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Focus On Vande Bharat, Not On Trains For Poor? What Railway Minister Said
India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit, the 2024-25 budget unveiled on Tuesday showed. It though was silent on the Railways.
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Explained: Why Was Railway Budget Merged With Union Budget
Every year, the allocations towards Indian Railways are keenly watched during the Union Budget presentation as a major part of government spending goes to the sector. Prior to 2017, the Railway Budget used to be presented separately.
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These Railway Officers To Spend First 10 Years In Field: Railway Board
In a major policy change, young officers of the Indian Railways will now have to spend the first 10 years of their service in the field before being eligible to be posted at the headquarters, the Railway Board has said.
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Union Budget 2023: "Good Governance Key To Nation's Progress": Full Speech By N Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced big relief for taxpayers and a mega push for capital spending and infrastructure as she unveiled the government's last Budget before the 2024 national election.
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Budget 2022 "Blueprint To Steer Economy From India@75 To India@100"
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces Budget 2022. She is expected to raise spending on infrastructure but fiscal constraints leave little room for concessions for pandemic-hit households.
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CBI Gives Clean Chit To Lalu Yadav In DLF Bribery Case: Sources
The CBI has given a clean chit in a bribery case to former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Yadav, who is out on bail since April after spending more than three years in jail, sources have said.
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Railways Relooks At Spending As Earnings Drop By 58% In May
Railways is taking a relook at its spending anticipating an "adverse impact" on its revenues this year after the earnings dropped by 58 per cent in May amid coronavirus lockdown.
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Indian Railways, University Of Birmingham Announce Joint Masters Programme
The programme that has been launched leads to dual M.Sc. that would see NRTI students obtaining two post graduate degrees from both institutions, after spending a year studying at each institution.
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Centre Allocates Rs 550 Crore To Mumbai Urban Transport Projects
Although the funds for MUTP have decreased, the railways should focus on spending the entire allocation within a set deadline, National Railway Users Consultative Committee member Subhash Gupta said.
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Railways To Spend Rs 20,000 Crore Towards Rolling Stock In 2019-20
The railways will spend Rs 20,000 crore towards augmenting rolling stock during 2019-20, an official said today.
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British Couple Charters Entire Train For Honeymoon Trip To Nilgiri Hills
A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so.
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Railways' Operating Ratio Worsens, It Spends Rs 111 To Earn Rs 100
During April-July, the national transporter set a record-high operating ratio of 111.51 per cent - which means it spent Rs 111.51 to generate every Rs 100, reflective of lower growth in traffic against the set target and heavy outgo on account of increased pension liability and working expenses.
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Railways Spending More Money Than It Earns In E-Catering Services: Centre
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has spent more money than it earned in its e-catering services in the past four years, with the highest expenditure of Rs 3.9 crore being made in 2017-18 against a revenue of Rs 1.82 crore, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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Before Lalu Yadav Landed In Jail, A Power Nap, Confusion And Dashed Hopes
It had been a long night. The last, may be in a few weeks or months, that Lalu Yadav was going to spend with family and friends. And before he stood before the judge to decide his case the next morning, he wanted to spend it with them. In the room at the railways guest house in Jharkhand capital Ranchi, and later, around a bonfire.
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After Fire At Mumbai Slum, Thousands Left Homeless
At the Behrampada slums in Mumbai's Bandra, thousands of families are spending the night in the open, some by the railway tracks as locals whizzed past them. A huge fire that broke out this afternoon in the slum burnt down their houses, leaving them homeless.
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Focus On Vande Bharat, Not On Trains For Poor? What Railway Minister Said
India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit, the 2024-25 budget unveiled on Tuesday showed. It though was silent on the Railways.
-
Explained: Why Was Railway Budget Merged With Union Budget
Every year, the allocations towards Indian Railways are keenly watched during the Union Budget presentation as a major part of government spending goes to the sector. Prior to 2017, the Railway Budget used to be presented separately.
-
These Railway Officers To Spend First 10 Years In Field: Railway Board
In a major policy change, young officers of the Indian Railways will now have to spend the first 10 years of their service in the field before being eligible to be posted at the headquarters, the Railway Board has said.
-
Union Budget 2023: "Good Governance Key To Nation's Progress": Full Speech By N Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced big relief for taxpayers and a mega push for capital spending and infrastructure as she unveiled the government's last Budget before the 2024 national election.
-
Budget 2022 "Blueprint To Steer Economy From India@75 To India@100"
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces Budget 2022. She is expected to raise spending on infrastructure but fiscal constraints leave little room for concessions for pandemic-hit households.
-
CBI Gives Clean Chit To Lalu Yadav In DLF Bribery Case: Sources
The CBI has given a clean chit in a bribery case to former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Yadav, who is out on bail since April after spending more than three years in jail, sources have said.
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Railways Relooks At Spending As Earnings Drop By 58% In May
Railways is taking a relook at its spending anticipating an "adverse impact" on its revenues this year after the earnings dropped by 58 per cent in May amid coronavirus lockdown.
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Indian Railways, University Of Birmingham Announce Joint Masters Programme
The programme that has been launched leads to dual M.Sc. that would see NRTI students obtaining two post graduate degrees from both institutions, after spending a year studying at each institution.
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Centre Allocates Rs 550 Crore To Mumbai Urban Transport Projects
Although the funds for MUTP have decreased, the railways should focus on spending the entire allocation within a set deadline, National Railway Users Consultative Committee member Subhash Gupta said.
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Railways To Spend Rs 20,000 Crore Towards Rolling Stock In 2019-20
The railways will spend Rs 20,000 crore towards augmenting rolling stock during 2019-20, an official said today.
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British Couple Charters Entire Train For Honeymoon Trip To Nilgiri Hills
A newly married British couple chartered an entire train to travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills. The couple paid Rs 3 lakh to charter the special train, introduced by Southern Railway, for a one-way trip, becoming the first people to do so.
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Railways' Operating Ratio Worsens, It Spends Rs 111 To Earn Rs 100
During April-July, the national transporter set a record-high operating ratio of 111.51 per cent - which means it spent Rs 111.51 to generate every Rs 100, reflective of lower growth in traffic against the set target and heavy outgo on account of increased pension liability and working expenses.
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Railways Spending More Money Than It Earns In E-Catering Services: Centre
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has spent more money than it earned in its e-catering services in the past four years, with the highest expenditure of Rs 3.9 crore being made in 2017-18 against a revenue of Rs 1.82 crore, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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Before Lalu Yadav Landed In Jail, A Power Nap, Confusion And Dashed Hopes
It had been a long night. The last, may be in a few weeks or months, that Lalu Yadav was going to spend with family and friends. And before he stood before the judge to decide his case the next morning, he wanted to spend it with them. In the room at the railways guest house in Jharkhand capital Ranchi, and later, around a bonfire.
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After Fire At Mumbai Slum, Thousands Left Homeless
At the Behrampada slums in Mumbai's Bandra, thousands of families are spending the night in the open, some by the railway tracks as locals whizzed past them. A huge fire that broke out this afternoon in the slum burnt down their houses, leaving them homeless.
