The main highlights of the 2010-11 railway budget include:
-- No increase in passenger fares
-- Rs.100 reduction in freight per wagon for fertilisers and kerosene
-- Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes
-- Cost-sharing in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in some gauge-conversion projects
-- Further extension of Kolkata Metro on priority basis; stations to be named after Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tagore family
-- Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for migrant labour
-- New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur
-- Special "Bharat Teertha" train to be run around India to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary
-- Railway line to be extended from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir
-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur
-- Sikkim capital Gangtok to be connected by rail from Rangpo
-- 2011 being 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, special train to be run from West Bengal to Bangladesh
-- Gross earnings in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.88,281 crore
-- Working expenditure in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.83,440 crore
-- Expenses during 2010-11 estimated at Rs.87,100 crore
-- Thrust on expansion in 2010-11 with allocation of Rs.4,411 crore
-- Kashmir rail link to be extended to Sopore in the north of the valley
-- Net profit of Rs.1,328 crore in 2009-10
-- 10 automobile ancillary hubs to be created
-- Twenty-two million energy saving CFLs for lighting distributed already
-- Policy decision to employ one member of family whose land is requisitioned for railway projects
-- North-south, east-west dedicated freight corridors to be created
-- Construction of high-speed passenger rail corridors envisaged
-- More multi-functional hospitals to be set up
-- Educational facilities to be set up for children of 80,000 women families
-- Special facilities to be established for gangmen
-- Insurance facilities for licensed porters as part of railway's corporate social responsibility
-- Centre for railway research to be established with Indian Institutes of Technology and Defence Research and Development Organisation
-- Will involve unions in policy making
-- Integral Coach Factory Chennai to be further modernised
-- New wagon repair shop in Mumbai
-- Design, development and testing centre for railway wheels at Bangalore
-- Within five years, all unmanned level crossings to be manned
-- Construction of more underpasses, besides road overbridges
-- Greater coordination with state governments to protect railway property
-- Security of women passengers to be improved
-- Ex-servicemen to be employed in Railway Protection Force
-- Five sports academies to be set up
-- Astroturf to be provided for development of hockey
-- Employment opportunities for sports persons
-- Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games
-- Special drive to increase passenger amenities
-- Upgrade of 94 stations
-- Six new drinking water bottling plants in PPP mode
-- Modern toilets at railway stations
-- More ticketing centres to help the public
-- Acquisition of cutting edge safety technology
-- 1,000 route km to be created
-- Special task force for clearing investment proposals in 100 days
-- New business model to be created
-- No privatisation of railways
-- But greater participation of private sector
-- 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged of
-- Rs.100 reduction in freight per wagon for fertilisers and kerosene
-- Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes
-- Cost-sharing in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in some gauge-conversion projects
-- Further extension of Kolkata Metro on priority basis; stations to be named after Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tagore family
-- Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for migrant labour
-- New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur
-- Special "Bharat Teertha" train to be run around India to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary
-- Railway line to be extended from Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir
-- Andaman and Nicobar Islands to get railway line from Port Blair to Diglipur
-- Sikkim capital Gangtok to be connected by rail from Rangpo
-- 2011 being 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, special train to be run from West Bengal to Bangladesh
-- Gross earnings in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.88,281 crore
-- Working expenditure in 2009-10 estimated at Rs.83,440 crore
-- Expenses during 2010-11 estimated at Rs.87,100 crore
-- Thrust on expansion in 2010-11 with allocation of Rs.4,411 crore
-- Kashmir rail link to be extended to Sopore in the north of the valley
-- Net profit of Rs.1,328 crore in 2009-10
-- 10 automobile ancillary hubs to be created
-- Twenty-two million energy saving CFLs for lighting distributed already
-- Policy decision to employ one member of family whose land is requisitioned for railway projects
-- North-south, east-west dedicated freight corridors to be created
-- Construction of high-speed passenger rail corridors envisaged
-- More multi-functional hospitals to be set up
-- Educational facilities to be set up for children of 80,000 women families
-- Special facilities to be established for gangmen
-- Insurance facilities for licensed porters as part of railway's corporate social responsibility
-- Centre for railway research to be established with Indian Institutes of Technology and Defence Research and Development Organisation
-- Will involve unions in policy making
-- Integral Coach Factory Chennai to be further modernised
-- New wagon repair shop in Mumbai
-- Design, development and testing centre for railway wheels at Bangalore
-- Within five years, all unmanned level crossings to be manned
-- Construction of more underpasses, besides road overbridges
-- Greater coordination with state governments to protect railway property
-- Security of women passengers to be improved
-- Ex-servicemen to be employed in Railway Protection Force
-- Five sports academies to be set up
-- Astroturf to be provided for development of hockey
-- Employment opportunities for sports persons
-- Railways to be lead partner for Commonwealth Games
-- Special drive to increase passenger amenities
-- Upgrade of 94 stations
-- Six new drinking water bottling plants in PPP mode
-- Modern toilets at railway stations
-- More ticketing centres to help the public
-- Acquisition of cutting edge safety technology
-- 1,000 route km to be created
-- Special task force for clearing investment proposals in 100 days
-- New business model to be created
-- No privatisation of railways
-- But greater participation of private sector
-- 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged of
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5610832.cms
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