Roads, Railways, Airports, Metros and Waterways · indicator 21
Railway diesel consumption
Modi aheadNo comparable cross-country series exists for this measure, so no synthetic counterfactual can be estimated. The verdict here compares observed Indian figures over time — a weaker basis than the estimated indicators.
2014
293
baseline
2024
108
latest observed
Change
-63%
2014 vs latest observed
What this measures
Railway diesel consumption, in crore litres. A falling number is an improvement. Reported by Indian Railways / PIB.
It stood at 293 in 2014, and under Modi’s current India reached 108 by 2024 — a fall of 63%. That is an improvement against India’s pre-2014 figure.
No comparison country reports an equivalent series, so there is no Rahul's India to compare against. This is a before-and-after reading, not a treatment effect.
Decade totals
crore litres · Indian Railways / PIB
Why no counterfactual
railway diesel consumption is an Indian operational statistic
Observation quality
- 2010
- —
- 2014
- 293
- 2024
- 108
- 2026
- 108
No sufficiently comparable observation located
Nearest published observation used · FY2015-16
Nearest published observation used · FY2024-25
Requested year not yet published; latest observation repeated · FY2024-25
Lower diesel use is consistent with electrification, but the requested exact fiscal-year observations were not available in the located series.
The counterfactual is 'India without the 2014 structural break', estimated from comparator countries. It is not a forecast of any individual's policies.