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Here is the Highlights of Railway budget 2011
No hike in freight and passenger fare.
New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur
Concession for children of accredited journalists up to 18 years.
Free journey for cancer patients in sleeper and 3AC; 75 p.c. concession for companion
Concession of Rs 100 on freight rates of food grains for domestic use, kerosene, fertlizer
Survey will be conducted to connect Sealdah and Howrah stations in West Bengal
Karmaboomi train for working class
Bharatt threeth train to commomorate Rabindranath Tagore’s birth 150th anniversary.
Matribhumi special trains for women
Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur
Velachery-St.Thomas Mount MRTS link by 2012
New suburban trains for Chennai
Stations to be named after Bhagat Singh, Mother Teresa, Tipu Sultan, Bahadur Shah Zafar
RPF to have women battalion
Railways to have master plan for North Eastern region
Insurance facilities for licensed porters as part of railway’s corporate social responsibility
Kashmir role link to be extended to Sopore
Rs 1,302 crore provided for passenger amenities
Freight loading target for 2010—11 fixed at 944 million tonnes
Several new lines announced.
New train service to Dhaka, Bangladesh from Agartala.
Gross traffic receipt for 2010—11 pegged at Rs 94,765 crore
High—speed dedicated passenger corridors to be constructed
Revenue from non—core business of Railways to go up from Rs 150 crore to Rs 1,000 crore
Wagon Repair Shop to be set up in Badnera near Amravati in Maharashtra
Railways saved Rs 2,000 cr from austerity drive
10 more Duranto trains announced
Service charge on AC fares cut to Rs 20
101 new suburban trains for Mumbai
Dedicated corridors will be implemented on time
Land acquisition: One member from the family would be given employment in Railways
Railways earned net profit of Rs. 1348 crores.
Railways will be the lead partner in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi
Railways to set up Rabindra Museum in Howrah and Geetanjali Museum in Bolpur — both in West Bengal — to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore’s 125th birth anniversary
New testing facility in Bangalore
Railways proposes modernisation of ICF, Chennai.
New housing scheme for 14 lakh employees
Railways to start six water bottling plants in places like Ambala, Thiruvananthapuram, Farakka, Amethi and Nasik to provide clean and cheap drinking water to passengers.
Special task force for clearing investment proposals in 100 days
New business model to be created
Unmanned railway crossing will be phased out in five years
Five sports academies to be set-up, including Delhi, Chennai, Secunderabad
E-tickets to be made available at panchayat level
Railways recruitment: Exams to be conducted in regional languages
Railways recruitment: Simultaneous exams proposed
Modern toilets to be introduced in stations
No privatisation of Railways
Six bottling plants for Rail Neer
Fee waiver for economically weak
Special drive for improving passenger amentities
Railways target 1,000 km of new line in one year
117 new trains flagged-off in the last financial year
Special task force will be set up for early clearance of projects
Mamata appeals to business houses to join hands for building partnership with Railways
