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Recovery tracker: Higher power generation, improved freight numbers

Power generation gap widened over 2019

Railways freight transport up 8% in July as it carries coal nationwide

The transporter has recorded 11 per cent increase in cumulative freight loading this financial year

Recovery Tracker: Dip in mobility, air traffic; freight numbers improve

Improvement in freight, vehicle registration numbers

Rlys freight grows 11% on year in June at 125 MT, gains from loading coal

There has also been an increase of 7 per cent in freight leads, or the distance travelled for transportation of goods, which is a source of higher revenue for the railways

Railway officials to be rated on freight volumes, train movement efficiency

The Railways' overall freight growth against the ministry's internal target was 0.94 per cent in FY22

Will finish 90% of work on dedicated freight corridors by Jun 2023: RK Jain

DFCCI Managing Director R K Jain says that despite the disruptions from two Covid waves, the Easter dedicated freight corridors (DFC) will be completed soon

Freight rates in May fall but transporters defer fleet expansion plans

Customers pay less after six months for but transport companies feel the pinch of inflation.

Fuelled by coal demand, Railways earns Rs 14,000 crore from freight in May

This is the 21st consecutive month of the national transporter topping its own freight loading record

Dedicated freight corridors cost revision: Railways to move Cabinet soon

Eastern, western freight corridors have seen 54% cost escalation

South Central Railways harness new-age containers for bulk cement transport

Bulk cement dispatch constitutes around 25 per cent of the total cement production of nearly 350 million tonnes

Railways mulling 1,00,000 more wagons amid rising freight, coal demand

Railways recently floated a large tender for wagons worth hRs 35,000 cr, which had been in the pipeline since 2018

Railways registers highest ever freight loading in FY 2021-22

The national transporter loaded 1,418.1 MT of freight in 2021-22, which is 15 per cent higher compared to 1,233.24 MT in 2020-21, it said in a statement

Railways earns Rs 1.43 trn from freight in FY22, ferries 1,418 mn tonnes

Coal freight rises 20 per cent as railways achieves highest ever loading

Railways rides climate wave with green point ratings to garner more freight

Currently, the national transporter's freight basket is dominated by coal and iron ore, which cumulatively accounts for over 60 per cent of its freight volume

Indian Rlys sees 34% rise in automobile freight at 3.35 mn tonnes in FY22

The Railways' overall annual freight rose 16% in 2021-22, to an all-time high of 1,278.8 mt

Recovery tracker: Economic activity slows further, power demand stays weak

Domestic air traffic, retail and recreation visits down

Recovery tracker: Railway freight gains at year-end amid omicron surge

Residential mobility indicator rises higher than previous weeks

Post-Covid, Gujarat dyes and agrochem sectors go for backward integration

Be it raw materials in fertilisers or crop protection, firms are adding plants or enhancing capacities to become self-reliant and looking to achieve multiple levels of backward integration

Digital Freight marketplace Raaho raises Rs 12.5 cr in Pre-Series A round

Company plans to utilise the funds to launch in 20 cities and to fully-automate its trucking marketplace

Recovery tracker: Power generation, freight numbers up post-Diwali

Traffic congestion also saw an uptick compared to the previous week