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Railway Budget: passengers unhappy with amenities

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:12:41 +0530

With less than 48 hours to go for the Railway Budget, CNN-IBN gets you voices of people from the two states which have had the maximum number of Railway Ministers - Bihar and West Bengal. Have things changed for the rail passengers?

Railways to introduce of 26 new trains

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:44:20 +0530

The Railways on Friday announced introduction of 26 new trains including Kathgodam Shatabdi Express, Mumbai-New Delhi AC Duronto and Mumbai-Chandigarh Express as part of the promises made in Rail Budget 2011-12.

Railway Board prefers ruin to private investment

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:01:41 +0530

Since June last year, the Railway Board has been sitting on a Cabinet decision of February 2009, ratified in February 2010, to set up an electric engine plant at Madhepura and a diesel engine factory in Marhowra, both in backward areas of Bihar, in partnership with private companies.

Railways to garner Rs 20,000 cr from freight hike

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:14:37 +0530

With the latest freight hike across the board, Railways aims to earn between Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore in the next fiscal. The Railways has increased the freight rate in all commodities including foodgrains, fertiliser, cement, coal, and petroleum products ahead of Rail Budget.

Railway freight rates up ahead of budget

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:09:14 +0530

Railways on Tuesday withdrew four per cent exemption on fertiliser and foodgrain loading rates besides making a 10-15 per cent upward revision of other commodities ahead of Rail Budget.

Railways to get Rs 25,000 cr as budgetary support

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:27:15 +0530

The cash-strapped railways are understood to have got an approval of Rs 25,000 crore as gross budgetary support (GBS) from Finance Ministry for the fiscal 2012-13.

Removing level crossings big challenge for railways

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:53:25 +0530

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will have to dig deep into his pocket for eliminating the thousands of unmanned level crossings across the country that are a huge safety challenge for the cash-strapped network.

Revenue allocation by Centre required: Railway Minister

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:47:01 +0530

Ahead of the Railway Budget, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi speaks exclusively to Network 18.

No new trains without focus on safety: Panel

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:48:49 +0530

Ahead of Minister Dinesh Trivedi's first Railway Budget on March 14, a high-level panel has advised focus on safety issues, rather than the populist practice of introducing new trains.

Trivedi awaits report on railway modernisation

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:30:19 +0530

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday said he was awaiting a report from Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public infrastructure, information and innovations, on steps for modernisation of the railways.

'Railway could go AI way if money not pumped in'

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:03:38 +0530

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Friday cautioned railway could go the Air India way if money was not pumped in the cash-strapped national transporter, as an official committee proposed cess to generate money to upgrade safety mechanism.

Soon, Railways to charge you for keeping you safe

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:53:34 +0530

Pay more if you want to travel safe is what a high level committee on railway safety has recommended. The panel has suggested that a safety cess of Rs 5000 crore per annum should be levied from passengers.

Kakodkar panel to submit rail safety report

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:20:59 +0530

The high-level rail safety review committee headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar will present its report on Friday, which is understood to have favoured separate cadres for diesel and electric locomotive drivers and upgrading tracks.

Unions appeal to PM to bailout railways

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:46:20 +0530

All India Railwaymen's Federation has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a Rs.50,000 crore package to pull the national transporter out of financial crisis.

Trivedi looks for fund ahead of Rail Budget

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:34:35 +0530

Ahead of Rail Budget, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Monday met Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the national transporter looks to explore several avenues to shore up its finances and funds for its modernisation plans.

Akhaura-Agartala rail link: survey after Budget

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:35:36 +0530

India will soon start the final survey to lay the rail link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala, a project which New Delhi plans to implement within two years, a top railway official said on Monday.

Railways to move RPF Amendment Bill

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:07:25 +0530

A legislation to make the Railway Protection Force (RPF) responsible for all railway related law and order issues, apart from passenger safety, will likely be tabled in March 2012 when the Budget will be discussed in Parliament.

Fare hike on the cards in Railway Budget 2012

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:10:44 +0530

With passenger fares on a freeze for years and little money to expand the world's second largest railroad network under a single management, Minister Dinesh Trivedi has an unenviable task when he presents the annual Railway Budget on March 14.

Thirty proposed trains yet to be flagged off

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:19 +0530

Even as the 2012-13 Railway Budget is round the corner, the Railways is falling short of about 300 coaches to introduce 30 new trains promised in the last budget including double-decker AC trains between Delhi and Jaipur.

Pranab to present General Budget on March 16

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:20:58 +0530

The dates of Union Budget 2012-13 and Railway Budget 2012-13 have been finalised. While Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the Budget on March 16, Railway Budget will be presented on March 14 by Union Minister Dinesh Trivedi. The Economic Survey 2012-13 will be released on 15.