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Detailed explanation-1: -Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today unveiled ‘Mission 41K’ to save Rs 41, 000 crore on the Indian Railways’ expenditure on energy consumption over the next 10 years. This target will be achieved by taking a slew of measures which include moving 90 per cent of traffic to electric traction over diesel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030. The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030. The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mission 100% Electrification: Indian Railways completes electrification of 82 per cent of total broad gauge network. Indian Railways has achieved 1223 Route Kilometers (RKMs) of electrification as compared to 895 RKMs during the corresponding period of FY 2021-22.

Detailed explanation-4: -CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) is an organization under Ministry of Railways.

Detailed explanation-5: -Published: Friday 18 November 2022 The Railways plans to achieve this ambitious target in two steps: A complete transition to electric trains by December 2023 and powering the trains and stations primarily through non-renewable sources by 2030.