Increasing the production of railway factories

Increasing the production of railway factories

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 2534

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018

Increasing the production of railway factories

2534 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :-
(a) whether it is a fact that Railways are seriously considering to increase the production of railway factories;

(b) if so, whether Government has taken any step in this direction, so far; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN )

(a) Review of Production capacity of Railway Production units is a continuous process. Production capacity planning depends upon the Rolling Stock requirement as per traffic demand and is increased as and when need arises.

(b) & (c) A work to enhance the production capacity of Integral Coach Factory, Chennai to 2750 coaches per year has been included in the Pink Book 2018-19. Another work for augmentation of production capacity of Modern Coach Factory, Rae Bareli from 1000 to 2000 coaches per year (Phase I) has been included in Pink Book 2018-19.