Indian Railways (IR) is the single largest bulk consumer of diesel in the country. Indian Railways consume over two billion litres of diesel every year. For this Railways have to foot a bill of over Rs.15000 crore annually. IR plans to use Bio-Diesel up to 5% of the total fuel consumption in diesel locomotives. Minister of Railways D.V.Sadananda Gowda at the inauguration of Bio-Fuels – 2014 Conference with a theme ‘Energize growth & Business opportunities in Biodiesel sector in India’ organized by Bio-Diesel Association of India (BDAI) has said that the Indian Railways has decided to promote use of alternative fuels like bio-diesel in a big way for powering its vast fleet of over 4000 Diesel locomotives. Using Bio-Diesel will lead to substantial saving in the fuel bill.