Thursday, February 25, 2010

Railway Budget 2010 at glance

  • No increase in passenger fares

  • Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes

  • Matribhoomi special trains to be introduced for women

  • New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur

  • Funding for metro rail projects to be increased by 5%

  • Special train ' Bharat Tirth' to connect Himachal to Kanyakumari.
  • Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for migrant labour

  • FY 11 dividend liability at Rs. 6,600 cr

  • Work under Mumbai suburban area under MUTP phase 1 to be completed this year, and under phase 2 to be completed by March 2014
  • Kolkata Metro to be extended inside the city, 5 stations to be renamed.

  • Railways to have master plan for N-E region

  • Railway line to be extended from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir

  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur

  • Sikkim capital Gangtok to be connected by rail from Rangpo

  • 2011 being 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, special train to be run from West Bengal to Bangladesh

  • Impact of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations placed at Rs.55,000 crore

  • Rs 4411 cr allotted for new railway lines

  • Stone India is quoting at Rs 61.20, down 4.08%

  • National High Speed rail authority to be set up

  • To exceed freight loading target by eight million tonnes

  • Wagon repair shop to be set up in Badnera (Maharashtra)

  • To set up 50 creches, 8000 hostels for women railway staff

  • Railways to set up 10 auto ancillary hubs

  • Job for one member of family whose land is acquired

  • Diesel plant in Bengal if land available

  • New anti-collision devices to be installed

  • Door to door service for freight

  • Service charge on AC fares cut

  • Railways to set up Tagore museums

  • Clearance in 100 days for private investments

  • To extend routes of 21 trains

  • To ink a western corridor pact with a Japanese company

  • Dedicated passenger corridor to be set up

  • Will set up 10 railway eco-parks

  • 10 more Duranto trains to be launched

  • Freight cut on foodgrain and kerosene

  • IVRCL is quoting at Rs 316.70, up 0.64%

  • Railways to enhance contribution to Central staff benefit fund

  • Titagarh Wagons is trading at Rs 396.25, down 2.23%
  • No forceful land acquisition for railway projects

  • Mobile e-ticketing centres at hospitals, courts

  • Centre for railway research to be set up in IIT- Kharagpur

  • RPF to be strengthened through amendments in RPF Act

  • Will introduce modified wagon investment scheme

  • Houses to all railway employees in next 10 years

  • To set up more freight corridors

  • To launch new tourist trains in 16 routes

  • 13,000 un-manned crossings to be manned in five years

  • Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to be modernised

  • Work on Rai Bareilly coach factory to begin this year

  • Railways to acquire 80,000 new wagons

  • Design, development and testing center in Bangalore

  • To introduce 54 new trains in FY 2011

  • To run 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai

  • To introduce several schemes for railway employees

  • State-of- the-art loco training centers to be set up

  • No hike in freight tariff

  • Railways to run a special train during CWG 2010

  • Will induct ex-service men into railway security

  • Will modernise 93 railway stations

  • Railways will give concessions for sportspersons

  • Railways will partner with CWG 2010

  • Security for women passengers to be improved

  • Double-decker trains to be introduced

  • RFID technology to be used for freight transport

  • Ticket counters at district headquarters and village panchayats

  • Special task force to be set up for early clearance of projects

  • Rs 1300 cr for passenger amenities

  • Plan to start 6 water bottling plants for railways

  • Construction of multi-level parking through PPP model

  • To complete 1000 km railway lines in one year

  • Railway exams can be taken in regional languages

  • Plan to raise Rs. 10,000 - 20,000 crore by next fiscal

  • Will withdraw examination fees for backward classes and women

  • English, Hindi, Urdu will be used for Railway entrance exams

  • 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged off

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