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Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu announces 7 new missions

Under Mission Raftaar, Prabhu said the railways would target 'doubling average speeds of freights trains and increasing the average speed of superfast mail/express trains by 25 kmph in the next 5 year

Nitish Kumar describes Railway Budget as 'disappointing'

'With the decline in international oil prices, they should have actually lowered the train fare,' Nitish said

CPI inflation likely at 5.6-5.8% over next 2 months: Deutsche

The note also predicts that Reserve Bank of India would cut the policy rate "one more time"

Govt to delay fiscal roadmap, project deficit at 3.9%: Goldman

As per the roadmap, deficit is to be brought down to 3.5 per cent of GDP in 2016-17, from 3.9 per cent in 2015-16.

Railways to get budgetary support of Rs 4,301 cr in FY17

Suresh Prabhu in his Budget speech proposed a Plan size of Rs 1,21,000 crore in 2016-17

India GDP likely to clock 7.8% growth in 2016: Nomura

Arun Jaitley to investors: Don't panic, trust economy's strength

The Finance Minister said the government will continue to pursue policies to support growth amid global slowdown

Pushing growth over fiscal discipline to be counter-productive: HSBC

The best outcome would be for policymakers to stick to the fiscal consolidation target, while providing funds for selected growth initiatives

India's fiscal position to stay weaker than peers: Moody's

Ahead of India's budget for the next fiscal, Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said the country's fiscal position will remain weaker than other emerging economies in the near term even if fiscal co

Indian Railways still coping with Lalu Prasad's myth of "cash surplus"

The 2011 CAG report found that the so-called surplus shown on the financial statements covered "cash and investible surplus", were not included in the "net surplus" figures released by the railways i

Railway Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu fails to take the bull by the horns

Skipped the grave numbers which he chose to table before the Lok Sabha as annexure to the speech

Rail Budget 2016: 11 projects for Central Railway worth Rs 30K cr

He announced elevated suburban corridor between CST and Panvel and Churchgate to Virar

Rail Budget 2016 reflects govt's commitment to poor: PM Modi

He said the Railway Budget presented by Suresh Prabhu has made a 'quantum leap' with huge investment

Rail Budget 2016 failed to meet expectations of Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa

Railway Budget carried considerable weight of anticipation and apprehension

Rail Budget 2016 will make backbone of India's overall development: FICCI

This budget has laid down the roadmap for developing next generation railway infrastructure, said FICCI President

Rail Budget 2016: Counter tickets can be cancelled through cellphone

New procedure will allow passengers to cancel their tickets from anywhere in the country through telephonic services of the Indian Railways

Rail Budget 2016: Mission 'zero accident' to prevent train mishaps

In Budget speech Suresh Prabhu said that he intends to eliminate all unmanned level crossings on broad guage in 3-4 years

BJP President Amit Shah lauds rail budget

He said the Deen Dayalu coaches were a big relief for the poor who had to suffer due to non availability of tickets in long distance trains

Rail Budget 2016: More lower berths for elderly, e-tickets easier for disabled

He said that at least one disabled-friendly toilet on all platforms in A1-class stations will be built in next financial year

Rail Budget 2016: Earnings fall short of target by Rs 15k cr

Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu attributed the shortfall to tepid economic growth due to global slowdown