Technology push for bookings; Wi-Fi facility on the go
Next generation e-ticketing system by year-end
View ArticleRs 1,000 cr each for land and station wings
Railway Minister P K Bansal on Tuesday proposed to fix a target of Rs 1,000 crore of earnings each for the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) and the Indian Railways Station Development Corporation...
View ArticleFinancing Plan expenditure a challenge
GBS for 2013-14 is expected to increase by a mere 8.33%
View ArticleFocus back on dedicated freight corridor
Freight traffic on the golden quadrilateral and its two diagonals carry 55 per cent of revenue- earning freight traffic of Indian Railways
View ArticleFuel adjustment component would avoid further deterioration in railways'...
The rail ministry today announced a reformist budget
View ArticleOppn slams 'Congress-centric, inflationary' budget
Of the 67 express trains introduced, a considerable portion has been given to poll-bound Rajasthan
View ArticleThis budget is a victim of 2014 general elections
While the entire world has been looking at India as the engine of growth, India ought to have looked at Indian Railways as its engine of growth. But I am afraid my friend, Pawan Bansal, otherwise a...
View ArticleFund raising presents a formidable challenge
Bansal hopes to raise Rs 6,000 core through the PPP route
View ArticleMove to delink politics & fares in cold storage
The aim of an RTA is to rationalise rail fares and take fare fixation out of the ambit of political influence
View ArticleHigh borrowings to continue
At Rs 13,146 cr, the surplus would be lower than that targeted by Bansal's predecessor, Dinesh Trivedi
View ArticleFewer rollouts as austerity sets in
Bansal announces priority status for 347 ongoing projects
View ArticleCancellation, reservation & tatkal charges up
These should fetch the railways an extra Rs 881 crore in 2013-14
View ArticleFinancially stressed, but high on hiring
World's largest employer with 1.4 million staff plans to hire 152,000 more this year
View ArticleFreight rate gets a fuel link
The rates will be revised twice a year, Bansal, who is the first Congress minister to present a railway budget in 17 years, said in his Budget speech on Tuesday, which left passenger fares unchanged
View ArticleFuel price adjustment has to be dynamic, it can go either way: Pawan Kumar...
Immediately after presenting his budget in Parliament, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal answered questions on various measures he proposed. Eager to explain his decision to link freight rates to...
View ArticleMumbai gets 72 services
Of the 75 services promised last year, political parties and representatives of passenger associations said only 18 new services had started
View ArticleKolkata metro project gets just Rs 475 crore
With Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at Centre, Kolkata Metro expansion projects saw a dramatic fall in fund allocation in the railway...
View ArticleRlys skips reforms signal
The poll-bound United Progressive Alliance on Tuesday presented a railway budget that lacked long-term vision to mend the deteriorating finances of the Indian Railways, provide adequate funds for...
View ArticleGovt plans five more rail freight corridors
The government is planning to build five new dedicated freight corridors connecting cities in different parts of the country to enhance Railways' transportation capacity.
View ArticleRail freight hike may impact margins for cement players: report
The proposed 5.79% hike imposed on the rail freight in the Railways Budget 2013-2014 may negatively impact the margins of the cement industry, says Mumbai-based rating agency India Ratings
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