Highlights from Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Feb 25, 2011
* Earnings for 2010-11 set to exceed Rs.1 lakh crore.
* Integrated suburban network to be set up in Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad and other cities; suburban system of Hyderabad to be strengthened.
* Concession for physically handicapped and gallantry award winners for travel in Rajdhani and Shatabdi expresses.
* 50% concession for mediapersons with families to be increased from once to twice a year.
* Mumbai suburban system's EMU coaches to be increased from nine to 12.
* Multi-purpose smart card to be introduced for all-India travel.
* New Durantos to be run on Allahabad-Mumbai, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah-Puri, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Madurai-Chennai routes
* Working expenditure during 2011-12 estimated at Rs.87,000 crore
* Passing through a difficult phase; 97% increase in expenditure due to implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report.
* Loss of Rs 3,500 crore in 2010-11.
* Ten-year backlog of 1.75 lakh jobs being addressed; 16,000 ex-servicemen to be given jobs in railways.
* Airport-like trolleys to be provided at more stations.
* Railways to set up a sports cadre.
* Train to run to Bangladesh to showcase Indian culture.
* Upgraded class of air conditioned travel to be introduced shortly.
* Anti-collision device, successful in North West Frontier Railway, to be extended to three more zonal railways.
* Railways always been a soft target but law and order a state subject. If railways are blocked in one region, this has a snowballing effect in other parts of the country.
* Will add 180 km of rail lines in 2011-12.
* All-India security helpline set up.
* To adopt modern technology through centres of academic excellence.
* Work started on two dedicated frieght corridors.
* Work on upgrading 442 stations to be completed by March 31.
* First coach from Rae Bareli factory in next three months.
* Work on wagon factory in Orissa to begin after land is acquired.
* Railways to set up factory in Jammu and Kashmir.
* To set up Metro coach factory at Singur in West Bengal.
* Manipur to be soon connected to railway network.
* Centre for excellence in software to be set up at Darjeeling.
* Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion.
* Develop business-oriented policies to aid industry.
* Happy to announce 85 PPP proposals received; set up single-window system to take these forward.
* Decide to set up rail-based industries.
* Earnings for 2010-11 set to exceed Rs.1 lakh crore.
* Integrated suburban network to be set up in Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad and other cities; suburban system of Hyderabad to be strengthened.
* Concession for physically handicapped and gallantry award winners for travel in Rajdhani and Shatabdi expresses.
* 50% concession for mediapersons with families to be increased from once to twice a year.
* Mumbai suburban system's EMU coaches to be increased from nine to 12.
* Multi-purpose smart card to be introduced for all-India travel.
* New Durantos to be run on Allahabad-Mumbai, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah-Puri, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Madurai-Chennai routes
* Working expenditure during 2011-12 estimated at Rs.87,000 crore
* Passing through a difficult phase; 97% increase in expenditure due to implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report.
* Loss of Rs 3,500 crore in 2010-11.
* Ten-year backlog of 1.75 lakh jobs being addressed; 16,000 ex-servicemen to be given jobs in railways.
* Airport-like trolleys to be provided at more stations.
* Railways to set up a sports cadre.
* Train to run to Bangladesh to showcase Indian culture.
* Upgraded class of air conditioned travel to be introduced shortly.
* Anti-collision device, successful in North West Frontier Railway, to be extended to three more zonal railways.
* Railways always been a soft target but law and order a state subject. If railways are blocked in one region, this has a snowballing effect in other parts of the country.
* Will add 180 km of rail lines in 2011-12.
* All-India security helpline set up.
* To adopt modern technology through centres of academic excellence.
* Work started on two dedicated frieght corridors.
* Work on upgrading 442 stations to be completed by March 31.
* First coach from Rae Bareli factory in next three months.
* Work on wagon factory in Orissa to begin after land is acquired.
* Railways to set up factory in Jammu and Kashmir.
* To set up Metro coach factory at Singur in West Bengal.
* Manipur to be soon connected to railway network.
* Centre for excellence in software to be set up at Darjeeling.
* Combines strong economic focus along with inclusion.
* Develop business-oriented policies to aid industry.
* Happy to announce 85 PPP proposals received; set up single-window system to take these forward.
* Decide to set up rail-based industries.
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