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  Rail Budget 2023: Expectations and Predictions

  Budget | January 24, 2023 13:28 IST

  The Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, will present the fifth Rail Budget on February 1st, and the people have high expectations for it.

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  Centre to release Rail Budget 2022 on Feb 1 | Here's what to expect

  Business | January 23, 2022 22:22 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her fourth budget on February 1 and according to sources, the Central government is going to increase the outlay for the rail budget this time by 15-20 per cent. Last year, the government had allocated Rs 1,10,055 crore to the Railways.

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  Centre 'politicising' budgetary allocation for Railways: TMC

  National | February 09, 2018 19:27 IST

  Derek O'Brien also alleged that the government was deliberately trying to muzzle the voice of the opposition as the ruling dispensation had no answers to the questions raised by it.

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  By the end of the year, each railway station will have a clean toilet: Piyush Goyal

  Politics | February 02, 2018 19:12 IST

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  We were expecting share market to fall after budget: Hasmukh Adhia

  Politics | February 02, 2018 18:56 IST

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  Our govt is corruption free that is why we are not falling short of money: Goyal

  Politics | February 02, 2018 18:45 IST

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  We are looking at improving the tracks so that we can eliminate the train accidents: Goyal

  Politics | February 02, 2018 18:21 IST

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  Rail budget had only become a political statement, says Piyush Goyal

  Politics | February 02, 2018 18:03 IST

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  Union Budget 2018: Railways get highest-ever capital expenditure; fares remain unchanged

  Budget | February 02, 2018 15:29 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a capital expenditure of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Indian Railways in his Budget 2018 speech, the largest ever.

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  Union Budget 2018: Railways to provide for installation of escalators and lifts at all major stations

  Budget | January 17, 2018 16:54 IST

  This time the focus of the Rail Budget is on safety and passenger amenities so it was decided to extend the facility to all major urban and suburban stations.

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  I voluntarily gave up rail budget, says Suresh Prabhu

  National | April 26, 2017 15:11 IST

  Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today said he himself had volunteered for clubbing of railways budget with the General Budget, and it was "not a take over" by the Finance Ministry.

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  Budget 2017: Rs 20,000 cr safety fund, infra development could top FM’s priorities for Railways

  January 31, 2017 14:00 IST

  The fund could include development of new lines, station redevelopment and setting up of Rail Development Authority and High Speed Rail Authority

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  No ‘populist measures’ for Railways in next budget, hints Arun Jaitley

  December 20, 2016 13:37 IST

  A month before he presents the country’s first combined General and Rail Budget, Finance minister Arun Jaitley today indicated that no populist measures will come through for the national carrier from the next fiscal.

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  Diwali special: IRCTC offers Rs 10 lakh rail travel insurance for just 1 paisa from October 7

  October 06, 2016 20:34 IST

  The Indian Railways has reduced charges for the optional travel insurance it began offering for its passengers. Starting Friday, October 7, passengers will be able to avail a travel insurance of Rs 10 lakh for

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  ‘Won't do any good’: Nitish Kumar flays decision to scrap separate Rail budget

  National | September 21, 2016 18:26 IST

  Nitish Kumar on Wednesday criticised the NDA government’s decision to do away with a separate Railway budget and merge it with General budget saying the move end the autonomy of the largest public carrier in the country.

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  Union Cabinet to consider presenting General Budget on Feb 1

  September 21, 2016 10:35 IST

  The Union Cabinet will today consider the Ministry of Finance’s proposals to merge Railway Budget with the General Budget and advancing the date of its presentation.

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  Still in dark over rail-Union budget merger proposal: Congress

  National | September 18, 2016 12:43 IST

  The Opposition has said that it is still in the dark over the proposal to merge the Railway Budget with the General Budget.

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  Budget merger will save Rs 10,000 cr annually for Railways

  September 13, 2016 21:29 IST

  In what would be a huge benefit for the cash-strapped Railways, the scrapping of separate Rail Budget would have it save Rs 10,000 crore per year as it would no longer need to pay dividend.

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  No separate Rail Budget from next fiscal, Finance Ministry agrees for its merger with General Budget

  August 13, 2016 11:14 IST

  Starting next financial year, there will be no separate Rail Budget. It is believed that the Ministry of Finance has agreed to the suggestions of Bibek Debroy (Member, NITI Aayog) panel, which among other things, had suggested phasing out separate Ra

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  Railway budget a big zero, says Trinamool

  National | February 25, 2016 17:51 IST

  New Delhi: Dismissing the Railway Budget - 2016-17 presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu as a "big zero", the Trinamool Congress said there was "nothing new" in the document."The