13:12 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm. 13:10 pm: Sadananda Gowda ends Railway Budget with quote in Kannada. Says he has an open mind to any correction in the Rail Budget. 13:09 pm: Ruckus in parliament over non-allocation of more new trains. 13:07 pm: Mumbai to get more EMUs Jansadharan Trains i) Ahmedabad–Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via Surat Ii Jaynagar–Mumbai Jansadharan Express ii) Mumbai–Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express iv) Saharasa–Anand Vihar Jansadharan Express via Motihari v) Saharasa–Amritsar Jansadharan Express Premium Trains i) Mumbai Central–New Delhi Premium AC Express ii) Shalimar–Chennai Premium AC Express iii) Secunderabad- Hazrat Nizamuddin Premium AC Express 6 iv) Jaipur–Madurai Premium Express v) Kamakhya–Bengaluru Premium Express 13:05 pm: Shalimar-Chennai premium AC express, Kamakhya-Chennai premium express, Mumabi-Jaipur Preium Experss to be launched. 13:04 pm: Jan Sadharan group of trains, Premium group of trains to be expanded. 13:03 pm: In twin states of AP and Telangana, committee already set up of railways and state govt. 13:02 pm: Holistic approach to urban transport is required. Passenger-centric focus will be given for urban transport. 13:01 pm: 18 new line surveys, 10 surveys for doubling 3rd & 4th lines and gauge conversion. 13:00 pm: Experimental stoppages to continue till September 2014. It will be reviewed. 12:59 pm: Dedicated freight corridors to be closely monitored. 12:58 pm: e-ticketing to support 7200 users per minute. 12:57 pm: 23 projects underway in north-east. Rs. 5,100 crore for northeast projects. 12:56 pm: Strategic procurement policy to make procurements transparent. 12:55 pm: Five percent of fuel usage to come from bio-diesel. 12:54 pm: Special milk tanker trains to be introduced. 12:53 pm: Temperature control storages for fruits and vegetables at 10 locations. 12:52 pm: Parcel traffic has huge potential. Parcel trains to be launched. 12:51 pm: Automatic rebate for customers offering return freight traffic. 12:50 pm: Proposes to modernise logistics operations. 12:49 pm: Resource mobilisation through leveraging PSU resources, Foreign Direct Investment and Public Private Participation. Status of on-going projects to be made available online. 12:48 pm: Wifi in A1 and A category stations & in select trains 12:47 pm: Summer internship for engineering students in Railways. 12:46 pm: Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Kanpur, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai, Goa-Mumbai, Chennai-Hyderabad and Nagpur-Secunderabad, Mumbai-Ahmedabad identified for HSR. 12:45 pm: Diamond Quadrilateral network to connect major metros through High Speed Rails. Rs. 100 crore for high speed project. 12:44 pm: Railway Minister announces Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train. 12:43 pm: Are you all pleased by my Budget, asks Mr. Gowda. 12:42 pm: AC in loco-cabins. 12:41 pm: Ticket booking through post offices, mobile phones to be expanded. Platform and unreserved tickets also can be bought through internet. 12:40 pm: Special train on Swami Vivekananda. 12:39 pm: Eco-tourism in north-east. Sikh-circuit, Christian-circuits have been identified. 12: 38 pm: 70,000 RPF constables recruited to ensure security in stations. 4,000 women RPF constables to escort women-only coaches. 12:37 pm: Ultra-sonic rail breakage detection system to be launched as a pilot project. 12:36 pm: Power of sanctioning to be de-centralised. 12:35 pm: RO drinking water units in trains and stations. 12:34 pm: Mechanised laundry to be introduced. 12:33 pm: Outsourced cleaning activities in 50 stations. Upto 40 per cent hike in allocation for cleanliness. 12:32 pm: Feedback on food will be collected from passengers through IVRS. 12:31 pm: Ready-to-eat meals of reputed brands to be served in trains. 12:30 pm: Workstations at select trains on pilot basis for a payment. 12:29 pm: Battery-operated cars for differently-abled at all major stations. 12:28 pm: Total earnings at Rs. 1.64 Lakh Crore in 2014-15. 12:27 pm: FinMin has granted additional capital of Rs. 1100 core and Rs. 273 crore as Railway share. 12:26 pm: Passenger fares will be periodically raised as per new tariff policy linked to fuel price. 12:25 pm: Small growth in passenger and freight traffic expected in the coming year. 12:25 pm: Indian Railways spent Rs 41,000 crore on laying of 3,700 km of new lines in last 10 years. 12:24 pm: Last years surplus was over Rs. 3000 crore. 12:24 pm: Gross traffic receipts in 2013—14 was Rs 12,35,558 crore; operating ratio was 94 per cent 12:23 pm: Social obligation of Railways in 2013—14 was Rs 20,000 crore 12:21 pm: FDI to be open up in Railways. Cabinet approval sought. 12:20 pm: Leveraging Railway PSU resources. 12:19 pm: We need immediate course correction. Fare revision was one: Gowda. Fare revision will bring Rs 8,000 crores. 12:18 pm: Railways Ministry flooded with requests for new trains. 12:17 pm: Doubing, tripling is Railways first priority. Construction of new lines is the second. 12:16 pm: Of those projects sanctioned in 10 years, only one project was completed. 12:15 pm: Railways had been increasing freight fare to compensate the loss from passenger fare, As a result freight load decreased. 12:14 pm: Railways is operating at a ratio of 94 per cent. 12:13 pm: Mr. Gowda proposes Rs. 11, 790 crore market borrowing. 12:12 pm: Railways carries only 31 per cent of freight carried by all modes. 12:11 pm: Railways targetting to be the largest freight carrier in the world, says Sadananda Gowda. 12:10 pm: 23 million passengers travel in 12,500 trains daily. 12:09 pm: Sadananda Gowda quotes Kautilya. 12:07 pm: Grateful to PM Narendra Modi for reposing faith in me to lead Indian Railways, Mr. Gowda. 12:02 pm: Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda in the Lok Sabha. 12:01 pm: Editorial: Biting the bullet 12:00 noon: Question Hour is over, declares Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Coming up next is Railway Budget. 11:59 am: Stocks of companies related to railways sector fell as much as 8 per cent in morning trade today due to profit-booking ahead of the Railway Budget to be presented shortly. 11:57 am: MPs resume to their seats as Home Minister responds. 11:52 am: Ruckus in Lok Sabha during Question Hour as an MP raises the issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh. 11:51 am: Railway Budget is expected to begin in five minutes. 11:47 am: In the interim budget, Mallikarjuna Kharge, the then railway minister, had set a revenue target of Rs.1.65 lakh crore. 11:38 am: The new government has already increased railway passenger fares by 14.2 per cent and the freight carriage charges by 6.5 per cent. Full story... 11:36 am: The Railway Ministry is saddled with a huge cash crunch of Rs.26,000 crore amid a decline in the growth in passenger earnings. 11:33 am: Even though Indian Railways carried the largest number of passengers and freight, it stood much behind in efficiency, punctuality, cleanliness and services, says the Railway Minister before presenting the Rail Budget. Full story... 11:26 am: Railway Budget is expected to be presented in the parliament at 12 noon. 11:24 am: While the Narendra Modi government has hinted more foreign direct investment in various sectors, including Railways, Home Ministry has showed the red flag to a Commerce Ministry note on allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railways. 11:12 am: Railway Ministry has made arrangements for people to hear the Railway Budget updates. Call 022-4501 5555 for live budget updates. 11:09 am: D.V. Sadananda Gowda arrives at the parliament along with his junior minister Manoj Sinha. 11:04 am: Railway Budget will be presented after the Question Hour. 11:03 am: Question Hour begins in Lok Sabha. 11:02 am: Congress Floor Leader Mallikarjuna Kharge seeks debate on price rise. Speaker rejects it. Assures him that price rise will be disscussed in the afternoon. 11:00 am: Lok Sabha session begins. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is in the Chair. 10:46 am: Northern Kerala pins its hopes on Kaniyooru rail line
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