Highlights of Railway Budget -2010-11
RAILWAY BUDGET 2010-11
Ø No increase in passenger fares and freight tariffs
Ø Service charges on e-tickets reduced
Ø E-ticket vans to be extended to Government Medical College Hospitals, Courts, Universities, IT hubs, IITs and IIMs
Ø SMS updates of reservation status and movement of wagons
Ø Ticket centres to be opened at district headquarters and village panchayats
Ø 100% concession for cancer patients alongwith an escort
Ø Modern luggage trolleys with uniformed attendants to assist senior citizens and women passengers
Ø Six clean bottling plants to provide cheaper, clean drinking water to passengers
Ø 12 companies of women RPF personnel, ‘Mahila Vahini’, for the security of women passengers
Ø No examination fee for women, minority and economically backward class candidates for Railway Recruitment Boards’ exams
Ø Question papers now will be made available in local state languages besides Hindi, Urdu and English, examinations will be held on the same day in all regions
Ø 117 new train projects to be flagged off by the end of March 2010
Ø 52 long distance express trains and 28 passenger trains to be introduced
Ø Frequency of 12 trains will be increased and 21 trains will be extended
Ø Special trains to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary, for ladies, for uniformed persons and for tourists
Ø Double-decker coaches to be introduced in two trains each from Delhi and Kolkata
Ø 94 stations to be upgraded as Adarsh Stations, 10 more stations to be upgraded as World Class Stations
Ø Automatic fire and smoke detection system to be introduced in 20 trains
Ø All the unmanned Level Crossings (LCs) to be manned within five years
Ø Rs.41,426 crore outlay proposed, allocation for new lines increased to Rs.2,848 crore from Rs.4,411 crore
Ø More money to improve passenger amenities – Rs.1,302 crore in comparision to Rs.923 crore in 2009-10
Ø Railway revenue through branding/advertising to go up from Rs.150 crore to Rs.1,000
Ø Special Task Force to clear investment proposals within 100 days
Ø Concession in freight charges for food-grains and domestic use kerosene
Ø Kisan Vision Project for manufacturing refrigerated containers
Ø Allotment of iron ore rakes would be accessible through the web. RFID technology to be introduced for tracking of wagons
Ø Multi-level parking complexes through PPP route
Ø 93 new multi-functional complexes to be developed
Ø National High Speed Rail Authority proposed to plan high speed rail corridor
Ø Houses for all rail employees in next 10 years
Ø 522 hospitals, 50 Kendriya Vidyalayas, 10 residential schools, model degree colleges, technical and management institutes for railway employees
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