Railway Budget
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Suresh Prabhu in favour of doing away with separate Railway Budget
Jun 23, 2016, 12:31 PM ISTMinister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has endorsed the recommendation made by Bibek Debroy led panel that called for doing away with the annual practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget.
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Railways to use drone, satellite techno to monitor projects
India | Feb 25, 2016, 08:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Railways plan to use the latest drone and Geo Spatial-based satellite technology for remotely reviewing the physical progress across major projects, which would become operational in the next fiscal.Presenting the Railway Budget
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Rail Budget: Sarathi Seva to help old, disabled passengers to be extended
Feb 25, 2016, 03:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu announced that all operational halts will be converted into commercial halts, for the convenience of passengers.He also said that, Sarathi Seva was
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Rail Budget: Time tabled freight container, parcel train from this year
Feb 25, 2016, 03:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu today proposed, at the Railway Budget 2016-17, three solution sets for reversing the trend of declining modal share of freight trains – expanding the freight basket of Indian Railways,
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Railways to partner with state governments for operation of tourist circuit trains
Feb 25, 2016, 02:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that Tourism holds great potential for economic development and job creation.Indian Railways will be partnering with the
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Disappointment over rail budget dents railroad firms stocks
Feb 25, 2016, 02:49 PM ISTMumbai: Disappointment over lack of any big ticket projects in the railway budget proposals for 2016-17 dented stocks of companies associated with the Indian railroads during a volatile mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday.Despite the fact
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PM Modi hails Rail Budget, terms it 'passenger centric without fare hike'
National | Feb 25, 2016, 02:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu saying the Rail Budget 2016-17 presented by him is a big step in developing India.Congratulating Prabhu and the entire team behind the Rail
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Railways Vision 2020 to meet long felt desires of common man
Feb 25, 2016, 02:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that by 2020, Indian Railways look forward to meet the long-felt desires of the common man.The minister promised reserved accommodation on trains being available
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Wi-Fi Services at 100 Stations to be Commissioned this Year; 400 more Stations in the next 2 years
Feb 25, 2016, 02:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today said that the process has begun to introduce Wi-Fi services at stations especially for youth and business travellers.
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Ticket fare hike and more: What's in store in Prabhu's rail budget?
India | Feb 24, 2016, 05:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: The one question troubling most Indian minds a day ahead of the Railway Budget is whether Suresh Prabhu will opt for an increase in ticket fares or will he decide against it.While the
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I have no expectations from Railway Budget: Nitish Kumar
National | Feb 23, 2016, 07:49 PM ISTPatna: Stating he had 'no expectations' from Railway budget, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday opposed the Centre's decision asking state governments to invest in railway projects."I do not have any expectations from railway
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Rail budget may introduce 'smart coaches' for more comfortable journey
India | Feb 15, 2016, 03:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid make train travel a better experience for passengers, Indian railways is planning to introduce `smart coaches' with state-of-the-art facilities.The smart coaches will be equipped with GPS-based wake up alarm and
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Laying of 1 km high speed train track to cost over Rs 100 cr
Mar 16, 2015, 07:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Construction of one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost Rs 100-140 crore and the country will need a total of Rs 80,000 crore to lay the entire high speed train corridor,
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LIC to fund cash-starved Indian Railways
Mar 02, 2015, 02:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: As unveiled by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Rail Budget, Indian Railways is all set to get fresh funds from the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.Quoting sources in the Railway Board,
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Railway budget lacks vision, offers nothing to 'aam aadmi': AAP
National | Feb 26, 2015, 11:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: AAP today said that the NDA government's Railway Budget “lacks vision” and has nothing in it for the “aam aadmi” even as it claimed that the key problems affecting the public transporter had
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Rail budget full of lofty ideas but no action plan: Nitish
National | Feb 26, 2015, 06:12 PM ISTPatna: Unimpressed with the Railway budget presented in Parliament today, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it was full of “lofty ideas but without any action plan.”“Its like there is a train coach but no
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Budget 2015: Mulayam praises budget
National | Feb 26, 2015, 04:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav today praised the railway budget for its lack of populist measures like announcement of new trains and lauded Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for focusing on fulfilling projects
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Rail Budget: Railways to mobilise Rs 17,655 crore from borrowing in 2015-16
Feb 26, 2015, 04:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian Railways will borrow Rs 17,655 crore from markets through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2015-16, a nearly 47 per cent increase over the current
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Rail Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu decides against increasing passenger fare
Feb 25, 2015, 09:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: This time there may not be any increase in the passenger fares as the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu gets ready to present the Rail budget on Thursday.According to a report published in Economic
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Modi govt to present Union Budget on February 28
National | Jan 21, 2015, 03:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will begin on February 23 and the Union Budget would be presented on February 28.The first part of the session will continue till March 20. The second part