About the Railway Freight Activity (IRFA) Index
The projected increase in freight demand and the consequent pressure on road is expected to shift the
freight traffic away from road to rail. Besides, the government’s goal outlined in the National Rail Plan
(NRP) to increase the share of railways is freight traffic is expected to drive this momentum. It is in this
context that Dun & Bradstreet India along with Jupiter Wagons is conducting a survey to monitor the rail
freight activity across the major routes in India and for major commodities.
An Index, utilizing the actual performance of railways and user survey, based report capturing the activity
and performance of the railway freight supply chain is much needed from policy formulation perspective.
It is in this context that Dun & Bradstreet in association with Jupiter Wagons proposes to create an Indian
Railway Freight Activity (IRFA) Index to monitor rail freight activity at a quarterly frequency in India. Railway
authorities as well as policymakers would find the Index report useful in their discussions and decisioning
to address the various bottlenecks, short term and structural, across the supply chain.