Rail Budget

The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday recommended advancing the holding of the Budget Session from January 31. The presentation of the Union Budget will be held on February 1 and the first phase of the Budget…

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hails Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for allocating of Rs. 4,682 Crore to Odisha in the Rail Budget. Union Minister Pradhan congratulates Railway Minister Suresh…

Bhubaneswar, Feb 26: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday thanked Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for allocating Rs.4,682 crore to Odisha in the railway budget 2016-17, which is hike of 30 percent from last year's outlay.…

The following are the highlights of the Railway Budget for 2016-17 presented by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Lok Sabha on Thursday: * IRCTC to begin marriage catering service in phased manner * New R&D organisation to be…

New Delhi, Feb 25: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu began presenting his ministry's budget for the next fiscal year in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, promising to address the issues concerning all stakeholders -- citizens, employees and industry,…

New Delhi, Feb 25: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Thursday said that public expectations from the Railway Budget 2016 are quite high. "People have high expectations from the Railway Budget this year," Prabhu told reporters here…

Bhubaneswar, Jan 7:  The Odisha assembly's house committee on railways on Wednesday presented a memorandum to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu requesting him to grant Rs.5,000 crore in the ensuing rail budget 2016-17 for development of rail…

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) During the first 36 days of the current fiscal, the railways ministry has implemented 39 announcements made by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu in his budget speech, the government said on Wednesday. In a…

The Railways will increase its freight rates for several commodities including grains, pulses, urea, coal and cement from April 1 as proposed in the Railway Budget 2015-16. In his Rail Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed an…

Modernization, capacity augmentation, better governance and laying out a roadmap for partnerships with both state governments and private sector have been the principal building blocks for this year’s Rail Budget. The Minister has touched…