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What is in for you in Railway Budget 2009!

Jul 3, 2009 India

Today Mamta Banerjee (honorable Railway Minister of India) presented the Union Railway Budget for the year 2009-10. As expected it was a budget for the benefits of common people. I am really happy with the implementations which she brought forward for Tatkal reservation systems. Let’s see what is in for you in Railway Budget 2009?

Indian Railways

Actually the first impression which came in mind after seeing the Railway Budget 2009-10 is that Railway Minister sticks to the basics. The major attraction of the budget is that there will be no hike in the fairs of passengers and goods. It will surely bring smile on the face of common people, many of them were expecting a slight hike in the fairs as the recession time is still going on.

The most important aspect which came from this Railway Budget is in the Tatkal reservation system. New Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee has reduced the period of advance booking under the Tatkal reservation scheme to 2 days now. Earlier it was of 5 days. Another benefit which she gave to the passengers is that now the Tatkal tickets will be booked up to the destination of the passenger not from the beginning station to the end station. It will reduce the charges. She also promised that now the Tatkal charges will also levied as a percentage of the fare. This will also further reduce the fare.

Mamta Banerjee

Mamta Banerjee promised 50 world class stations in the cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. These stations includes Howrah, Sealdah, New Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, Puri, Agra, New Delhi, Jaipur and many more. She has the planning of developing these stations with the help of Public and Private sectors partnership.

Mamta Banerjee emphasized the medical, and security facilities on the trains, especially on the trains of the long distance. She will be planning to bring one Doctor in all long distance trains. She will also implement the ambulance facilities in long distance trains.

She has announced 57 new trains while extended 27 trains and increased the journey of 13 trains. She announced to open ATM’s in 200 small and medium stations. Overall we can say that this budget is prepared considering about the common people of India and thus she completed her promise to them.

One of the amazing initiative which Mamta Banerjee took in this budget, is the start of the special AC train for the long distance and especially designed for the young peoples. The name of these trains will be Yuva Train, and these train will cover the distance of around 1000 to 2000 Kilometers. The fairs of these trains will remain too less and these will only have the seating arrangements, not the sleeper facility. As a pilot project Indian Railways has choosen two routes Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata to start with the Yuva Trains. Along with this she has also announced developing Eco-friendly toilets in the trains. Also Mamta Banerjee emphasized on developing the Passenger Reservation System, so that tickets can easily reach to the passengers.

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Railway budget 2008-09!

Feb 26, 2008 Special Feature

As expected Railway Minister Lalu Prasad announced a people friendly budget in his fifth and last Railway budget in Lok Sabha for 2008-09, on Tuesday. He announced appreciable fare cuts today with several new concessions for rail travel.

He cut fares for all classes of travelers on majority of trains, hitting directly at competition from the low-cost airlines.

Highlights of the Railway budget 2008-09:

7 % cut in first-class A/C

4% cut in A/C II tier

3% cut in A/C III tier

5% cut is announced in all second class fares.

50% concession increased for senior woman citizens

Extended concessions for students

Free season tickets for girl students up to graduation

Free season tickets for boy students up to 12th standard

53 new trains and ten more Garib trains introduced.

LCD display at all stations.

Automatic Signaling System to be installed

15,000 computer ticket counters in the next two-year

Introduction of smart card based ticket system

Online control of trains
Anti-collision system in all trains

Multi-level parking in 30 big stations

Escalators and lifts in 50 big stations

Security in all trains to be enhanced

Introduction of public address system in some express trains

Stainless steel coaches of Rajdhaani and Shatabdi by 2010-11

Bomb detection service in all stations

Multi-purpose card called ‘Go-Mumbai’ issued for Mumbaikars

Call centers to become accessible at local tariff

560 railway platforms to be lengthened to accommodate long trains

Mother-Child Health Express of seven coaches introduced on a pilot bases

Reduced rail freight rates for petrol and diesel by 5% by May 2009
East and West Corridor projects Okayed

Green toilets in 36,000 boggies at Rs. 4,000 crore

Investment of Rs 75,000 crore to upgrade infrastructure in next seven years

20,000 wagons to be made by Dec’ 09

5000 wagons to be upgraded

50% fare cut for AIDS patients in second class passenger for travel to nominated ART centers.

Travel by Rajdhani and Shatabadi trains on card passes for Ashok Chakra awardees.

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Railway budget on 26th February!

Feb 19, 2008 India

Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is going to present Rail budget in parliament on 26th February at 1100 IST instead of 12 noon. This will be Lalu’s fifth budget. According to sources, Budget is almost ready to present.

Originally the Railway Budget was to be presented on February 24 which was postponed to February 26 as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be away in Malaysia.

It was said that Lalu has prepared this budget taking care of upcoming assembly polls. Lalu is famed for making profit from Railway which was running in loses. People expect that in this budget he will take care of travelers and voters also. Special attention has been given to the needs of farmers, workers and students while preparing the budget. People’s railway budget is expected to be “common man friendly”.

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