The ministry has also decided to offer station for redevelopment by inviting open bids from companies.
India's Railways has struggled to expand to keep up with demand
50 per cent of the flashlights market in the country is dominated by Chinese imports, which have been increasing.
The infrastructure sector received a huge facelift in the last nine years with improvement in road and railway networks, power generation and teledensity, among others, says the UPA government's report card.
In the 12-month cycle starting July 2013 and ending June 2014, World Bank had made financial commitments close to $5.2 billion in India.
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Monday, he sought to emphasise that he had charted out a comprehensive development plan for the state.
Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan appealed to people to boycott products from China and also directed officials of his ministry not to procure any Chinese products for day-to-day office use while his ministerial colleague Ramdas Athawale said all restaurants and hotels that sell Chinese food in India should be closed down.
The Railway Budget has impressed industry watchers.
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A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
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