Sunday, February 27, 2011

Railway Budget 2011-11


Highlights of Railway Budget 2011-12
  • Multi-purpose smart cards for long-distance travel.
  • Double-decker AC trains for Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Jaipur-Delhi.
  • New trains for states going to the polls.
  • Capacity of 107 Mumbai trains to be increased.
  • New trains for Vivekananda, Tagore birth anniversaries.
  • Mamta announces three new Shatabdhis.
  • Mamta announces new Duronto trains.
  • 50 per cent concession on fares for media personnel and their families twice a year.
  • Concessions for the physically challenged on Rajdhani and Shatabdhi trains
  • Senior citizen concessions for women start at age 58 instead of 60.
  • Railways will strengthen suburban networks in Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai,
    Bengaluru.
  • Suburban networks of Hyderabad and Secunderabad will be improved.
  • Proud of my state, will do more for it, says Mamata.
  • Kindly continue, Meira Kumar tells Mamata.
  • Haven't announced anything major, yet MPs are shouting, complains Mamata.
  • Speaker Meira Kumar smiling, waiting for screaming MPs to settle down.
  • MPs on their feet, shouting Mamata down.
  • 'Poora karne deejiye,' Meira Kumar tells screaming MPs.
  • Lalu is speaking, but no one can hear him in the din.
  • West Bengal-orientation of Mamata's proposals irk MPs
  • Mamata screams back at fellow-MPs. Meira Kumar calls for calm.
  • Please sit down, please sit down, please sit down, Meira Kumar tells MPs.
  • Kolkata Metro will expand its network.
  • Railways will go from strength to strength, says Mamata.
  • Revenue will exceed Rs 1 lakh crore, a 9.9 per cent increase over last year's number.
  • Kolkata to get 15 new suburban trains.
  • 2011 is Green Energy Year for railways, says Mamata.
  • Safety measure: All unmanned level crossings will be removed.
  • Railways facing money shortage, passing through difficult phase, says Mamata.
  • 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore: Train will go to Bangladesh on a
    commemorative journey.
  • International training centre to come up at Agra.
  • Meira Kumar makes a farmaish:' Where are your couplets?'
  • 10 year-backlog in recruitment will be addressed right away, says Mamata.
  • Elderly workers will be transferred to less strenuous positions.
  • Ticket booking charges reduced by 50 per cent.
  • Smart card tickets to be introduced.
  • Mamata apologises for missed targets. Will do better this year, she promises.
  • Railways environment-friendly and fuel-efficient, says Mamata.
  • Railways to get help from IITs to develop new technology.
  • Trouble-free states can decide what reward projects they want.
  • Two extra trains and two new projects for states with no rail roko agitations.
  • Rail is 'desh ka service', stop rail roko agitations, urges Mamata.
  • Lalu suppresses a yawn as Mamata delivers budget speech.
  • Anti-collision device is ready, three zonal railways will commission it soon.
  • Fund for social causes will be called PM Rail Vikas Yojana.
  • Mamata to set up fund to support social causes.
  • Mamata plans gas-based power plant in Maharashtra.
  • Questions and shouts distract Mamata, but she resumes her budget speech.
  • Mamata on new connections: "If rail connectivity is there, every connectivity will increase in this country."
  • Railways to create 10,000 shelters for the poor.
  • Mamata plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore from tax-free bonds.
  • More than 4 lakh travelled on Izzat tickets, priced at Rs 25.
  • Railways' infrastructure will be expanded, says Mamata.
  • Nandigram to get railway industrial park.
  • Singur in West Bengal to get metro coach factory.
  • Track-making centre to come up at Uluberia in West Bengal.
  • Economic focus along with social concerns
  • Railway Industrial Park to be set up in Nandigram
  • 10,000 shelters to be built for homeless
  • Manipur to be connected to Rail network for the first time
  • Proposal for setting up gas-based power plant in Maharashtra
  • Housing units will come up in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri and Tiruchirapalli on pilot basis ...

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