Indian railways
Special Railway Safety Fund, a Review
2009-10-12 09:49 -A review of performance of the non lapsable Special Railway Safety Fund (SRSF) of the Ministry of Railways, created on October I, 2001 with a corpus fund of Rs.17, 000 crores to wipe out arrears of backlog in track renewals, bridges, rolling stocks and signalling gear under a time frame of six years, has revealed that shortfalls in the targets remained even after completion of the extended year of the Fund at the end of 2007-08.