He said the Central allocation for the development railway sector in Odisha has been substantially increased during the regime of Modi government in comparison to Congress or UPA government
After Parliament approves the supplementary demand, the railways' budget will go up by Rs 40,575.93 crore
The consultations gained relevance after the Railway Board had to scrap the first bid round due to lacklustre participation
In a Q&A, Banerjee says the company is unlikely to change its model of leasing to Indian Railways, but is open to financing private projects that have forward or backward linkages with railways
Fund allocation and targets planned for next 4 years, says minister
The bottom line is that it calls for a capital expenditure of Rs 16.74 trillion between 2022 and 2031 on track and terminal infrastructure and rolling stock
HIGHLIGHTS OF RAILWAY BUDGET 2010
A big thrust has been given to the ease of living for the middle and lower-middle classes, said Goyal
Raising investments, bringing modern technology, improving connectivity to the Northeast and the overall infrastructure were some of the achievements Railway Minister Piyush Goyal presented on Friday
Railways will soon come out with a massive 20 gigawatt renewable energy procurement programme by "which we hope to have net zero carbon emissions from the railways in 10 years," he said
Prabhu spoke about priority being given to safety and need for more funds for railways to move ahead
Railway authorities termed listing of these companies as a 'shocker'
He said the infrastructure investment will spur growth
Government will continue to use the ETF route for disinvestment of PSUs
Government to also identify other PSUs for listing soon
Jaitley announced that 500 stations would be made disabled friendly
The investors are looking for a safety fund for Railways
Creation of a separate safety fund is likely; Rs 20,000 cr will be earmarked for 2017-18
The move will help the government in better targeting of benefits, sources said
The government had in September scrapped the 92-year old practice of presenting a separate railway budget