DARE - Because Entrepreneurs Do

Below are the highlights of Railway Budget-2009-10, presented by Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee in Parliament today.

• NO INCREASE IN PASSENGER FARE AND FREIGHT TARIFF
• BUDGET TO HAVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF RAILWAY NETWORK TO EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY
• PLAN OUTLAY OF RS.40,745 CR. PROPOSED FOR 2009-2010,
• PASSENGER AMENITIES GET HIGH PRIORITY, TO GET 119% INCREASE
• TRAFFIC RECEIPTS DURING 2008-09 INCREASE BY 11.4 % WHILE FREIGHT LOADING GREW @ 5%
• SPECIAL TRAINS FOR PERISHABLE FARM PRODUCE, FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF RURAL CRAFT
• WORKS FOR 7 NEW LINES,  GAUGE CONVERSION OF 17 LINES AND DOUBLING OF 13 LINES TO BE TAKEN UP
• FASTER PARCEL SERVICES PROPOSED ON THREE ROUTS
• TATKAL SCHEME TO BE MADE PASSENGER FRIENDLY
• RAILWAY TICKETS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH POST OFFICES AND ‘MUSHKIL AASAAN’  MOBILE VANS
• CONCESSION FOR PRESS PERSONS INCREASED TO 50%
• MONTHLY TICKET OF RS. 25/- FOR UNORGANIZED SECTOR/POOR UNDER ‘IZZAT’ SCHEME
• “ONLY LADIES’ EMU TRAINS AT DELHI, KOLKATA AND CHENNAI
• ‘YUVA TRAINS’ FROM RURAL HINTERLAND TO METROS AT CONCESSIONAL FARE
• 12 NEW POINT-TO-POINT ‘DURANTO’ TRAINS
• 57 NEW TRAINS, EXTENSION OF 27 TRAINS AND INCREASE IN FREQUENCY OF 13 TRAINS AND AIR-CONDITIONED DOUBLE-DECKER TRAINS PROPOSED
• 50 STATIONS TO BE UPGRADED TO WORLD CLASS STATIONS
• LONG DISTANCE TRAINS TO HAVE ON-BOARD DOCTORS AND INFOTAINMENT SERVICES
• HANDICAPPED AND AGED PERSONS TO HAVE MORE AMENITIES
• SPECIAL TRAINS TO FERRY PERISHABLE AGRO PRODUCTS AND RURAL HANDICRAFTS
• SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EAST RAILWAY
• QUAZIGUND-ANANTNAG LINE TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH
• 6560 RAILWAY STAFF QUARTERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND GROUP ‘D’ EMPLOYEES TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR GIRL CHILD
• RAILWAYS TO COME OUT WITH WHILE PAPER ON FINANCIAL STATUS AND VISION-2020 DOCUMENT

Source: PIB

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