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The remaining paid-up share capital of Rs 12,324.04 crore was contributed by financial institutions (5.05 per cent), central government companies (5.03 per cent) and state government/state government companies (10.01 per cent)," the press note said."The net profit of the Railway Public Sector Enterprises had shown an increasing trend and had increased from Rs 6,146.29 crore in 2018-19 to Rs 12,056.61 crore in 2022-23," it audit found that of the total 45 Railway Public Sector Enterprises, 33 earned a profit (of Rs 12,145.97 crore) during 2022-23, which included 12 railway companies, 10 subsidiaries, five joint ventures (JVs) and six special purpose vehicles (SPVs)."Out of 33 profit-earning Railway Public Sector Enterprises, only seven Railway Public Sector Enterprises (six railway companies, one subsidiary) had declared a dividend as stipulated in DIPAM instructions of May 2016, which provided that every CPSE would pay a minimum dividend of 30 per cent of profit after tax or 5 per cent of net worth, whichever is higher," the press note CAG also reviewed budgetary and accounting controls in the accounts department of the North Western Railway, South East Central Railway and South Western Railway, and said the electrical department of construction organisation of the NWR raised a demand for Rs 5 crore for the Revised Estimates of 2022-23 against the Ratlam-Dungarpur via Banswara New Line Project frozen in September 2019 -- the demand that was cleared by the accounts department of the NWR as well as the Railway Board and funds were allotted to a frozen project."Up to March 2023, North Western Railway (NWR) and South Western Railway (SWR) incurred expenditure of Rs 3,142.49 crore against four works completed but not closed. 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