Union Railway Minister Pawan Bansal
presented the Union Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament today. The first Congress minister to present a
Railway Budget in 17 years.
The Railway Budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday spared passengers from any further hike in fares but raised various other charges on tickets along with freight tariff of less than 5 per cent.
The Railway Budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday spared passengers from any further hike in fares but raised various other charges on tickets along with freight tariff of less than 5 per cent.
Highlights of Budget:
1. No hike in passenger fares; 67 new express
and 26 passenger trains to be launched.
2. Indian Railways to join 1 billion tonne
select club with China.
3. Educational tourist train"Azadi Express"
proposed
4. Train Collision Avoidance System to be put to
rigorous trials
5. Passenger earning target Rs 32500 crore this
year.
6. Freedom fighters to renew their passes
only once in 3 yrs.
7. Complementary passes for Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna and Olympic awardees.
8. Coach making facilities at Bhilwara and
Raebarelli.
9. Indian Railway Financial Management Institute to be
set up at Secunderabad.
10. Coaches to be made wheelchair friendly.
11. Hostel facilities for all single women
railway employees at all Div.HQS.
12.
Free wi-fi facility at
select trains.
13.
1800111321 number for redressing complaints
14.
Wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi
in Odisha.
15.
E-ticketing to be made available through mobile phone.
16.
Target of investment of 1 lakh
crore through PPP mode in 12th FYP.
17.
For the first time, Arunachal
Pradesh brought under Rail Network.
18. UID-Aadhar to be used for ticket
reservation.
19.
Freight loading estimated to be
1007 tonnes this year.
20.
Railways to fill up 1.52 lakh
vacancies.
21. 47000 vacancies reserved for differently abled to
be filled.
22.
Dronacharya awardees to get Shatabdi
and Rajdhani passes.
New Trains Introduced:
Presenting the
2013-14 Railway Budget, Mr. Bansal also said that five Mainline Electrical Multiple Units (MEMUs) are being introduced
this year besides 8 DEMUs.
1. Hazrat Nizamuddin-Mumbai AC Express via Bhopal,
Khandwa and Bhusawal - weekly service, and a similar venture between Bikaner and Chennai.
2. Vaishnodevi,
a New Delhi-Katra AC Express - run six days a week.
3. A Puri-Ajmer Express, which would be a weekly service, is also being introduced so also a weekly Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express.
4. Una-Nangaldam in Himachal Pradesh is being connected to Hazoor Saheb Nanded in Maharashtra through a weekly express train
which would travel via Anandpur Saheb.
5.
Weekly Ahmedabad-Jodhpur
express and a similar venture between Bandra
and Haridwar, and Bandra and
Jaisalmer.
6. Yesvantpur-Lucknow Express - weekly
via Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh.
7.
9 Electric Multiple Unit
(EMU) trains to be introduced.
New factories/workshops to be set up:
1. New Forged Wheel Factory at Rae Bareli in collaboration with Rashtriya
Ispat Nigam Limited.
2. A Coach Manufacturing Unit in Sonepat District (Haryana) in
collaboration with State Government.
3. A Midlife Rehabilitation Workshop at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh)
in collaboration with the State
Government.
4. Bikaner
and Pratapgarh workshops to
undertake POH of BG wagons.
5. A workshop for repair and
rehabilitation of motorized bogies at Misrod
(Madhya Pradesh).
6. A new wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi (Odisha).
7. A modern signaling equipment facility
at Chandigarh through PPP route.
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