(a) the amount spent on import of railway spare parts, coaches, locomotives and other related materials during 1999- 2000, item-wise;
(b) the volume of orders placed on the Public Sector
Manufacturing Units in the country during 1998-99, 1999-2000
and 2000-01 so far, unit-wise;
(c) whether the volume of orders placed on the Public
Sector Manufacturing Units is coming down over the years;
and
(d) if so, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS ( KUMARI MAMATA BANERJEE )
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK
SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 179 BY SHRI AMAR ROYPRADHAN AND
SHRI ANIL BASU TO BE ANSWERED ON 3-8-2000 REGARDING IMPORT
OF RAILWAY SPARE PARTS.
(a) Indian Railways have not made any substantial fresh
commitments for imports of spare parts etc. since the third
quarter of the Year 1999-2000. However, in continuation of
the earlier commitments, the amount spent on Import of
Railway spare parts, coaches, locomotives and other related
materials during 1999-2000 is as under:-
(Rs. in crores)
S.No Group of Items Value of Import (1999-2000)
1. Diesl Loco items 64.61
2. Electric Loco item 49.82
3. Coaches 24.50
4. Rails 327.00
5. Track Machines 65.80 6. Wheels 105.90
7 Spares for Cranes 7.24
8. Bearings 2.30
9. Other items 21.33
Total 668.50
(Rs. in Crores)
Sl. Name of PSUs 1998- 1999- 2000-2001 No. 1999 2000 only for three months i.e.
(April-June 2000)
1. Indian Oil 1156.45 1215.67 585.27 corporation
2. Bharat Pertoleum 170.33 158.97 42.54 Corporation
3. Hindustan Petroleum 152.21 136.71 57.28 Corpn.
4. Balmer Lawrie 9.85 9.16 0.07
5. Steel Authority of 1266.9 1252.4 1456.58 India Ltd. 6. Bharat Heavy 274.45 413.32 96.05 Electricals Ltd.
7 Bharat Earth Movers 110.51 75.3 24.29 Ltd.
8. Jessops 29.39 24.16 30.89#
9. Braithwaite 0 46.03 46.93# 10. Bharat Wagons 0 28.76 37.71# 11. Southern Structurals 0 5.87 7.60# 12. Burn Standard 0.5 24.02 85.06# 13. Bharat Brakes & 0.48 0.64 1.01 Valves Ltd. 14. Heavy Engineering 18.62 29.68 0.08 Corpn. 15. Balco 4.87 3.24 0.74 16. Richardson & Crudas 0 7.74 - 17. Bridge & Roof 0 0 6.46 18. National Textiles 1.24 1.04 -@ Corporation 19. Hindustan Prefab 0 11.12 -$ Limited 20. Ordinance Factories 1.83 1.39 2.27 21. Others PSUs 78.37 151.89 46.06
Total 3276 3597.1 2526.9
# The orders for wagons on these PSUs have been placed on 31-3-2000. @ The tender for the year 2000-2001 yet to be finalized. $ The tender for the year 2000-2001 is yet to be issued.