- No hike in fares of general trains
- Rise in fares of existing Durontos
- Railways is going through a tough phase
- Mumbai harbour line will have fast lane
- Fares of 17 trains will increase
- Concession to senior male citizens raised to 40% from 30%
- 47 additional services on Mumbai suburban section
- To introduce 56 new trains in FY-12
- To start Kabi Guru Express on the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindrnath Tagore.
- Train to run to Bangladesh to showcase Indian culture
- Start of student special trains
- Start of Rajrani Express
- AC double decker rail on Jaipur-Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai.
- 9 new Duronto trains
- 50 new services for suburbs in Kolkata
- Need for efficient taxation of goods and services by GST
- Improve convergence of social and financial inclusion schemes
- To launch 3 new Shatabdi trains in FY 12
- 50%concession for Journalists and their families upto two times in a year
- Senior citizen concession for women now on 58.
- Concession to be provided to the handicapped in Rajdhani and Satapdi Express.
- FDI in multi brand retail worth considering.
- Proposed to strengthen suburban system in Hyderabad and many areas.
- Scholarship schemes for low income groups
- Will introduce trolleys at railway stations
- Loss of Rs 2,000 crore because of ban on transportation of iron ore.
- Medical facilities to be provided to parents of railway staff
- Special AC class with better facilities to be intoduced.
- Will introduce trolleys at railway stations
- Railways taking austerity measures to cut losses
- Expected operating ratio is 91:1
- Online booking of tickets to be cheaper
- Kolkata Metro to expand its network
- Work on upgrading 442 stations to be completed by March 31
- All-India security helpline set up.
- Railways earning are set to increase, expected to cross Rs 1 lakh crore.
- Will add 180 km of rail lines in 2011-12
- Upgraded class of air conditioned travel to be introduced shortly
- Facing problems due to Sixth Pay Commission
- Paid full dividend for 2009-10
- Giving share to industries to invest in railways
- Multiple discipline training centres to be setup across country
- 16,000 ex-servicemen to be recruited by Railways
- Setup two new passenger terminals in Kerala
- To construct 172 rail over bridges in FY12.
- To give 12,000 acre for dedicated freight corridor.
- 1,500 trains cancelled, 3,500 re-scheduled last year
Recruitment there was a backlog. Steps have been taken to fill all vacancies. - Saved Rs 300 crore by re-aligning rail tracks
- Booking rate slashed by 50%
- Providing 12000 acres to east-west freight corridor
- Better accessibility of stations for the physicaly challenged people to be arranged.
- Pradhan Mantri Rail Vikas Yojna to be launched
- Safety first priority; accident rate has come down
- Anti collision devices deployed in 8 zones
- Work on wagon factory in Orissa to begin after land is acquired
- To do away with all unmanned railway crossings in FY-12
- To raise Rs 10,000 cr via tax free bonds
- Annual plan at FY12 at Rs 57,630 crore.
- Market borrowring at Rs20,594 cr
- Doubling spend to gauge conversion at Rs 2,470 crore
- Gross budgetary support at Rs 20,000 crore
- Set up 700MW gas-based power plant in Maharashtra
- Working on 1000 MW captive power plant in Bihar
- Aiming 700-km of line addition
- 1,320 MW thermal plant in Agra and 1,300 MW plant in AP
- Diesel locomotive at Manipur
- New industrial park at Bongaigaon & Nandigram
- Two more wagon units in JV mode in Kerala
- Imphal to be connected with rail network
- To set up new coach factory in Kolar
- Metro coach factory in Singur
- Two thermal power plants on the annual
- Mamata Banerjee presents Railway Budget in Lok Sabha.
- To set up rail based industries by 2020.
- Got 85 proposals for PPP.
- High demands for coach, wagons can't be met immediately
- To set up single window PPP approval
- One metro coach factory in Kolkata