Railway Budget 2015 : Presendted by Railways Minister Prabhu in Lok Sabha

By TN Ashok

Rail Budget to provide road map to reform: Suresh Prabhu :

1. Goal One : Customer Ex-erience to receive huge boost
2. Goal Two: Safer:  Travel for Rail Passengers
3. Goal Three: Modernise Railway Infrastructure
4. Goal Four: Make indian railways financial viable
5. Railway Minister highlights Swacch Railways – To be driving force
6. Rs 8.5 lakh crore Investments in five years
7. No increase in Passenger Fares
8. Railways cleaning to be outsourced now
9. New toildets in atleast 650 raqilway stations
10. 650 toilets in railway stations
11. 17,000 toilets to be replaced by modern toilets
12. Order food online while booking ticket online
13. Railway bed linen to redesigned by NIFT
14. Book lockers online , Block waiting room online now
15. Entertainment onboard on select shaatbdi trains
16. Easy to climb ladders in all rail coaches to be installed
17. New rail coaches will be braille enabled to help blind
18. New bullets trains to gurn on existing tracks
19. Book tickets four months in advance
20. Operation five minutes: Buy a train tickets in five minutes using a special device
21. Now satellite terminals in select cities
22. Privatization for rail stations
23. Government promises transparent bidding
24. 67% more  funds allotted for passenger amenities
25. 77 projects to be launched for expansion at a cost of Rs 96,000 crore
26. Transport Logistic Corporation to be set up
27. sms alert for passengers going forward
28. connectivity to north eas to be implroved
29. meghalaya finally brought on the railway map
30. faster trips between metros
31. railway connectivity in j and k to improve
32. Dehi Kolkata travel will now be overnight
33. five year corporate safety plan to reduce accidents
34. increasing track capacity by 10% to 1.38 lakh
35. nine high speed corridors — speed to be increased from 120 to 160kms
36. all india railway helpline 24 X 7
37. nine high speed corridors and high speed trains
38. plans to install train protection systems
39. 3,000 unmanned level crossings to be eliminated by next year
40. train collision avoidance system soon
41. speed on 10 corridors to be increased from 160 km  to 200 km
42. govt introduces malaviya chair in bhu
43. monetise assets instead of selling them
44. revamp ppp cell to make it rsult oriented
45. new model concession pact to be launched
46. developers to set up 1000 mv solar plants
47. insurance funds to be used for financing
48. rs 2000 crore for coastal connectivity
49. railways to harness solar energy at major stations
50. indian railways to set up a university 2015-16
51. malaviya chair to be set up at iit/bhu for rail technology
52. Rs 2000 crore for railway connectivity in coastal areas
53. insurance and pension funds to be tapped for rail financing
54. no new trains announced

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