Railways will continue to make losses, Budget 2017 does nothing for it
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Feb 1, 2017, 13:33 IST
Railways to focus on 4 areas in 2017-2018
The Railway announcements focused on four key areas:
1. Passenger safety
2. Cleanliness
3. Financial and accounting reforms
4. Capital and development
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Creation of a Railway Safety fund that will prioritise passenger safety
1. The Capital and Development expenditure on railways in 2017-18 to be Rs 1,31,000 crore.
2.The Railways safety fund will be at Rs 1 lakh crore in over 5 years.
3. Unmanned crossings will be eliminated by 2020.
4.Dedicated tourism and pilgrimage trains will be launched.
5. 25 stations have been identified for redevelopment
6. A 22% rise in the Railways Budget was announced
7. Railway lines of 3,500 km to be commissioned in 2017-2018
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Our focus is Swachch Railways. All railway coaches will have bio-toilets by 2019,” said Arun Jaitley
1. Service charges on ticket booking on IRCTC will be withdrawn. Cashless transactions has gone up to 68% from 58%.
2. A new metro rail policy will be announced. This will open up new jobs for the youth.
3. Coach mitra facility announced- single window interface to register all coach related complaints. Additionally, SMS service "clean my coach" already a go.
4. Railway related state-run companies like IRCON and IRCTC to be listed on stock exchanges.
5. Railways will integrate end to end transport solutions for selected commodities through partnerships
6. As many as 500 rail stations will be made differently abled-friendly by providing lifts and escalators.
7. Indian Railways aspires to feed about 7000 stations with solar power in the next few years
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