.86 |
|
7 |
Fertilizers | 47.41 | 52.23 | 48.34 |
|
8 |
Mineral Oil (POL) | 41.10 | 43.24 | 42.42 |
|
9 |
Container Service | 48.38 | 45.83 | 47.35 |
|
10 |
Balance other goods | 73.40 | 75.28 | 74.35 |
| Total (A) | 1095.26 | 1101.51 | 1106.15 | |
| B | Parcel Loading | 6.52 | 6.41 | 6.11 |
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday.
