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An Alternative Approach to Capital Productivity and Resource Allocation on Indian Railways
K.B. Verma;
Hard bound book;  Pages : 368
1996 Edition; ISBN - 81-7188-110-6
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About The Book :

With increasing economic pressures, productivity considerations in allocation of investible resources amongst the zonal railways of India has acquired greater urgency than hitherto. Unfortunately, not much analytical work on this subject exists, though Investments on Indian Railways are to the tune of Rs. 7500 crores per annum. 
This book is a study of the productivity of investment on the zonal railways of India over a two decade period from a somewhat different perspective. During the course of the study it was found that the conventional theoretical structure for measuring and evaluating productivity was not applicable in the context of the zonal railways. A completely different theoretical framework has therefore been developed. Based on this framework, the productivity of investments has been evaluated for the period 1970-71 to 1992-93. This has led to some revealing conclusions and strong relationship such that they have formed the basis for an alternative approach to allocation of resources amongst the zonal railways of India. 
It is hoped that this work will be found of interest not only amongst railway professionals but also amongst those interested in transport economics or productivity of capital in general.

 

CONTENTS IN DETAIL :

1. Introduction
 
2. Indian Railways
 
3. Capital Productivity
  • Ratio of Net Revenue to Capital-at-charge
  • Capital Output Ratio 
  • Committee on Capital Output Ratio
  • Present Study
  • Methodology
4. Measuring capital Productivity
  • Conventional Concept
  • Applicability on Indian Railways
  • The Indexed Approach
  • Evaluating Productivity
5. The Unexplained Phenomenon
  • Why has this happened ?
  • Effect of Traffic-Mix
  • Effect of Gauge-Mix
  • Effect of Non-economic considerations
  • Micro and Macro
6. Capital-at-charge
  • Period 1970-71 to 1988-89
  • Period 1988-89 to 1992-93
7. Total Investments
  • Renewals and Replacement Expenses
  • Period 1980-81 to 1998-89
  • Period 1988-89 to 1992-93
8. Conclusions
  • Capital-at-charge
  • Scoring System
  • Total Investments
  • General
9. Resource Allocation
 
Annexure
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Heads of Demand for Grants
  • Plan Heads and Sources of Finance
  • Traffic Units 1970-71
  • Traffic Units 1980-81
  • Traffic Units 1988-89
  • Traffic Units 1989-90
  • Traffic Units 1990-91
  • Traffic Units 1991-92
  • Traffic Units 1992-93
  • Average Traffic Units 1988-89/92-93
  • Average Capital-at-charger 1988-89/92-93
  • Average Total Investment 1988-89/92-93
  • Capital Investment and Traffic Unit Share 1970-71/80-81
  • Capital Investment and Traffic Unit Share 1980-81/88-89
  • Capital Investment and Traffic Unit Share 1970-71/88-89
  • Average Capital-at-charge and Traffic Unit Share 198-89/92-93
  • Productivity of Capital-at-charge 1970-71/80-81
  • Productivity of Capital-at-charge 1980-81/88-89
  • Productivity of Capital-at-charge 1970-71/88-89
  • Productivity of Average Capital-at-charge 1988-89/92-93
  • Total Investment and Traffic Unit Share 1980-81/88-89
  • Average Total Investment and Traffic Unit Share 1988-89/92-93
  • Productivity of Total Investment 1980-81/88-89
  • Productivity of Average Total Investment 1988-89/92-93
  • Investments on Central Railway 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on Eastern Railways 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on Northern Railways 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on Northern Eastern Railway 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on North-East Frontier Railway 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on Southern Railways 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on South Central Railway 1980-81/92-93
  • Investment on South Eastern Railway 1980-81/92-93
  • Investments on Western Railway 1980-81/92-93 
  • Operating Expenses Per Traffic Unit
  • Density of Traffic 1992-93
  • Sanctioned and Projected Resource allocation 1995-96
 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

K.B. Verma :

1945, Shri Verma did M.A in Economics with special paper in Econometrics from Ranchi University in Bihar. He was awarded the University Gold for standing First in the First Division. After teaching Economics for three years in Ranchi University, he joined Indian Railway Accounts Service in 1968. He served in various capacities in the Finance Department of Railways at all level viz. the Division, Zonal Headquarter and the Ministry of Railways. He worked for almost a decade in the computer center of Indian Railways and Zambia Railways and did a consultancy assignment regarding computerisation strategy in Swaziland Railways. Shri. Verma also worked in the general management branch as Additional Divisional Railway Manager in a major Division of Indian Railways. He taught Financial Management for Four year's in Railway Staff College, Vadodara, which is the apex training institute for officers of Indian Railways. Shri Verma has published seven papers on various aspects of railway finance. He is presently working as Group General Manager ( Finance ) in Rail India Technical and Economic Services ( RITES ), a Government of India Undertaking, which is internationally well known as leading rail transport consultants and engineers.

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