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Railway Budget 2011 really spared Rail commuters and freight users from rate hikes, Ms Mamata Banerjee’s 2011-2012 Railway Budget, which comes just a couple of months before Assembly Elections in West Bengal.
Indian Railway Budget 2011-2012 – Highlights Overview – Mamata Banerjee Live
1. No fare hike for passengers – declares Mamata Banerjee in Railway Budget 2011.
2. Karmabhoomi special trains for those travelling on work – declares Mamata Banerjee in Railway Budget 2011.
3. Matribhoomi special trains for women – declares Mamata Banerjee in Railway Budget 2011.
4. Bharatpeeth train in the name of Rabindranath Tagore will travel to 16 destinations across India – declares Mamata Banerjee in Railway Budget 2011.
5. Railways to set up Rabindra Museum in Howrah and Geetanjali Museum in Bolpur - both in West Bengal – to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
6. Railways to develop ten automobile hubs.
7. Railway Recruitment exam in regional languages also.
8. Allocation for construction of new lines increased from Rs 2848 crore to Rs 4411 crore.
9. Extension of Kolkata Metro on priority.
10. Survey will be conducted to connect Sealdah and Howrah stations in West Bengal11. Insurance for railway employees.
12. Revenue from non-core business of Railways to go up from Rs 150 crore to Rs 1,000 crore.
13. Despite slowdown, Railways to exceed freight loading target by eight million tonnes during 2009-10.
14. Freight loading target for 2010-11 fixed at 944 million tonnes, 54 million tonnes more than the current year’s revised target.
15. Gross traffic receipt for 2010-11 pegged at Rs 94,765 crore.
16. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works capacity to be augmented from 200 to 275 engines a year.
17. Railways spending seen at Rs 87100 crore in 2011.
18 Achieve 1000 km electrification in 2011
19 54 new trains this year (Read: List of trains)
20 High-speed dedicated passenger corridors to be constructed
21 National High Speed Rail Authority to be set up
22 Free travel in AC three-tier and sleeper class for cancer patients going for treatment
23. Centre for Railway Research to be set up at IIT-Kharagpur of Medinipur district in Bengal.
24 Total gross earnings at Rs 88281 crore
25 Railways to have master plan for North Eastern region
26 Funding for all metro projects raised by 55%
27 To start rail link to Bangladesh
28 No forcible acquisition of land for freight corridor project
29 To sign agreement with Japanese company for Western Freight Corridor
30 Freight on food grain, kerosene cut by Rs 100 per wagon
31 Railways have earned net profit of Rs 1,328 crore
32 Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to be modernised and a new unit to be set up there.
33. To set up more freight corridors.
34 Up gradation of 94 stations, modern toilets at Railway stations
35. Special women RPF battalions.
36 Women’s wing to be formed in RPF to ensure security of women
37 If land is available, Railways willing to set up a Diesel Multiple Unit factory in West Bengal
38 Mobile e-ticketing centres at hospitals, universities, courts, IITs, IIMs
39 Private operators can run special freight trains
40 Dividend to state exchequer Rs 6608 crore in 2011
41 Wagon Repair Shop to be set up in Badnera near Amravati in Maharashtra
42 Railways to start work on Rae Bareilly coach factory in the next one year
43 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai
44 Service Charge on AC class cut to Rs 20 as against Rs 40 earlier
45 Service charge on sleeper class reduced to Rs 10
46 Railways to set up multi-functional hospitals
47 Houses for all Railways employees in the next 10 years
48 Not to increase freight tariff
49 More jobs for sportsman in railways
50 Railways will be the lead partner in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi
51 Special trains for Commonwealth Games
52 Vision 2020 model to formulate strategy for next 10 years
53 Out of 120 new trains, 117 to be launched by March 31
54 For cheap drinking water, plan to start 6 bottling plants
55 Allocated Rs 1,300 crore for passenger amenities
56 Plan to raise Rs 10,000-20,000 crore in the next one year
57 To earn revenues, Railways need to set up a business model
58 Larger section of population to get connectivity over next 5 years
59 Targeting 1000 km new tracks every year
60 All 13,000 unmanned level crossings to be manned in the next five years
61. Policies to be made easy, investor-friendly.
62. Special Task Force to clear proposals for investments in 100 days.
63. Focus on medium term goals, planning and funds.
64. Commitments fulfilled to the maximum. Out of 120 trains announced in last budget, only three remain to be flagged off because of lack of broad-gauge lines.
65. Our objective is to unite the country through rail connectivity.
66. Social responsibility priority in my railway budget.
67. Time to build partnership with private players.
So is this true – in 2011 Railway Budget Mamata Banerjee gives more sops to Bengal – What do you think? Singur and Nandigram, sites of obvious political significance, have been given a metro coach factory and a railway industrial park, respectively. As many as 21 of the new express trains begin and end in Bengal and the state is to get a couple of new lines too. Kolkata has been promised a suburban rail network along the lines of the one in Mumbai with a Kolkata Rail Vikas Corporation (KRVC) to be set up for the purpose. Other metros will also, Mamata promised, have similar networks in the future. The KRVC is in addition to a major thrust for Kolkata Metro. Among the new trains were nine new Duranto expresses, three new Shatabdis, four Vivek Express trains to commemorate Swami Vivekananda, four Kavi Guru trains to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore and 10 Rajya Rani expresses to connect state capitals to important cities in the same states…
