Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu is presenting the Railway Budget for fiscal 2015-16 in Parliament.
The highlights are as follows:
Cleanliness in Railways highest priority for us, we now work on Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat
Railways would utilize the Nirbhaya Fund for augmenting safer travel for women.
Introducing Operation five minutes, wherein passengers travelling unreserved can purchase a ticket in five minutes.
Introduction of integrated ticketing will be done, a defence travel system has been developed to make travel easier
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SMS alert service to inform about the upgraded arrival and departure timings
e-catering to be introduced in 108 trains.
An All India 24-7 helpline number will become operational.
To replace 17,000 toilets with bio-toilets.
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