Rail Budget 2014: 'Railways Can't Be Run on Ad-Hocism', says PM Narendra Modi

Safety, speed, services. These, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are the main thrust areas of the first rail budget presented by his government today. Railways, the Prime Minister told reporters after the presentation of the rail budget, have been handicapped by "piece-meal" thinking. "Decision-making was compartmentalized. It is for the first time a wholistic approach has been adopted. Railways cannot be run on ad-hocism," he said, taking a critical view of the Rail Budgets presented in the past 10 years under the UPA rule. (Read more)