State-wise details of Railway projects in budget

State-wise details of projects of New Line, Gauge Conversion, Doubling and electrification in Budget which are in different stages of execution/ planning are mentioned below.

The completion of Railway projects requires clearance from various departments of State Government and Central Ministries like the acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wildlife, shifting of utilities etc., which affect the pace and timely execution of projects, hence no time frame can be given.

Further, the details of all works included in the budget including funds spent on each project, allotment of funds and expenditure are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in and are also available in Pink Books presented before the House along with Budget every year.

State-wise details of projects of New Line, Gauge Conversion, Doubling and electrification in Budget which are in different stages of execution/ planning are as under:-

Name of State		No. of projects*
	New Line	Gauge Conversion	Doubling	Electrification
Assam & North Eastern Region	15	-	6	3
Andhra Pradesh	18	-	15	6
Bihar	34	5	14	12
Chhattisgarh	8	-	9	1
Delhi	1	-	5	1
Gujarat	4	25	13	7
Goa	-	-	-	1
Haryana	7	1	4	8
Himachal Pradesh	4	-	-	-
Jammu & Kashmir	1	-	2	-
Jharkhand	14	-	18	6
Karnataka	16	-	15	8
Kerala	2	-	8	1
Madhya Pradesh	8	5	25	11
Maharashtra	12	4	18	13
Odisha	10	-	25	4
Punjab	6	-	9	5
Rajasthan	10	6	16	11
Telangana	9	-	5	3
Tamil Nadu	8	5	11	4
Uttar Pradesh	15	8	61	24
Uttarakhand	3	-	1	2
West Bengal	18	4	39	4

For timely completion of the projects, Railways is holding regular meetings with State Government and concerned Central Government officials on various issues involving alignment, land acquisition, forestry and wildlife clearances, law & order problems, shifting of utilities etc.

For important projects, capacity enhancement projects, last mile connectivity etc, institutional financing has been done by arranging a loan from M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for 1.5 lakh crore, which has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.