IRCTC will work on Kisan Yatra, a special travel scheme to help farmers to learn about new farming and marketing technique.
All eyes are now on the low profile Mukul Roy, Trinamool Congress general secretary and Minister of State for Shipping.
All eyes are now on the low profile Mukul Roy, Trinamool Congress general secretary and Minister of State for Shipping.
Railway Budget will be presented on July 8.
The sources also said that the Budget session of Parliament is likely to start from March 12.
The search for a 'perfect decision' derailed a 2006 plan to build diesel and electric locomotive factories under the PPP model.
The General Budget will be presented on July 6 and the Railway Budget will be presented on July 3.
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The estimated market borrowing by these two companies during current fiscal were pegged at Rs 13,800 crore (Rs 138 billion) from markets, as per the interim Railway Budget for 2014-15 tabled in February.
The minister also announced that in order to continue the pace of infrastructure creation, her ministry proposes to process 53 new rail connectivity proposals in 2009-10 besides the above-mentioned lines.
Fifty-seven new trains were proposed by the railways minister Mamata Banerjee as she presented he Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday.
Presenting the Railway Budget on Friday in the Parliament, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed an outlay of Rs 40,745 crore for 2009-2010, which is 2,840 crore more than the allocation proposed in the interim budget.
The Railway Budget will be presented on February 25 while the Union Budget will be presented on February 29.
The Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced her ministry will follow a twin strategy of adopting the highest level of technology and pressing into force well-trained manpower, as emphasised in Vision 2020 for safety and security.
It was the humble 'jhola' rather than the traditional leather briefcase Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee preferred to bring her budget papers to Parliament on Friday.
The Rajya Sabha approved 15 legislations during the session while the Lok Sabha passed 23 bills, including the GST bills.
In the current fiscal, as per the revised estimate, these two companies raised Rs 14,942 crore (Rs 149.42 billion) from markets.
The minister said a premium service for container movement with assured transit time was under consideration for time sensitive cargo.
'Spend, but create assets, spend but make sure that people benefit from it.' 'This has been a beautiful guiding principle. And I think as a finance minister I owe so much to the prime minister for keeping this path clear before us.'
Railway Safety Plan for 12th Plan would be Rs 16,842 crore (Rs 168.42 billion), the Railway Minister informed the Lok Sabha.
Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the Railway Budget in the Parliament on Tuesday.
The railways has spent more than Rs 1 lakh crore on safety measures between 2017-2018 and 2021-22 with a steady growth in expenditure on track renewal, according to an official document.
With an eye on the forthcoming general elections, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday presented a feel good, populist interim Railway Budget in Parliament, cutting mail and express train fares by 2 per cent and keeping freight rates unchanged.
According to the sources in the government, Union Budget 2012-2013 is likely to be presented in Parliament on March 19, 2012.
She has shown shrewdness, sensitivity, and courage. All of these will be needed in ample quantities for the real challenge that will emerge after the elections, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with personal references and quotes, turned out to be a smooth affair.
You will see purified drinking water, focus on cleanliness, and ticketing reforms.
The Annual Plan for Railways in 2013-14 financial year is proposed at Rs 63,363 crore, Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday presented a populist interim Railway Budget in Parliament.
With finance ministry officials working overtime to give final touches to the country's biggest fiscal exercise, here's a look at the key people who make the Budget.
State-run Indian Railways will borrow Rs 2,970 crore (Rs 29.7 billion) from the market to finance various projects, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar told Parliament on Wednesday.
All meter gauge, narrow gauge sections to be made broad gauge.
'I think governments -- whether this one or the ones earlier -- have not understood the strength of the Indian Railways... that it can easily add 2.5 per cent to GDP.'
However, sometimes projects are included in the Budget pending government approval, though physical execution of such projects is taken up only after obtaining the requisite nod.
The Annual Plan for Railway for 2012-13 is put at highest ever Rs 60,100 crore (Rs 601 billion).
For example, railways, roads and highways, and shipping could form a section within the Budget as an omnibus transport sector
The Indian Railways will invest Rs 41,426 crore (Rs 414.26 billion) in 2010-11 for sprucing up its network, and over a third of the planned outlay would go towards manufacturing coaches.
'The Railways must provide a rail system that they can be proud of.'
Going by the number of changes Mr Jaitley's next Budget is likely to see, he will go down in the history of Budget-making as the finance minister who ushered in the largest number of changes in a single Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
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