New Delhi, Feb 24 (ANI: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday presented the railway budget in the Parliament.
The highlights of the Railway budget 2010-11 are as follows:
Plan to raise Rs 10,000-20,000 crore in the next one year
For cheap drinking water, plan to start six bottling plants
To earn revenues, Railways need to set up a business model
Larger section of population to get connectivity over next five years
Targeting 1000 km new tracks every year
Policies to be made easy, investor-friendly
Special Task Force to clear proposals for investments in 100 days
Focus on medium term goals, planning and funds
Our objective is to unite the country through rail connectivity
Social responsibility priority in my railway budget
Time to build partnership with private players
Rail exams to be held in regional languages
Concession for women and minority communities
Ten per cent of Budget for modernisation of tracks
Ministry needs Rs 14 lakh crore for vision 2020
E-ticketing mobile vans at hospitals, universities
Share Anti-collusion devices to be added to zonal Railways
Share 100-day window for investment clearance
Share Multi-layer parking at stations
Women RPF to be raised
Housing scheme for 14 lakh Rail employees
Sports academies to be set up in five cities
No hike in railway freight rates
Special trains for Commonwealth Games
Out of 120 new trains, 117 to be launched by March 31
Ex-servicemen for railway security
Five new coach factories to be set up
Railway research center in Kharagpur
Design testing unit to be set up in Bangalore
Railways to start work on Rae Bareilly coach factory in the next one year
Service Charge on AC class cut to Rs 20 as against Rs 40 earlier
Service charge on sleeper class reduced to Rs 10
101 new suburban trains in Mumbai
Railways to set up multi-functional hospitals
Houses for all Railways employees in the next 10 years. (ANI)
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