Railway Budget

New Delhi - Jammu Tawi train will ply daily.
Freight on petrol, diesel to be cut by 5%.
To cut fares for AC-I by 7%. AC-II by 4% and AC-III by 3%.
To cut sleeper fare by 5%.
New Railway lines to be introduced in Kashmir.
New Udaipur-Delhi bi-weekly train to be introduced.
New Railway hospital in Delhi to be fully airconditioned.
Minorities to get preference on recruitment board.
Modernisation of all rail workshops to be undertaken.
To start 53 new passenger trains. 10 new Garib Raths to be introduced.
All unmanned crossings to be now manned.
New rail-coach factory to be set up in Kerala.
Free season's tickets for female students till graduate level.
50 per cent discount for senior women citizens.
Increased concessions for under-graduate students.
State-of-the-art equipment for Railway Protection Force.
5 per cent job reservation for women in RPF.
Mother-child health express to be launched.
AIDS patients to be given special discounts.
Patna and Delhi stations to be upgraded.
Passenger trains to have anti-collision devices.
In talks with foreign companies for new wagon designs.
Metal detectors and CCTVs to be introduced on all platforms.
560 stations to be lengthened.
Mumbai's CST station to be upgraded.
Bulk handling terminals for Cement and foodgrains.
Public Address Systems for express trains.
Issuance of wait-listed e-tickets to be allowed.
Newly designed high-capacity wagons to be manufactured.
Plan to provide ticket booking via mobile phones.
To upgrade infrastructure in 7 years at Rs 75,000 cr.
50 big terminals planned in Mumbai, Pune, Gaziabad.
Plan to set up 20,000km of high density network.
Railway connectivity to ports to be increased.
New coaches in all Rajdhani trains by 2010.
6,000 automated ticket machines in two years.
30 big stations to have multi-level parking.
50 stations will have elevator and escalator facility.
To link trains via software communication by FY09.
Maintenance of trains to be handed over to private agencies.
To start making steel coaches from FY09.
Smart card based ticket system in the offing.
790 tonnes payload target achieved.
E-tickets to be available through vending machines.
Railway call centre scheme has been a huge success.
Ticket reservation would be possible from anywhere.
Railway fund balance up by Rs 40,298 cr.
Surcharge applied only in peak season.
Revenue from passenger fares increased by 14%.
Tremendous increase in productivity of railway assets.
Railway operating ratio at 76%
Rs 49,250 crore invested in new projects
Railways ended with a profit of Rs 25,000 crore in FY 2007-08
Lalu says, "I have earned crores for Railway in my tenure."
Lalu Prasad Yadav starts to present his 5th Rail Budget.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon.
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Startup firms used the internet to create new business models such as portals, exchanges, e-tailing, auctions, and intermediaries.


The Indian Railways initiative on e-ticketing using the internet is a classic model of how the internet is being leveraged successfully.


The Indian Railways initiative on e-ticketing using the internet is a classic model of how the internet is being leveraged successfully.


Startup firms used the internet to create new business models such as portals, exchanges, e-tailing, auctions, and intermediaries.


The Indian Railways initiative on e-ticketing using the internet is a classic model of how the internet is being leveraged successfully.


Startup firms used the internet to create new business models such as portals, exchanges, e-tailing, auctions, and intermediaries.

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To cut fares for AC-I by 7%. AC-II by 4% and AC-III by 3%. Sleeper fares cut by 5%
Railway employees to get 70-day bonus.
Mother-child express trains to have special medical facilities.
Special emphasis on security measures in Lalu's Budget.
No standing in long queues in two years.
Incresed transparency in all railway transactions.
New modernization schemes including elevator, escalator, multi-level car park, Vending machines for e-tickets, smart card based access in the offing.
Turnaround of the Indian Railways was due largely to the efforts of its 1.4 million employees.
Maintenance of trains especially Rajdhani and Shatabadi to be handed over to private agencies.
Lalu presents Part-A of the Rail Budget, which concerns with the macro picture. Part-C will carry his proposals.
'Will Lalu make the common man happy?.
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