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.