<div><span>Highlights of the railway budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha Tuesday:</span><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore </div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Twenty three railway projects underway in the northeast; Rs.5,116 crore allocated for this in 2014-15 - a jump of 54 percent from the previous fiscal</div><div><br /></div><div>* Dedicated freight corridor projects to be closely monitored</div><div><br /></div><div>* Banihal-Katra link in Jammu and Kashmir to be taken up; in the interim, a bus system has been introduced to enable travel to Srinagar on a single ticket</div><div><br /></div><div>* Wi-Fi at select stations and on some trains</div><div><br /></div><div>* Paperless railway offices in five years</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Five Jan Sadharan trains, five premium trains and six AC express trains to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Run of 11 trains to be extended</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special festival trains to continue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Open mind to correct shortcomings</div><div><br /></div><div>* Twenty three railway projects underway in the northeast; Rs.5,116 crore allocated for this in 2014-15 - a jump of 54 percent from the previous fiscal</div><div><br /></div><div>* Dedicated freight corridor projects to be closely monitored</div><div><br /></div><div>* Banihal-Katra link in Jammu and Kashmir to be taken up; in the interim, a bus system has been introduced to enable travel to Srinagar on a single ticket</div><div><br /></div><div>* Wi-Fi at select stations and on some trains</div><div><br /></div><div>* Paperless railway offices in five years</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div><span>Highlights of the railway budget presented by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha Tuesday:</span><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore </div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Twenty three railway projects underway in the northeast; Rs.5,116 crore allocated for this in 2014-15 - a jump of 54 percent from the previous fiscal</div><div><br /></div><div>* Dedicated freight corridor projects to be closely monitored</div><div><br /></div><div>* Banihal-Katra link in Jammu and Kashmir to be taken up; in the interim, a bus system has been introduced to enable travel to Srinagar on a single ticket</div><div><br /></div><div>* Wi-Fi at select stations and on some trains</div><div><br /></div><div>* Paperless railway offices in five years</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div><div>* Five Jan Sadharan trains, five premium trains and six AC express trains to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Run of 11 trains to be extended</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special festival trains to continue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Open mind to correct shortcomings</div><div><br /></div><div>* Twenty three railway projects underway in the northeast; Rs.5,116 crore allocated for this in 2014-15 - a jump of 54 percent from the previous fiscal</div><div><br /></div><div>* Dedicated freight corridor projects to be closely monitored</div><div><br /></div><div>* Banihal-Katra link in Jammu and Kashmir to be taken up; in the interim, a bus system has been introduced to enable travel to Srinagar on a single ticket</div><div><br /></div><div>* Wi-Fi at select stations and on some trains</div><div><br /></div><div>* Paperless railway offices in five years</div><div><br /></div><div>* Diamond quadrilateral to be launched for high-speed trains; Rs.100 crore allocated for taking project forward</div><div><br /></div><div>* Trains on select routes to be speeded up to 160-200 km per hour</div><div><br /></div><div>* Ticketing to be further modernised to issue 7,200 tickets per minute</div><div><br /></div><div>* Land records need to be digitised for better utilisation; PPP mode to be explored for better management and revenue</div><div><br /></div><div>* Innovation Incubation Centre to be set up</div><div><br /></div><div>* 4,000 women constables recruited in RPF to make travel in women's coaches safer</div><div><br /></div><div>* Pre-cooked ready-to-eat meals to be introduced</div><div><br /></div><div>* Food courts to be introduced at major stations to provide regional flavour; pilot project on New Delhi-Amritsar and New Delhi-Jammu Tawi routes</div><div><br /></div><div>* Forty percent increase in expenditure on cleanliness; CCTVs to monitor cleanliness at stations</div><div><br /></div><div>* Special train on teachings of Swami Vivekananda</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2014-15 estimated at Rs.164,374 crore, expenditure at Rs.149,176 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral project</div><div><br /></div><div>* Backbone of supply chain of defence establishment</div><div><br /></div><div>* Carry one billion tonnes of freight every year</div><div><br /></div><div>* Decline in traffic growth in 2013-14</div><div><br /></div><div>* Would require Rs.5 lakh crores in 10 years for modernisation</div><div><br /></div><div>* Receipts in 2013-14 were Rs.139,550 crore; expenditure was Rs.130,321 crore</div><div><br /></div><div>* Spend 94 paise of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paise</div><div><br /></div><div>* With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia's population</div><div><br /></div><div>* Target to become largest freight carrier in the world</div><div><br /></div></div>