Bhrigu Express: बलिया की आन बान और शान , भृगु एक्सप्रेस है तुम्हारा नाम। हर रविवार तुमसे मिलना है मेरा काम। - Shanzil Kabir

(1) IR is very strongly thinking on economics of increasing revenue by indirectly charging more and more from the paxs. This is because with implementation of 7th pay rec., and very low revenue the employee cost had gone all time high of record 70% of total revenue. IR can never grow unless it reduce this astronomically high cost. Organisational restructuring, automation, revamping recruitment policy, efficient deployment of resources like funds, trains, manpower etc is now inevitable.
(2) IR could successfully reduce the no.2 cost I.e. fuel cost but the no.1 cost I.e. employee cost is rising like anything inspite of record high budgetary support.
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Actually IR is slowly going on AirIndia, way and is surviving because it has monopoly in Rly unlike AI which was gobbled up by efficiently managed Private airlines. Flexifares, Suvidha etc are giving opportunity to offer new services and snatch AC3, SL, ACC class paxs from IR, AC1,AC2 are being snatched away by airlines.

Cost Control by IR in account of fuel costs in last 3 years.
Fuel expenses in 2013-14 was 29,300 Cr (23.6% of total expenses Rs. 1,24,000 Cr.)
Fuel expenses in 2014-15 was 29,000 Cr (21.2% of total expenses Rs. 1,37,000 Cr.) i.e. saving of Rs. 3400 crore
Fuel expenses in 2015-16 was 26,900 Cr (18.4% of total expenses Rs. 1,46,000 Cr.) i.e....
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saving of Rs. 7600 crore
Fuel expenses in 2016-17 was 23,400 Cr (13.4% of total expenses Rs. 1,74,000 Cr.) i.e. saving of Rs. 17700 crore
Fuel expenses in 2022-23- is estimated at Rs 16000 Cr (5.3% of total expenses Rs. 3,00,000 Cr.) i.e. saving of Rs. 63500 crore
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Above expense reduction has been achieved in spite of the fact that traffic has increased and cost of inputs have drastically increased over the years due to inflation. The benefits are recurring. These cost control measures have played a big role in maintaining operational surplus in IR accounts.
After 90% electrification is complete (planned by by 2022-23), the fuel cost shall come down from no.2 component at 23.6% (After employee cost) to a minor component at just 5.3%.