MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 844 BY SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO, SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV AND SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI REGARDING IRREGULARITIES IN PROCUREMENT OF RAIL COACHES TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2014
(a) & (b) The production capacities of Indian Railways own Production Units namely, Integral Coach Factory/Chennai, Rail Coach Factory/Kapurthala and Rail Coach Factory/Rae Bareli, are not sufficient to meet the demand of coaches for Indian Railways at present. The details of their production capacities are as below:
Year Requirement Production capacity/Actual manufacture (coaches) of coaches ICF / Chennai RCF / Kapurthala RCF/Rae Bareli 2011-12 3786 1500/1511 1500/1421 18 (Actual outturn) 2012-13 4000 1500/1592 1500/1635 70 (Actual outturn) 2013-14 4085 1500/1604 1500/1550 130 (Actual outturn) 2014-15 3658 1500/1632 1500/1593 200 (Planned outturn) (Planned outturn ) (Planned outturn)
The Rae Bareli factory is in the project stage. Therefore, production has been planned as per progress in commissioning of infrastructure and with assistance from Rail Coach Factory/Kapurthala. In addition to this, a new factory has been set up at Haldia, to furnish Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) coaches. This factory commenced outturn in 2012-13 with 8 DEMU coaches. Thereafter 5 DEMU coaches were furnished in 2013-14 and nil so far in 2014-15.
(c) Rae Bareli coach factory is in the project stage and production has been planned to match the facilities commissioned in the premises. Outturn of coaches from RCF, Rae Bareli since starting of production has been as shown in answer to (a) & ( b) above.
The posts and positions in the factory are also made operational commensurate to the facilities commissioned. The sanctioned strength and on-roll position of staff of Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli at present is as under:
Gazetted
Sanctioned On roll 176 57
Non Gazetted (Revenue & Project)
Category Sanctioned On roll Workshop supervisors 277 236 Workshop technicians 1227 754 Ancillary cadre 656 238 Khalasis 538 125 Total 2698 1353
(d) & (e) Yes, Madam. However, the alleged irregularities are unsubstantiated and incorrect.
The 12th Five Year Plan envisaged a total requirement of 33066 coaches for Indian Railways during the plan period from 2012-13 to 2016-17, which was far greater than the production capacities of Production Units of Indian Railways and of M/s Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) (a PSU under Ministry of Defence), put together. Therefore, in 2012-13, an open tender for procurement of 500 GS (General Second Class) coaches has been invited by Indian Railways. The eligibility criteria for bulk order against the tender was framed to include manufacturing experience and two year satisfactory performance of other similar or more complex coaches. Both private & public sector firms meeting these criteria could participate.Download PDF Files
