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Common Man Vs Budget
  • Cheap passes for commuters
  • Improvement in amenities , safety , security and punctuality
  • Good food and adequate drinking water supply
  • Medical facility, Ambulance in every railway station and one doctor in long route trains
Industry vs Budget
  • 18000 wagons to be added
  • Expert committee to advise implementation of economically viable social projects
  • Setting up of power plants a joint vendor in public and private hands
  • 5% growth in cargo
Citizen's Reactions
Mumbai - Chennai sector will always be a God..
Easwar Raghunathan
mamata ji railway budjet is very good.Newest is..
sushil singh
IT SEEMS THAT gUJARAT HAS NOT JUSTIFIED AS THERE..
Yashwant Bhatt
Mamta: Priority to improvement in amenities..
rajiv tensionable
New Train/Routes
  • Bilaspur-Tirunelveli via Thiruvananthapuram Express (Weekly)
  • Ranchi-Jaynagar Express (Tri-Weekly)
  • Secunderabad-Manuguru Superfast (Daily)
  • Mumbai-Karwar Superfast (Tri-weekly)
  • Bhopal-Lucknow Junction Garib Rath Express (Weekly)
Articles
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Union railway minister Mamta Banerjee's railway budget is targeted to provide a dignified journey to each and every..
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Though Mamata's railway budget undoubtedly packed a punch, it appears the reforms and schemes will bring their own set of..
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Why has Andhra Pradesh been left out by successive railway ministers? Whether it's a Congress government or a non-Congress..
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Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has just presented the 2009-2020 railway budget. The budget puts an emphasis on comfort and..
Indian Railways performance:
  2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Total revenue earning freight traffic (mill. tonnes) 666.51 727.75 571.35
Coal 294.25 313.33 245.26
Raw materials for steel plants (excl. coal) 51.35 53.22 40.35
Pig iron & finished steel from steel plants 17.74 21.04 16.24
Iron ore for export 41.24 38.84 38.28
Cement 61.19 73.13 56.66
Foodgrains 41.64 41.84 25.65
Fertilizers 32.65 34.26 28.01
POL 33.45 31.69 26.27
Balance (other goods) 93 120.4 94.3
Net tonne Kilometers (billion) 439.6 480.99 367.6
Net tonne kms./wagaon/day (BG) 2,960 3,242 3,266
Passenger traffic orig. (million) 5,275 6,219 4,900
Passenger kilometers (billion) 616 695 551
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Highlights
  On lalu's Pre-Budget- Feb 2009
  • Railways has generated the revenue of 90,000cr in last 5 years
  • Allocation of Rs10,500 cr on pension requirement for railway employees
  • Container traffic to show steep fall
  • Delhi- Mumbai freight corridor initiated
  • Railways to invest 35,900 cr in year 2009
  On Mamata Pre-Budget - July 2009
  • Railway passes on subsidized rates for students and vendors .
  • Development of Rail facility in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Promotion of trade tourism by connecting ports and coastal areas to all tourist destinations in country.
  • Adding Machcher Jhol (fish curry) on the menu on Howrah- and Sealdah-bound Rajdhanis.
  • 'A new catering policy'
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Challenges
  • Implementation of Bihar project would be a tough task for Mamta
  • Development project of rail facility in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Production of high capacity wagons
  • Stabilizing the revenue rise shown in past years in Lalu's power
  • Completion of Delhi Mumbai freight corridor
  • As proposed, equal work will be elocated to junior staff