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Growth in international trade provides huge impetus to the growth in container rail market. Indian Railways earns the lions share from rail freight revenue owing to its dynamic tariff policy. With the privatization of the container rail service, rail freight gains popularity providing further scope for capturing higher market share. The report begins with an introduction section, listing down the basic statistics of Indian Railways as of Feb, 2012, followed by the value chain of the rail freight market. Market overview section provides a brief snapshot of the Rail Transport Market. This section includes the market size of the rail freight market in India in terms of freight revenue earning by value and freight revenue earning by volume over the period (Apr - Dec) 2009-10 and (Apr - Dec) 2011-12, demonstrating the corresponding share of freight commodities in the year (Apr - Dec) 2011-12. The section then lists the tonnage and earnings share of the top 30 freight commodities in 2010-11. Some efficiency indices of the rail freight operation are also given in this section. The next section deals with the revenue generation of Indian Railways from rail freight earning. A snapshot is mapped followed by the illustration of the revenue earning by value and by volume in the 16 zonal railways in the last three years. The section then proceeds with the freight loading of the 9 major commodities in 2011-12, added with their future prospects. The projected freight loading by Indian Railways by 2020 is also shown here. Freight services initiatives section highlights the initiatives for freight services and initiatives for the dedicated freight corridor. Freight marketing schemes section describes the existing schemes undertaken by the Indian Railways for improving its freight marketing. Vision 2020 section points the plans by Indian Railways for 2020 followed by its short term & long term targets. Technology, development of human capital and a culture of innovation along w