Railways’ Operating Ratio for 2017-18 at 98.44%, Worst in 10 Years

The national auditor in its report on the railways' finances, said that the railways would have ended up with a negative balance of Rs 5,676.29 crore, instead of a surplus of Rs 1,665.61 crore, but for the advance received from NTPC and IRCON.

“The Indian Railways' operating ratio at 98.44 per cent in 2017-18 was the worst in the last 10 years,” the national auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), said in the report.

“Exclusion of this advance would otherwise have increased the operating ratio to 102.66 percent,” the auditor said.