Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Railway Budget 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Railway Budget 2013: Highlights

Pawan Bansal
Railway Minister Pawan Bansal

Highlight69:Public-Private partnership has failed to deliver for Railways, says BJP.
Highlight68:Freight hike to flare up inflation, say experts on Headlines Today.

Highlight67:500 kms of new line for 2013-14, will convert 450 kms of metre gauge to  broad gauge. Highlight66:72 new local trains in Mumbai, 18 in Kolkata.
Highlight65:27 new passenger trains to be introduced.

Highlight64:22 rail line connectivity announced.

Highlight63:Modest fare hike of 5-6 per cent in 10 years.
Highlight62:67 new express trains to be introduced.

Highlight61:Proposed hike in Tatkal reservation charges.

Highlight60:Operating ratio is expected to improve to 87.5% in the next fiscal.

Highlight59:Indian Railways' new complaint No: 1800-111-321.

Highlight58:New EMUs to be introduced in suburban Mumbai.

Highlight57:2014 investment seen at s 63360 cr.
Highlight56:5 per cent hike in freight charges.

Highlight55:No passenger fare hike proposed.

Highlight54:Target of 1,047 million tonne freight traffic in 2013-14.


Highlight53:Gross traffic receipts to be Rs.18,062 crore in 2012-13.

Highlight52:Indian Railways to set up electromotive unit in joint venture with BHEL.

Highlight51:Employees' training institute at Secunderabad.

Highlight49:Scaled down FY 13 freight traffic target due to global slowdown.
Highlight48:Freight earnings growth lower than estimated.

Highlight47:Railways to set up new debt servicing fund to meet liabilities.

Highlight46:Fund balances of railway to be 30,000 crore by the end of 12th plan.

Highlight45:Passenger earning target proposed at Rs.32,500 crore.

Highlight44:First time in 25 years railway did not ask for supplementary grant.

Highlight43:Railways to fill up 1.52 lakh vacancies.

Highlight42:Locomotive cabs to be air-conditioned.

Highlight41:Railways to invest Rs.800 crore for improving iron ore mines connectivity.

Highlight40:Railways plans 75MW wind power generation.

Highlight39:Complimentary card pass for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees.

Highlight38:12th plan internal resource target of 1.6 times 11th plan a tall task.

Highlight37:Railways to set up six more Rail Neer bottling plants.

Highlight36:Number of passenger trains increased.

Highlight35:12th plan railway size to be Rs.5.19 lakh crore with gross budgetary support of Rs.1.94 lakh crore.

Highlight34:To spend Rs.300 cr for staff quarters.

Highlight33:Freedom fighters card renewal extended to 3 years.

Highlight32:Complimentary card passes for national awardees.

Highlight31:Indian Railways to harness solar power for its energy uses.

Highlight30:Modern signalling equipment at Chandigarh through PPP.

Highlight29:Multidisciplinary institutive in Nagpur for imparting rail technology education.

Highlight28:Executive lounges planned in Bilaspur and Nagpur.

Highlight27:Rail and bus tickets to be tied up with Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.

Highlight26:Effort to fill up 1-5 lakh vacancies.

Highlight25:Trying to connect Manipur through Railways.

Highlight24:New maintenance workshop at Kalahandi.

Highlight23:To enter 1 billion tonnes freight carrying club.

Highlight22:Have spent Rs.100 crore on upgrading 3 Delhi stations.

Highlight21:Need paradigm shift in tariff and freight policy.

Highlight20:Plan third party auditing for catering.

Highlight19:Coaches to be made wheel chair friendly.

Highlight18:Azadi express to enbale youth to travel to places related with freedom movement.

Highlight17: Aadhar to be used for booking tickets and for railway services.

Highlight16: 12th Plan railway size to be Rs.5.19 lakh crore.

Highlight15: Elimination of 10,700 unmanned level crossings.

Highlight14: Railways plan Rs.2,000 crore fund for land and station development.

Highlight13: Aim to eliminate 31,846 level crossings.

Highlight12:Anubhiti coaches to be introduced with excellent tech-driven amenities.

Highlight11:More coaches for women, better security.

Highlight10:Progressive extension of bio toilets on trains.

Highlight9:'Committed to bring about marked change in passenger amenties.'

Highlight8:'"Facing steep hike in input costs."

Highlight7:'Will work towards a zero per cent accident rate.'

Highlight6:'Big challenges is scarcity of resources for railways.'

Highlight5:'Meeting shortfall of Rs.95,000 cr needs major shift.'

Highlight4:Several projects are not getting enough funding.

Highlight3:'Trains are catalyst in Indian growth story'.

Highlight2:Railways annual loss stands at Rs.27,000 cr.

Highlight1:Pawan Kumar Bansal begins Rail Budget speech in Lok Sabha.
MD JAVED ALAM
PGDM 2nd Semester.

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