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Indian Railways earned Rs. 19355.47 crores from 384.70 Million Tonnes (MTs) of revenue freight during the first eight months of the current fiscal year ending November 2004, compared to Rs. 17770.64 crores from 358.27 MTs of such traffic during the corresponding period of the last year, registering an increase of 8.92 per cent.
Of the total earnings, Rs. 8135.02 crores came from transportation of 173.43 MTs of coal, followed by Rs. 748.77 crores from 27.54 MTs of raw material to steel plants, Rs. 958.13 crores from 9.39 MTs of finished iron and steel from steel plants, Rs. 917.18 crores from 23.83 MTs of iron ore for exports, Rs. 1582.72 crores from 34.83 MTs of cement, Rs. 2107.79 crores from 30.62 MTs of foodgrains, Rs. 864.48 crores from 18.90 MTs of fertilizers, Rs. 1783.41 crores from 20.76 MTs of Petroleum Oil and Lubricant (POL) and Rs. 2257.97 crores from 45.40 MTs of other goods.
Earnings in Net Tonne Kilo Metres (NTKMs) in millions increased by 7.78 per cent from 245374 million NTKMs to 264475 million NTKMs in the current financial year.
Earnings per million tonnes increased from Rs. 49.50 crores to Rs. 50.31 crores, registering an increase of 1.44 per cent.
Earnings in paise per net tonnes kilo metre increased from 72.42 paise to 73.18 paise, recording an increase of 1.05 per cent.
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