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RAIL BUDGET 2008-09
Posted Date: 29 Feb 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Pankaj Kumar Member Level: Gold
Rating:  Points: 5
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RAIL-BUDGET
During the 2008-09 budget first the Rail budget is announced by Railway Minister Sri Lalu Prasad Yadav,which took a great role in our economic structure. The main highlights are as follows:
1AC, 2AC, 3AC fares slashed
Coming soon! TV, Internet services in trains
10 new Garib Raths, 53 new trains
50% concession for AIDS patients travelling in trains
Free season tickets for girl students till graduation
5% cut in petrol, diesel freight
Ticket reservation, confirmation via mobiles likely
Lifts and escalators at 50 stations
High-level platforms in 135 stations
Pandemonium in Lok Sabha over train allocation
New Delhi-Jammu Tawi train now daily
Salsa-Amritsar Garib Rath tri-weekly
Bagalkota-Jaswantpur train now daily
Kurla to Howrah train bi-weekly
Proposal to spend Rs 17.3 bn on new lines
Proposal to spend Rs 6.5 bn on metro transport projects
Bhubaneshwar-Mumbai express bi-weekly
Mathura-Lucknow train extended to Patna
Varanasi-Ranchi via Rourkela train up to Sambhalpur
Bangalore-Coimbatore train extended to Ernakalum
155 km new lines seen completed in FY08
Special train between Pune-Delhi for Commonwealth in Oct
New train Saharsha- Janasebharan Expess weekly
New train Malda-Patna Express tri-weekly
New train Amritsar-Kochuveli Express weekly
Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani to run tri-weekly
New Itarsi-Katni passenger train daily
New daily Ahmedabad-Patan express
Chennai-Salem new train daily
Ranchi-Bhagalpur new train tri-weekly
Indore-Udaipur via Ratlam new train tri-weekly
New weekly Puri-Darbhanga express
Khajuraho-Delhi new train tri-weekly
New weekly Varanasi-Rameswaram express
Machhlipatnam-Bangalore new train tri-weekly
Amravati-Mumbai express new train bi-weekly
Coolies promoted to gangmen
10 new Garib Raths, 53 new trains
One more rail captive power plant in Bihar
Divisional railway hospitals in Jaipur, Hubli to be upgraded
N Railway hospital in Delhi to be fully AC
New rail coach manufacturing unit in Kerala
50% concession for AIDS patients travelling in trains
Staff benefit fund to be upped 10 times in 2009
Mother Child Health Express to be started
Gangmen to man level crossings
Container train operators to be up to 50-55 trains
SC,STs given more jobs than quota alloted to them
Free Rajdhani, Shatabdi travel for Ashok Chakra winners
Sr women citizens concession up 50% from 30%
Free season tickets for girl students till graduation
Ticket confirmation via mobiles likely
16,548 old rail tracks to be renewed
All unmanned crossings to be manned now
Metal detectors, baggage scan at key stations
NDLS, Mumbai Cent, Patna to become world-class
Heightened security at sensitive stations
CCTVs at major railway stations
Electrification of more routes in North India
Pvt cos can make terminals on rail land
New policy for wagon leasing
Touch screen, colour TVs at railway stations
No ticket queues in 2 years
In talks with foreign cos for new wagon design
Lifts and escalators at 50 stations
High-level platforms in 135 stations
Rs 40 bn kept for on discharge-free train toilets
New coaches in all Rajdhani trains by 2010
New coaches in Shatabdi trains by 2011
Mulling ticket confirmation via mobile phone
Plan to provide ticket booking via mobile phone
Smart card system to all railways
Electrification of more routes
Raise platform levels in phased manner
Railways to issue wait-listed e-tickets
50 big stations to have lifts, escalators
Stainless steel coaches for mail, express trains
Only stainless steel coaches to be produced after 2010
To up auto ticket sale machines to 6,000 in 2 yrs
Automated ticket vending machines at 250 now
Upgradation of 203 medium-level platforms
Upgradation of 281 low-level platforms
195 stations to get foot overbridge
Indian Railways employees at 1.4 mln in 2007-08
Railways planning SMARTCARD-based ticket system
'Go Mumbai' cards to be sold at bus depots
560 platforms to be lengthened for long-distance trains
Arrival time to be printed on tickets
Express trains to have public address systems
Long-distance trains to display next station
Rajdhani, Shatabdi to get modernised coaches
E-ticket booking to go up from 1L to 3L annually
More passenger trains in peak season
6,000 automated ticket machines in 2 years
Modular toilets to be installed in trains
To link trains via IT, communications by 2009
Plan size hiked from Rs 11,000 cr to Rs 30,000 cr
Freight traffic target touches 790 mn tonnes
Multi-level parking at 30 major stations
Made a profit of Rs 25,000 cr
High-level, low-level platforms to be increased
Rajdhani, Shatabdi maintenance by private agencies
Touchscreen, colour display boards at stations
People suspecting us can see records
Railways will be linked by Mar '09 to call centres
Display boards at railway stations
Multi-purpose smart Mumbai cards to be introduced
Ticket reservation possible from anywhere
Railways profit due to UPA govt policies
Additional Rs 20 bn earned on freight services
Achieved 790 tonnes pay-load target
Sitting companies given railway licences
Increased passenger train numbers
We have surcharged only in peak season
Railways set up new profit records in 2007-08
Rs 14,000 crore profit in loading
Turned the Railways around into a profit-making organization
Rs 49,250 crore invested in new projects
Railways has done tremendous work
Last year, railway profit ratio touched 76%
Our achievements like an open book, everybody is happy
Also the happenings are as funny that all the members entertained Lalu and his Speech.He started his speech by a poem
Lalu: Customer is our God
Lalu: Indian Railways is attaining popularity
Lalu begins presentation with short poem
Lalu Prasad begins fifth Rail Budget on lighter note
Lalu hints at no fare hike this Budget
More Garib Raths likely this year
Fin min may scale down Rail budgetary support
150 more trains, escalators for Mumbai stations
It will be 'please-all Budget', says Yashwant Sinha
Himachal to launch agitation if ignored in Rail Budget
Rail Budget to bring basket of comforts: Lalu
Nitish urges Lalu to complete rail projects in Bihar
Railway freight earnings go up by 12.34 per cent
Aluminium coaches for goods trains soon
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