To merge Railway budget with Union budget will help: MoS for Railways

The responsibility of fund raising will be with the centre after the merger

The decision of central government to merge the railway budget with the Union general budget will be very helpful for funding, said Union Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain.

Speaking to reporters in Chennai, he said that once the budgets merged, the responsibility of raising funds for the Railways will be with the central government. This would also help its functioning, he added.

The centre has decided to merge the Railway budget with the Union Budget from 2017, and constituted a five-member committeed to take the merger plans forward, according to reports.

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