Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu is all set to present the Rail Budget for 2016-17 at 12:00 noon today in the Parliament. Expectations are high as people believe that he surely will announce some new trains and there will be rise in the fare prices of the passengers as similar to the last year’s railway budget. People are highly expecting the rail minister to invest more in improving the passenger’s basic services.
The Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha said, “The Rail Budget will be the budget of transformation of Indian Railways” and so do people expect. He added, “The rail budget has been planned keeping in mind the needs of the common man”.
#Railbudget2016 We promised we delivered #changeishere pic.twitter.com/IIvCgG0bjp
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) February 25, 2016
It would be interesting to see what Suresh Prabhu has for the Indians in the Railway Budget 2016-17.
Here are the Key Highlights of Rail Budget 2016-17:
Rail Minister- @sureshpprabhu Rail Budget: This Is The Budget That Reflects Aspirations Of Common Citizens #RailBudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
The #RailBudget2016 is not my budget. It reflects the aspirations of families in India
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Making all efforts to transform the Prime Minister’s vision into reality: @sureshpprabhu #RailBudget2016 — Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Co-operation, collaboration and #communication, hallmarks of Indian Railways’s journey forward: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
For year 2016-17 we expect the operating ratio of 92%: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
A saving of 8,720 crore rupees for budget estimates of last year will be effected this year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We need to re-imagine conventional ways of solving issues. We will focus on zero based budgeting approach: @sureshpprabhu #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We will be at the forefront of infrastructure investment in the country: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
1.21 lakh crores capital plan in #RailBudget2016: @sureshpprabhu, shunning conventional approach and adopting new ways
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Every rupee investment in @RailMinIndia can impact economic output in the larger economy by a factor of 5: @sureshpprabhu #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We hope to generate revenues to the order of Rs.1,84,820 crores: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
New way of funding projects introduced using institutional financing: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Budget’s 3 Rs are restructure, reorgranise, rejuvenate : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Action has been initiated on 139 budget announcements made last year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Expect revenue growth of over 10% this year :@sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Propose to electrify 2000 km next year, increased electrification budget by 50%: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
1,600 km of electrification this year and 2,000 km in the next year are proposed : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We’ll be surpassing the ambitious target of 2,500 km of broad gauge line this year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
8.5 lakh crore to spent over 5 years for modernization of railway infrastructure: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Port connectivity is an important element to ensure seamless connectivity : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Finalised bids for setting 2 loco factories : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Connecting NorthEast to rest of country is our priority: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Will generate 9 crore mandays employment by 2017-18 and 14 crore mandays by 2018-19: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
#IndianRailways will generate employment of 14 crore man-days in 2018-’19: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Will commission 2,800 km of new tracks in next year : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
New locomotive factories to be set up with an order book of 40,000 crore rupees: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Our mission is to ensure 100% transparency. Social media is being used as a tool to ensure the same: @sureshpprabhu #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Mizoram and Manipur to be brought under broad gauge soon: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
#SocialMedia has been used for feedback and complaints redressal mechanism: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
#RailBudget2016 44 new projects valued Rs. 92,714 crores to be implemented this year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Rs. 1.21 lakh crore investment this year : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbdget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We introduced 1,780 ticket vending machines: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
17,000 bio toilets & additional toilets in 475 stations before close of this financial year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Work in process for Wifi services at railway stations : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
For senior citizens and women travellers increase seat quota this year; 50% up for senior citizens: @sureshpprabhu #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
311 Stations CCTV Coverage : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system from 2000 tickets/min to 7,200/min: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
On ‘Make in India’, we’ve bid for 2 locomotive companies with order book of Rs 40,000 cr: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
High end technology to significantly improve safety record by 2020 : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
World’s first Bio-vacuum toilet developed by Indian Railways : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
24×7 helpline number introduced for safety specially women : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
A single accident or loss of a single life causes me great sorrow: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
#SabkaSaatSabKaVikas not just a slogan but guides our thoughts and actions: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Track Mangement System implemented under #DigitalIndia : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Cleanliness with creativity to beautify our stations, like we did in Sawai Madhopur : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Market update: Sensex slips 63 points to 23,026, Nifty trades below 7,000 amid ongoing #RailBudget2016 speech : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Overnight double-decker trains to be introduced on business travel routes : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Ticket cancellation facility through 139 helpline : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
65000 new berths added by augumenting coaches : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
E-ticketing through foreign debit and credit cards : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Rail University to be established at Indian Railway Academy at Vadodara : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
“Uday” expresses (Overnight double-decker) to be introduced on busiest routes: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Local cuisines of choice will be made available to the passengers all over India : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
‘Clean my coach’ service through sms on pan-india basis: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Will increase advertising revenue by more than four times this year: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Baby food, hot milk and hot water will also be provided : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Adds 2-4 Deen Dayalu coaches in some long distance trains for unreserved travel : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Introduced Sarthi services for old & disabled: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
20,000 display screens across 2,000 station for better dissemination of information to passenger : @sureshpprabhu #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Passenger services to be improved at various stations visited by pilgrims : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
1,17,000 bio-toilets will be installed this year – @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We will soon inaugurate India's first rail auto hub in Chennai and continue to build more: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Delhi to get relief from rising pollution through development of ring railway system: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Intend to use drones and GPS for monitoring physically remote projects: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
By 2020, Rs 4,000 crore of estimated revenue to be generated: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Will evolve models to determine revenue potential of at least 20 stations in next 3 months: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
Expansion of Vikalp – train on demand to provide choice of accommodation in specific trains to wait-listed passengers: @sureshpprabhu
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
E-booking on concession passes for journalists to be introduced : @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
We aim at generating 10-20% of revenues from non-tariff sources over the next 5 years: @sureshpprabhu @RailMinIndia #Railbudget2016
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
The Journey continues for #IndianRailways!@sureshpprabhu concludes the #RailBudget2016 speech at Loksabha
— Oh My India (@OhMyIndiaNews) February 25, 2016
