# CAG flags Rs 3,400 crore misuse of railway safety fund

2026-08-13T18:14:25+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found that Indian Railways diverted Rs 3,397.60 crore from the Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) to non-safety works between 2022-23 and 2024-25. The fund was used for computerisation, staff amenities, passenger facilities and research instead of safety-related projects like preventing derailments and collisions. The RRSK, created in 2017-18, was allocated Rs 1.27 lakh crore over eight years. The CAG report adds that railways contributed only Rs 5,324.62 crore from internal resources against a target of Rs 25,000 crore in the first five years. Over 20,304 safety works remain incomplete, with a pending liability of Rs 2.29 lakh crore. Contributions to the Depreciation Reserve Fund and Development Fund also fell sharply after the RRSK was created.

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