Railway Minister concludes his budget speech 67 new express trains to be introduced; 27 passenger trains, 8 DEMUs Opposition disrupts

Rail Budget speech over new train announcements perating ratio o! 88"8 percent achie#ed Di#idend reduced !ro$ % to & percent Electri!ication o! ',2(( )$ to be co$pleted this year 72 additional suburban ser#ices in Mu$bai and '8 in *ol)ata +n independent Rail ,ari!! +uthority has been !or$alised Dyna$ic !uel ad-ust$ent co$ponent to be introduced on !reight rates !ro$ +pril one, that will result in less than !i#e per cent increase in rates Diesel price hi)e added Rs .,.(( crore to !uel bill o! Railways Railway re#enues to show a balance o! Rs '2,%(6 crore in 2('./'& 0lanned in#est$ent o! Rs 6.,.6. crore !or 2('./'&, including Rs 6(( crore !ro$ 000 route perating ratio expected to i$pro#e to 87"8 per cent in 2('./'& !ro$ 88"8 per cent in the current !iscal %"2 per cent growth in passenger tra!!ic expected in 2('./'& Railway hopes to end 2('./'& with a balance o! Rs '2,%(6 crore Rs"'(( crore !or i$pro#ing stations in 1ew Delhi Railways to set up a Debt 2er#ice 3und 3reight earning to grow by 4 per cent to Rs 4.,%%& crore" 3reight target !ixed at ',(&7 M, !or 2('./'&, &( M, o#er the current year Marginal increase in cancellation, reservation charges No fresh hike in passenger fares Modest %/65 hi)e in passenger !ares will add to corpus, and translate into better a$enities Rs .,((( crore loan !ro$ 3inance Ministry re/paid with interest by Railways this !inancial year" 6ndian Railway 6nstitute !or 3inancial Manage$ent to be set up at 2ecunderabad to train rail o!!icers on a regular basis Railway Energy Manage$ent 7o$pany to be set up to harness solar and wind energy &7,((( #acancies !or wea)er sections and physically challenged to be !illed up soon 1ew coach $anu!acturing and $aintenance !acilities to be set up in #arious places including Rae 8areli, 8hilwara, 2onepat, *alahandi, *olar, 0ala))ad and 0ratapgarh Rs 4((( crore in#est$ents expected including Rs .,8(( crore in port connecti#ity and Rs 8(( crore in iron ore $ines connecti#ity +llocation o! Rs ',((( crore each $ade !or railway land de#elop$ent authority and railway station de#elop$ent authority" Railways set to enter ' billion ton !reight club o! 7hina, Russia and U2 7o$$on rail/bus tic)et to be introduced !or *atra/9aishnode#i pilgri$s

1ew train +:adi Express to places lin)ed with the !reedo$ struggle to be introduced, !ares to be concessional Internet booking to be provided from 0030 hours to 2330 hours Internet booking to be strengthened with next-generation e-ticketing system to eliminate delays Special A/ coaches !Anubhuti"# to be introduced in select Shatabdi and Ra$dhani trains to give excellent ambience with commensurate %are Railways will use Aadhar data base %or bookings and validation o% passengers S&S alert service being rolled out shortly to intimate passengers about reservation status 'ree wi-%i %acility to be provided in select trains (lan to allow e-ticketing via mobile phones Railway co$$itted to bring $ar)ed change in passenger a$enities 2e#enteen bridges identi!ied !or repair 2$o)e and !ire detection syste$ en#isaged 3ire extinguishers to be )ept in guard #ans +i$ to eli$inate .',8&6 le#el crossings 6denti!ication o! '(& stations !or upgradation in places with $ore than one $illion population and o! religious signi!icance Railways to set up six $ore Rail 1eer bottling plants '(5 reser#ation !or wo$en in R03 0resence o! wo$en in R03 to go up 0lan !or elephant corridor sa!ety 7orporate sa!ety plan proposed Railway sa!ety !und inade;uate 3all in accidents < per $illion accidents down !ro$ "&' to "'. ,here has been signi!icant drop in train accidents Rs" 4%,((( crore short!all, $eeting this short!all will $ean a paradig$ shi!t Rs ' la)h crore to be raised !ro$ public/pri#ate partnership, Rs '"(% la)h crore through internal resources in the '2th 0lan '2th 0lan railway si:e to be Rs %"'4 la)h crore, with gross budgetary support o! Rs '"4& la)h crore 2teep increase in input costs ha#e been $et with hi)e in 3reight rates= 8ansal Railways power!ul #ehicle dri#ing the growth o! the country= 8ansal Railway Minister 0awan *u$ar 8ansal presents his $aiden budget in 0arlia$ent Railway Minister 0awan *u$ar 8ansal arri#es in 0arlia$ent to present his $aiden budget" + day be!ore presenting the budget, Mr" 8ansal said that there was a de$and !or $ore trains" 8ut he did not disclose whether he would concede it, as his predecessors did" >,he go#ern$ent is !or the people" ?ou will ha#e to see the budget !ro$ that point o! #iew""",> he said

at an in!or$al chat with reporters, when as)ed whether the budget would be people/!riendly" *eywords= Railway budget 2('./'&, 0awan *u$an 8ansal, rail budget, railway budget

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