Indian Railways Maintains Stable Debt Servicing; Consistent Principal Repayment and Declining Interest Share of Lease Charges Reflect Financial Discipline Over the Last Five Years

Ministry of Railways Indian Railways Maintains Stable Debt Servicing;

Consistent Principal Repayment and Declining Interest Share of Lease Charges Reflect Financial Discipline Over the Last Five Years Growing Gross Budgetary Support for Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Reducing Dependence on Extra Budgetary Resources प्रव तथ: 07 AUG 2026 4:32PM by PIB Delhi Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) is dedicated market borrowing arm of the Indian Railways

(IR). Its primary business is financing of Rolling Stock Assets, Railway Infrastructure Projects and leasing them to Indian Railways. Moreover, IRFC has the mandate of lending to other entities which have a forward and backward linkages for the Railways such as power generation and transmission, mining, fuel, coal, warehousing, telecom, hotels and catering, etc.

However, during the recent years, the Government of India has given adequate support to Indian Railways from Gross Budgetary Support, which has been utilized for infrastructure projects and Rolling Stocks which were previously financed through Extra Budgetary Resources.

The details of principal repayment and interest payment of lease charges paid to IRFC and MoF by IR during the last 5 years is as under: (Rupees in crore) F.Y. Principal Interest Payment Total Repayment 2021-22 14,192 14,510 28,702 2022-23 16,922 17,267 34,189 2023-24 20,084 17,946 38,030 2024-25 23,938 21,630 45,568 2025-26 24,853 21,685 46,538Debt servicing has stabilized over last few years despite the shock of Covid.

**** Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki/ Manik Sharma/ Vanshita Jaiswal (रलीज़ आईडी: 2296057) आगंतुक पटल : 491 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Gujarati , Tamil , Kannada