Indian Railways Uses Over 80 per cent of FY26 GBS by December

08 Jan 2026 CW Team

Indian Railways has utilised more than 80 per cent of its capital expenditure allocation under the Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) outlay for FY 2025–26 within the first nine months of the financial year, with spending focused on safety, capacity expansion, infrastructure modernisation and passenger amenities.

In a statement, the national transporter said it had spent 80.54 per cent, or Rs 2,031.38 billion, of the total GBS outlay of Rs 2,522 billion as of the end of December 2025. This represents a 6.54 per cent increase in GBS utilisation compared with the same period a year earlier.

Indian Railways said 84 per cent of the allocated funds under the safety-related works category have already been utilised. Spending on capacity augmentation stood at Rs 760.48 billion, or 69 per cent of the Rs 1,092.38 billion allocated for the segment. Passenger amenities recorded utilisation of 80 per cent, with expenditure reaching Rs 95.75 billion by December 2025.

The railways said the impact of sustained capital expenditure over the past decade is evident in the rollout of 164 Vande Bharat train services and 30 Amrit Bharat services, the implementation of the indigenously developed Kavach automatic train protection system, and electrification of more than 99 per cent of the broad-gauge network. It also highlighted extensive investments in new lines, gauge conversion, track doubling, traffic facilities, public sector undertakings and metropolitan transport systems.

“These initiatives have significantly improved speed, safety and passenger comfort, while keeping rail travel affordable,” the statement said, adding that the Ministry of Railways’ GBS expenditure plan remains on track, with infrastructure works being executed at a rapid pace.

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