Last Railway Budget: Promise vs performance

The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820 cr during the current financial year

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu was supportive of the proposal of the finance ministry and NITI Aayog to discard the 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget. The move itself may save a gross amount of Rs 10,000 crore for the railways in dividend payment. As the Narendra Modi government moves away from this colonial practice, Shine Jacob takes a look at the achievements against targets set by the last Railway Budget presented in February this year.

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The railways is expecting a revenue of Rs 1,84,820