Mamata Banerjee presentation of Railway Budget 2010
New Delhi, February 24, 2010: Mamata Banerjee presentation of Railway Budget 2010 by delivering a good news to the country.
- Port Blair to Diglipur connection proposed
- Special benefits to help Cancer patients. Free tickets to AC3 and sleeper class
- India’s religious, spiritual, pilgrimage hotspots to be connected with ‘Bharat Teertha’ trains
- Express train service between and Ahmedabad and Udhampur
- Tagore anniversary: Special train between India and Bangladesh
- Kolkata metro station to be revamped
- Special train in the name of Tagore to commemorate 150h birth anniversary (Himalaya to Kanyakumari, Madhuri to Patna routes among others)
- Western corridor pact with Japan by Mar 2010
- More ‘Matribhumi’ Ladies Special trains to be introduced
- New Train services focus on Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal and other North Eastern neighboring regions
- Austerity drive helped Railways save Rs 20,000 cr
- Budget estimates:
*Rs 113 crore for passenger amenity
*FY 11 Pension fund at Rs 14,500 crore
*Rs 6,490 cr net revenue revised estimate for FY10
*Revenue from non-crore business to go up from Rs 150 crore to Rs 1000 crore
*Rs 4,411 cr for new rail lines
- A dedicated passenger corridor proposed called the Golden Rail Corridor project
- A member of the family which loses land to railway projects will be given employment
- AC service charge cut to Rs 20
- Mumbai gets 101 new suburban trains
- Tourist trains on 16 routes
- 10 more Duronto trains announced
- Proposed diesel plant for West Bengal again invites ire of Opposition
- 22. 6 billion CFL lights distributed free of cost in a bid to take part in the green campaign to save ‘Mother Earth’ from climate change
- New coach factories specialised in making coaches with refrigeration facilities to carry agriculture produce
- Kharagpur to get a Railway research center
- Railways examination centre in Bangalore
- 54 new trains in 2010-2011
- Security continues on top, Mamata promises to man all unmanning railway crossing in a span of five years
- Anti collision devises and better traffic control systems
- Women employees to benefit from special schemes proposed to ‘take care’ of their children
- 60 creches and 20 hostels for children of women railway employees
- Rabindra Museum at Howrah to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Tagore
- Railways promises to set up five sports academies
- Special trains for Commonwealth Games 2010
- Speaks about Lata Mangeskar’s song for those who laid their lives for India and invites applause from the house
- Ex-servicemen to be used for railway security
- Housing scheme for 14 lakh Rail employees
- Freight rates remain unchanged
- Security of passengers a challenge. Railway Protection Force (RPF) power limited and state governments should also take responsibility for law and order problems
- Ticket centres at district headquarters and village panchayats
- E-ticketing mobile vans at hospitals and educational universities
- Services and amenities for women, minorities and the physically challenged
- 117 new trains will be on the tracks within 7 months
- Proposal to set up 6 bottling plants in order to provide clean water to commuters
- Izzat scheme, concession schemes implemented
- Work on multi functional complexes underway
- Minister promises 1,000 km new railway line in one year
- Connectivity priority but funds are insufficient
- Invitation to business community to take part in Railway projects
- Establishment of special task force to look into project delays
- Need to develop new business model and bring in domestic investment through PPP (Public Private Partnership)
- No privatisation of the Railways but business module required to arm the revenue
- Private investment clearance in 100 days
- Railway Budget 2010 formulated on social responsibility
- The minister first speaks on the Vision 2010 document.
