13 years ago
NEWS UPDATES
- Dinesh Trivedi expected to resign shortly
- Mukul roy likely to replace him as as Railways Minister
- Rollback on hike in rail fares expected
Mamata-giri rules Rail BudgetThe TMC has publicly attacked its own man; it has also left the government reeling with embarrassment.
NEWS UPDATES
Sources to NDTV : PM to accept Mamata Banerjee's request; Dinesh Trivedi will be replaced by her nominee Mukul Roy as Union Railway Minister
Sources to NDTV: The Congress is keen on getting the Samajwadi Party onboard, but needs time to discuss an arrangement with Mulayam Singh Yadav. The party is sending its top leaders, Pawan Bansal and Motilal Vohra to attend Akhilesh Yadav's swearing-in ceremony tomorrow.
Mamata asks PM to dismiss Dinesh Trivedi. Congress likely to give in, say sources
A meeting of senior-most leaders of the Congress at the Prime Minister's house to discuss Mamata Banerjee's request to sack her party colleague, Dinesh Trivedi, as Railways Minister has ended without a decision. However, sources in the Congress have told NDTV that the government is likely to accept her request for change.
A meeting of senior-most leaders of the Congress at the Prime Minister's house to discuss Mamata Banerjee's request to sack her party colleague, Dinesh Trivedi, as Railways Minister has ended without a decision. However, sources in the Congress have told NDTV that the government is likely to accept her request for change.
Dinesh Trivedi: From trusted aide to sacked ministerThe spiraldown from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's trusted pointsman in New Delhi to party outcast took Dinesh Trivedi but some months as Railway Minister and a bold rail budget.
Congress meet ends without decision on Mamata's request to sack Dinesh Trivedi: Sources
Mamata asks PM to sack Dinesh Trivedi, Congress holds emergency meet Mamata Banerjee has reportedly written to the Prime Minister asking for own party colleague, Dinesh Trivedi, to be fired as Railways Minister. He has been punished by his party chief for raising passenger fares nominally - the first hike in nine years.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa: Railway budget a great disappointment.Rail freight hike would adversely impact price of essential commodities. Rail fare hike at a most inopportune time.
Counntry's interests, Railway's interest, who can understand more than Mamatadi? Mamata Banerjee knows the pulse of the people: Trinamool's Kalyan Banerjee
Derek O'Brien on if Dinesh Trivedi will quit: I'm not an astrologer
Trinamool's Derek O Brien to NDTV: Come what may, the rail fare hike is unacceptable. A hike in rail fares is against Trinamool ideology.
PM says Govt is stable; have not got any resignation from Dinesh Trivedi
Sudeep Bandopadhyay says Trinamool MPs to meet PM on NCTC, not rail fare hike
Will try to convince Mamata about fare hike: Dinesh Trivedi to NDTVDinesh Trivedi to NDTV after his party attacked the hike in fares for rail passengers announced by him today. His party chief, Mamata Banerjee said today that she will not accept this hike in fares. I will try and convince her, Mr Trivedi responded.
Will try to convince Mamata about fare hike: Dinesh Trivedi's reponse on NDTV
I assure you that we will not accept this fare hike: Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Nandigram
UPDATE:
Railways is not about politics. I will not kill the Railways for politics. I am very clear, my fundamentals are very clear, says Dinesh Trivedi. I respect my leader, her sentiments but that doesn't mean we cannot differ, he says.
Railways is not about politics. I will not kill the Railways for politics. I am very clear, my fundamentals are very clear, says Dinesh Trivedi. I respect my leader, her sentiments but that doesn't mean we cannot differ, he says.
Dinesh Trivedi: Only duty, no politics
- I am not here to keep my chair at any cost...no. I don't care about my job
- Bhagat Singh went to gallows for the country...what is a job? It is nothing. It is not permanent
If my leaders asks me to resign, I will resign: Dinesh Trivedi
- I don't need to consult anybody. It is left to Railways Minister to decide what needs to be done.
- Have no clue, don't know why party has reacted in this way
- Whatever is good for the country, I will do that
Dinesh Trivedi to NDTV after his party attacked the hike in fares for passengers
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Whether A and B has tweeted, that's not my concern (dig at Derek O'Brien from his party who tweeted that the fare hike is not acceptable to TMC)
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Where is the money for safety? I don't want to compromise on safety.
Parliament is in session. Cannot make any comments which will relate to policy decision (on whether rollback is likely)
To be fair to Mamata Banerjee, she has never interfered with my work. And I respect her for that.
- Did not consult my party about railway budget.Did not consult Mamata about fare hike
Dinesh Trivedi to NDTV
- Not upset at all...am very happy with my budget
- MPs across party lines have congratulated me
- General feeling is very good budget
- I have done my duty to the best of my ability
- You can't put on a brave face if you are not brave
Dinesh Trivedi: Did what's best, Mamata's opposition ideological; took a conscious decision, the party was not aware of it.
Railway Budget 2012: Passengers call for more facilities, safety measuresFirst reactions from passengers: the fare hike is too nominal to really hurt passengers; they all said they would readily pay a little more for a safer journey.
The Prime Minister praised Mr Trivedi's railways budget, describing it as "forward-looking with emphasis on safety and modernisation."
Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi at his post-budget press conference says, "I have done my duty...now I leave it to God."
CPM's Sitaram Yechury on Trinamool's unprecedented protest: Absolute double standards, first TMC ministers in the cabinet clear President's speech with mention of NCTC in it and then they go and ask for deletion. The rail budget is cleared by the govt of which Dinesh Trivedi is a part and then they (Trinamool) go and protest...
Dinesh Trivedi may have to resign, Mamata unhappy with fare hike: SourcesAfter his own party attacked the hike in fares that Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced today, there are reports that he may resign.
Lowest rung of people have been taken care of by Izzat scheme, says Dinesh Trivedi justifying hike in fares.
Passenger fares hiked - 30 paisa per km for AC first class; 15 paisa per km for AC two tier; 10 paisa per km for AC three tier
For better management at ticket windows, passenger fares to be rounded off
Finance Ministry agrees to loan Rs 3,000 crore to Railways at 8.55 per cent interest
Gross rail traffic targeted to increase by Rs 28,635 crore to Rs 1,32,552 crore in 2012-13
Passenger earnings to increase to Rs 36,200 crore. Gross traffic receipts Rs 1,32,552 crore.
Railways to carry 55 million tons more freight at 1025 million tonnes in 2012-13.
Surplus with railways at Rs 1,492 crore in current year as against targeted Rs 5,258 crore.
Expansion of suburban rail networks and addition of more services in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
Guru Parikram special trains to cover Sikh pilgrimage centres of Amritsar, Patna and Nanded.
75 new express passenger trains to be introduced
Free travel by Rajdhani express for Arjuna awardees
Free travel by Rajdhani express for Arjuna awardees
Railway Board to be restructured, two more members to be included.
All Garib Rath trains to have one special AC coach for differently abled persons.
:Earning target scaled down to Rs28,800 crore
More Poetry from the Minister- Rail Gadi ko nayi dawa chahiye; thode paise chaiye aur is safar mein mujhe naya humsafar chaiye
Improvement of passenger amenities at a cost of Rs.1,112 crore; regional cuisines to be introduced.
World Bank funding of R.6,500 crore firmed up for dedicated freight corridors; land acquired for 3,300 km; first contracts to be handed out during 2012-13
Standard of hygiene needs to be improved substantially; all out efforts will be made on this in the next six months; duty bound to provide high standard of services; special housekeeping body to be set up for stations and trains.
Corrosion from night soil being discharged from toilets on tracks costs Rs.350 crore annually; green toilets to be installed in 2,500 coaches in the next one year.
Two thousand one hundred specially designed coaches manufactured to meet needs of the differently abled; aim to provide one such coach in each express train.
Proposal to include two new members on Railway Board: Member in charge of Public-Private Partnership and Marketing; Member in charge of Safety
Introduction of alternate train accommodation system - to accommodate wait listed passengers
Centralised real-time train-running information; already activated on 36 trains, will be extended to all trains in the next 18 months - to provide information to passengers on SMS and email
High speed corridors and trains at 250 kilometres- Study on Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad completed, Delhi-Jaipur to be undertaken. The project is resources intensive, special budgetary support needed to make this a reality
Electrification to be undertaken over 6,500 km at an allocation of Rs.8,000 crore during 12th Plan
Conversion from DC to AC power supply completed in Western Railway corridor of Mumbai suburban rail system; conversion of Central Railway corridor to be completed in 2012-13
Elevated corridor from Churchgate to Virar in Mumbai being firmed up
Government should consider dividend payback to railways
Government should consider dividend payback to railways
Thirty-one projects over 5,000 km being implemented with state governments sharing costs.
Some quotable quotes by the Railway Minister;
'Rail ke chok chok se hi desh ki dhak dhak hai'
'Rail ki barkat se hi desh ki barkat hai'
'Rail ke chok chok se hi desh ki dhak dhak hai'
'Rail ki barkat se hi desh ki barkat hai'
Rae Bareli Coach factory: Phase 2 to be initiated in 2012-13
Dedicated Freight Corridors : One of the biggest infrastructure projects covering 3300 kilometres; expected civil and track contracts would be awarded in 2012-13
Capacity augmentation to get Rs.4,410 crore during 2012-13
Eighty-five new line projects to be taken up during 2012-13.
One hundred and fourteen new line surveys to be undertaken during 2012-13.
New line projects to get Rs.6,870 crore in 2012-13.
Gauge conversion to be undertaken over 800 km with an allocation of Rs.1,950 crore.
Budgetary support pegged at Rs 25,000 crore for the coming year as against projected requirement of Rs 45,000 crore
Confident of completing 725 km of new lines in current year
Proposal to allocate Rs4410 crore to capacity augmentation
17 gauge conversion projects listed for 2012-13
Propose completion of 45 projects
Logistics Corporation to be created for providing logistics solutions for rail users
Indian Railways Stations Development Corp will redevelop stations and maintain them on pattern of airports.
Railways will require Rs.14 lakh crore in the next 10 years for modernisation.
Rs 60,100 crore - Highest ever plan investment made for 2012-13
Market borrowing of Rs 50,000 crore
Trivedi: Time for national policy for railways
Trivedi : Focus on safety, consolidation, decongestion, modernisation
Plan to eliminate level crossings in the next 5 years
Plan to modernise 19,000 kilometres of track - Indian Railways has more than 1 lakh kilometres of track
Improvements planned to the signalling system
Railways to invest Rs.7.35 lakh crore during 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-17), a quantum jump from the Rs.1.92 lakh crore invested in previous plan period.
Railways must attract 10 per cent of the Rs.20 lakh crore government expects to spend on infrastructure during 12th Plan
Railways expect gross budgetary support of Rs.2.5 lakh crore during 12th Plan.
Railways should contribute 2 per cent of GDP from the present 1 percent.
Stress on strengthening safety. Has to be benchmarked with the best in the world.
Target of reducing accidents from 0.55 to 0.17 has been met.
Special purpose vehicle to be set up on safety protocols.
Independent railway safety authority to be set up as statutory safety body.
Investment of Rs.5.60 lakh crore required for modernisation.
Railways Minister recites poetry to make his point - Haath ki lakeeron se zindagi nahi banti; humara bhi kuch hissa hain zindagi banane mein
Rs 14 lakh crore required in the next 10 years
Rs 5.6 lakh crores for railway modernisation: Dinesh Trivedi
Propose independent Railway Safety Authority with statutory powers
High Speed Railway Safety Committee has recommended far-reaching changes
"Our target should be zero deaths; 60% deaths happen at unmanned level crossings"
Not satisfied with safety standards in India: Trivedi
Safety in India must be benchmarked against Europe, Japan: Trivedi
Grateful to Maa, Maati, Maanush, says TMC Rail Minister Trivedi
ALso propose Railway R&D Authority: Rail Minister
Geopolitical ramifications require matching response: Rail Minister
12th PLan for Railway Rs7.3 lakh crore investment suggested
Pradhan Mantril Rail Vikas Yojana is under formulation, needs additional fund requried of RS 5 triliion
Trivedi forgets to mention Lalu Yadav among "illustrious" predecessors, corrected by MPs
Dinesh Trivedi presents Railway Budget
Railways could impose a safety net cess: Sources
Budget is going to be very good for everybody: Railways Minister
Without Railways' growth, India's GDP cannot grow: Railways Minister
HIND RECTIFIERS: Expecting a good allocation this time in the Railway Budget
High speed corridor for Mumbai-Ahmedabad likely
Expect acquisition of 20,000 wagons vs 18,000 wagon last year
Rail Minister may announce bullet trains
Extension of railway lines in excess of 1300 km expected
