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Around
12,00,000

employees/
officers in Indian
Railways Surekha
2,037 Yadav is the

first woman
loco pilot of
are loco Vande Bharat
1,00,000 Express.
pilots

women are
employed in
Indian Railways

BUDGET ESTIMATES Production
2024-25 SECURITY of electric
engines
Out of the budgetary increased
The total capital expenditure
allocation of Rs 34,412 more than
for Railways is Rs 2,65,200 crore,
crore, Rs 28,281 crore 3 times.
of which the gross budgetary
was spent on security-
support is Rs 2,52,200 crore.
related works, which
is 82% of the allocated
1.92 amount. 2,021 6,499

lakh crore ROLLING STOCK 2004-14 2014-24
spent till the first
The budgetary provision
week of January
was Rs 50,903 crore, out of
2025. which Rs 40,367 crore was
spent, which is 79%.

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