Railway Budget
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Railways get record push in Budget 2026 with Rs 2.78 lakh crore allocation
Budget | Feb 01, 2026, 06:11 PM ISTThe funds will be directed towards critical projects such as new rail lines, track doubling and electrification, station redevelopment, procurement of modern rolling stock, and safety upgrades.
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Railways crosses Rs 2 lakh crore budget spend in first three quarters, gears up for major 2026 push
Budget | Jan 19, 2026, 01:14 PM ISTIndian Railways has spent more than 80 per cent of its gross budgetary support by December 2025. Major initiatives such as Vande Bharat expansion, Kavach deployment and near-total electrification reflect a decade of transformative investment.
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Focus on modern trains, AI usage and infrastructural development- Railway Budget 2025 expectations
Budget | Jan 18, 2025, 04:44 PM ISTRailway Budget 2025: Union Budget 2025 could raise the total allocation for Indian Railways to over Rs 3 lakh crore, compared to Rs 2.65 lakh crore in the current fiscal year.
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Budget 2025: Govt likely to increase railways budget by 18 pc, focus on safety and infrastructure
Business | Jan 15, 2025, 07:13 AM ISTBudget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2025 on February 1, 2025. As in previous years, the government is anticipated to make big announcements aimed at furthering the development of the railway sector.
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Union Budget 2024: 'Simplified taxation, revenue mobilisation in focus,' says Nirmala Sitharaman
Budget | Jul 23, 2024, 05:03 PM ISTUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during a press conference on the Union Budget 2024, announced a simplified approach to taxation aimed at boosting investment, with the average taxation reduced to 12.5 per cent. She also emphasised the need to widen the tax net and highlighted the increase
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Budget 2024: Will FM Nirmala Sitharaman restore railway fare concessions for senior citizens?
Budget | Aug 17, 2026, 03:22 PM ISTBudget 2024: Previously, women senior citizens were eligible for a 50 per cent discount on train tickets, while male and transgender senior citizens received a 40 per cent discount.
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Budget 2023: What do common people EXPECT from central government this fiscal year?
Budget | Jan 30, 2023, 09:51 AM ISTThe Union Budget, also comprising the Railway Budget, will be presented by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, February 1.
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Union Budget 2022: What's likely to be unveiled by the Railway Budget
Business | Jan 31, 2022, 11:20 AM ISTThe Rail Budget this year will focus on making long-distance travel comfortable, densening the railway network in the poll-bound states and enhancing the connectivity in metro cities as well as the Northeast region.
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Railway Budget 2020: BIG push for Indian Railways! More Tejas trains, private trains announced
Business | Feb 01, 2020, 02:19 PM ISTRailway Budget 2020: Indian Railways, the lifeline of the country and the common man, is expecting big announcements from the Railway Budget 2020. Will trains fare hike? Is one of the biggest questions raised ahead of Budget. Railway Budget 2020 is expected to lay out the roadmap for an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 in the Indian Railways network.
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Interim Budget 2019: No hike in passenger rail fare, more Train 18s to be introduced
Budget | Feb 01, 2019, 04:18 PM ISTGoyal, who is also the Railway minister, said so far 2018-2019 has been the safest for the Indian Railways and all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network have been completely eliminated.
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Interim Budget 2019: Railways gets Rs 1.58 lakh crore, highest ever for national transporter
Budget | Feb 01, 2019, 02:42 PM ISTLast year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated an amount of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Railways in his budget.
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Piyush Goyal on India TV Budget Samvaad: Modernisation of railways will create jobs, ease of life
Budget | Feb 02, 2018, 07:20 PM IST#BudgetWithIndiaTV: Speaking at the India TV Budget Samvaad, the railway minister heaped praises on the Union Budget 2018-19, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday.
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Union Budget 2018: Railways get highest-ever capital expenditure; fares remain unchanged
Budget | Feb 02, 2018, 03:29 PM ISTFinance 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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India Union Budget 2018: As it happened, Highlights, Budget Speech, who said what & more
Budget | Feb 02, 2018, 02:25 PM ISTIn his Budget speech, Jaitley said this year, the focus is on strengthening agriculture sector and besides 'ease of doing business', the government is also focusing on 'ease of living' now.
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Railway Budget 2018: Know all about Rail Minister Piyush Goyal
Budget | Jan 30, 2018, 09:58 PM ISTPiyush Goyal comes from a renowned political family of Maharashtra. His father Late Ved Prakash Goyal was a respected BJP leader who served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet.
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Passenger safety, human resources top priority, says Railway chief
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:20 PM ISTRailway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani that Railways was paying special attention to the development of human resources.
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Railway Budget 2018: Safety, speed, comfort – three key expectations
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:24 PM ISTSafety, speed and comfort – the three key priorities of Indian Railways encapsulate the three expectations from the Railway Budget in the financial year 2018-19.
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Union Budget 2018: Focusing on rail funds from monetisation and not budget, says Piyush Goyal
Budget | Jan 15, 2018, 05:22 PM ISTWithout giving details on the budget allocation for Railways, Goyal told reporters here that he is “satisfied with whatever has been proposed (in the budget)”.
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Parliamentary panel to examine Cabinet-approved merger of budgets
Sep 25, 2016, 12:54 PM ISTThe parliamentary panel on finance has decided to examine the Cabinet approved merger of Railway Budget with General Budget along with its "ramifications thereof". Putting an end to a 92-year-old practice, the Cabinet had
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Veerappa Moily led parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets
National | Sep 25, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTThe parliamentary panel on finance has decided to examine the government’s decision to merge the Railway Budget with General Budget along with its ramifications thereof, a few weeks after it was approved by the Union Cabinet.