How India performed in 2010-2011 and what Mamata has in store for 2011-12.
Deputy leader of BJP in the Rajya Sabha, S S Ahluwalia, maintained that both Houses of Parliament had to be adjourned on Tuesday as the government did not agree to put to vote the discussion on price rise in the Upper House and did not accept adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha.
The Railway Budget speech underscored the Congress party-led government's focus on inclusive growth, after it was re-elected by\na wider-than-expected margin in May.
Railways minister Mamata Banerjee announced the proposal to construct 6,560 staff quarters during the year 2009-10. A thrust would be given under the Corporate Welfare Plan for improvement of staff quarters and colonies. The Budget also proposes to set up indoor stadia in major railway divisions and zones to promote sports and cultural activities among the railway employees.
According to sources close to her, the budget in a way would reflect Mamata's vision for the Railways in the coming years and means of generating resources for key projects.
Let's take a look at some behind-the-scene activity before the presentation of the Railway Budget.
A more efficient and people sensitive Railway Services system is being rolled out with Next Generation technology, which would make e-ticketing possible through mobile phones as also provide SMS alerts on reservation status.
It is a Budget 'high on promises but low on design,' the agency said.
In today's perspective, such deprivation and insult has anyone seen"? the former Railway minister said in a Facebook post.
Mumbai locals will get a swanky look with state-of-the art coaches.
Here is all the action in the Lok Sabha on Railway Budget day.
Watch all the action in the Lok Sabha as the Narendra Modi government is set to present its first Railway Budget.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said Budget-making was guided by the Prime Minister's words of the government being there to protect the interests of the common man.
The Railways will invest Rs 1.21 lakh crore (Rs 1.21 trillion) in 2016-17.
No major announcements or tariff changes for freight or passenger segment likely to be announced.
Though a host of pro-public announcements made by her in the last Railway Budget (2010-11) has been implemented, Indian Railways' finances have gone from bad to worse.
Rarely do the orders of the Central Administrative Tribunal go beyond redressing the grievances brought before it by employees of the government or other state-controlled organisations.
He feels that the Budget presents a realistic picture of railway finances.
Railway Minister P K Bansal has announced that special coaches will be launched in each train with high end facilities.
With rail fares already being hiked...what will the Budget offer aam-jaanta?
The railways have been able to project improvement in finances.
Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with personal references and quotes, turned out to be a smooth affair.
The 30-share Sensex and the 50-share Nifty ended flat at the mark of 29,008 and 8,767 respectively.
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 political storm in the United Progressive Alliance government over Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi issue on Thursday gave an opportunity to the Bharatiya Janata Party to charge that the government is short of number and is shying away from facing the amendments to the President's address in Parliament.
Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday announced a marginal hike in passenger fares.
All meter gauge, narrow gauge sections to be made broad gauge.
Some say it is time to decongest the existing line infrastructure and cater to the supply shortage of rolling stock to meet the demand for bulk commodities such as coal, cement and foodgrains.
Railways were first introduced to India in 1853.
Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday expressed grave disappointment over the railway budget with its chief Sharad Pawar telling a meeting of the United Progressive Alliance coordination committee that Mumbai has been neglected, which is "not acceptable".
The Railway Minister has announced a slew of measures that would help to make ticket booking and travelling easier for passengers.
As experts have to say, this year's Railway Budget will by no means a populist one.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav will present his maiden Budget in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that is widely expected to be pro-poor with no increase in second class suburban and passenger fares and freight charges.
You will see purified drinking water, focus on cleanliness, and ticketing reforms.
Plan panel Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia welcomed the initiative to set up a Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority for rationalising fare and freight rates, in the Railway budget.
Trinamool politics set to trump prudence on passenger fares.
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