Rising expenses: Railway Board seeks to rein in spending on employee allowances, fuel, maintenance
Furthermore, it stated that zones such as the Eastern Railway (ER), Southern Railway (SR), North Eastern Railway (NER), and Northern Railway (NR) must control kilometre allowance (given to running staff who operate trains), while the South East Central Railway (SECR), East Central Railway (ECR), and East Coast Railway (ECOR) must reduce their expenditure on night duty allowance.