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After 92 years, Rail Budget is history

Cabinet okays advancing Budget date; Plan expenditure classification to go

Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu addressing the media after a cabinet meeting in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Arup RoychoudhuryShine Jacob New Delhi
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the merger of the Railway and General Budgets from 2017-18, ending a 92-year-old colonial tradition.

It also cleared abolishing the classification of Plan and non-Plan expenditure in the Budget and agreed in-principle to advancing its presentation in Parliament from the last working day in February. The government wants the Finance Bill to be passed before April 1.
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“The government is in favour of advancing the Budget date. However, a number of states are going to the polls early next year. We will