Railway Budget 2010-2011 highlights

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee presents her third Rail Budget. Quite along expected lines, the focus of this Railway budget has been on better amenities for passengers, improved safety and security, and better quality food and drinking water. I want to help everybody within the limited infrastructure, says Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Commercial viability not the only criteria

No hike in passenger fares

Relief for cancer patients in sleeper class

Press concessions extended to family and dependents up to 20 years

Concessions for film industry, technicians

Railways to employ ex-servicemen for railway security

Railways to borrow Rs 9120 Crs this fiscal

Railway exam fees to be withdrawn for minorities, women and OBCs

Railways to provide increased job opportunities for sportsmen

Rail link to Bangladesh proposed

Railways profit at Rs 1328 Crs

Metro Railway to be expanded in Kolkata on priority

Housing for all railway employees in next 10 years

National High Speed rail authority to be set up

Bharat Teerth train in memory of Tagore to connect 16 destinations in India

FY11 total gross earnings Rs 88,281 Crs

Karma Bhoomi trains introduced for unorganized sector workers

Rs 4,411 cr allocated for new rail lines

No forcible acquisition of land, one member of land losing family to get a job

FY11 working spend Rs 87100 Crs

54 new trains to be introduced in FY11

FY11 Gross Budgetary Support Rs 15,800 Crs

FY11 dividend liability Rs 6600 Crs

FY11 Plan Outlay at Rs 41,426 Crs

Tourist trains to be launched on 16 routes

Pension appropriation to account for Rs. 14,500 Crs

Funding for Metro Rail projects increased by 55%

FY11 Gross traffic receipts Rs 94,800 Crs

Impact of 6th Pay Commission at Rs 55,000 Crs

Non-core business revenue estimated at Rs 1000 Crs

Double-decker trains to be launched on pilot basis

Have save Rs 2000 Crs because of austerity drive

To start door to door service for freight movement

Premium Tatkal service for parcel, freight movements

Dedicated passenger corridors planned

10 more Duronto trains to be introduced

Freight on food grain and kerosene cut by Rs 100 per wagon

Routes of 21 trains to be extended

Private operators can run special freight trains

Dividend to exchequer at Rs 6608 Crs

2 freight corridors planned in Maharashtra

5 wagon factories planned

101 new suburban trains for Mumbai

Service charge on sleeper class cut to Rs.10

Service charge on AC Class cut from Rs.40 to Rs.20

Rae Bareli coach factory work to start within a year

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works to be modernized

State of the art loco pilot training centres proposed

No change in freight rates

50 creches to be set up for railways women employees

381 diagnostic centres throughout India to be set up alongside hospitals

Proposed Rabindra museum at Howrah, Geetanjali museum at Bolpur

Special trains for commonwealth games

Plan to raise 20,000Crs in one year

Railway protection force to be augmented, Mahila Vahini to be introduced

Rs 1300Crs for passenger amenities

117 new trains to be flagged out by March 31

All level crossings to be manned within next 5 years

Latest technology to be deployed to prevent accidents

E-ticket mobile vans to be introduced

Modern toilets to be introduced in most stations

Six drinking water bottling plants planned

Multi-level parking complexes through PPP route planned

Special drive to improve passenger amenities

Limited funds, constraints line addition

Major jump being planned to complete 1000 km of new railway lines in one year

Will involve all railway unions in development

New business models with public-private partnership needed

Railways not to be privatized

Special task force to clear proposals

Business community should come forward and form partnerships with railways

Our objective is inclusive growth Goals broken up into short, medium and long-term tells  railway minister mamatha Benerjee