New Delhi - Indian Railways is set to redouble efforts to increase freight movement, with coal loading witnessing 8–9 per cent increase in both volume and value terms. Other major freight categories like cement, raw materials and imported coal witnessed a decline in loading, according to the latest (January first week) figures from the national transporter.

Earnings from coal loading (including imported coal) account for nearly 50 per cent of the Railways’ freight earnings.

Coal loading (excluding imported coal) until the first week of January 2025 was around 528 million tonnes (mt), up . . .