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What is in for you in Railway Budget 2009!

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? 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...
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Railway budget 2008-09!

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%...
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Railway budget on 26th February!

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...
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