Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Highlights of Railway budget 2010-11

New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday presented the railway budget in the Parliament.

The highlights of the Railway budget 2010-11 are as follows:

Plan to raise Rs 10,000-20,000 crore in the next one year

For cheap drinking water, plan to start six bottling plants

To earn revenues, Railways need to set up a business model

Larger section of population to get connectivity over next five years

Targeting 1000 km new tracks every year

Policies to be made easy, investor-friendly

Special Task Force to clear proposals for investments in 100 days

Focus on medium term goals, planning and funds

Our objective is to unite the country through rail connectivity

Social responsibility priority in my railway budget

Time to build partnership with private players

Rail exams to be held in regional languages

Concession for women and minority communities

Ten per cent of Budget for modernisation of tracks

Ministry needs Rs 14 lakh crore for vision 2020

E-ticketing mobile vans at hospitals, universities

Share Anti-collusion devices to be added to zonal Railways

Share 100-day window for investment clearance

Share Multi-layer parking at stations

Women RPF to be raised

Housing scheme for 14 lakh Rail employees

Sports academies to be set up in five cities

No hike in railway freight rates

Special trains for Commonwealth Games

Out of 120 new trains, 117 to be launched by March 31

Ex-servicemen for railway security

Five new coach factories to be set up

Railway research center in Kharagpur

Design testing unit to be set up in Bangalore

Railways to start work on Rae Bareilly coach factory in the next one year

Service Charge on AC class cut to Rs 20 as against Rs 40 earlier

Service charge on sleeper class reduced to Rs 10

101 new suburban trains in Mumbai

Railways to set up multi-functional hospitals

Houses for all Railways employees in the next 10 years. (ANI)

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