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 ...