Railway Budget 2009-10

Key Highlights
• No increase in passenger fares across classes
• Tatkal fees reduced from Rs 150 to Rs 100
• Tatkal scheme to be reduced from 5 days to 2 days
• No hike in freight rates
• Railways will receive an additional budgetary support of Rs 5000 crore in the current year
• Kolkata Metro to get more extensions
• AC Yuva trains to be introduced at Rs 299 and Rs 399
• 12 new 'Turant' AC sleeper trains between major metros
• 12 new non-stop 'Turant' AC and non-AC train service between Howrah-Mumbai, Delhi-
Lucknow, Delhi-Chennai, Delhi-Pune, Delhi-Allahabad, Howrah-Delhi, Sealdah-Delhi and
Ernakulum-Delhi.
• New scheme 'Izzat' to be introduced under which monthly season ticket of Rs 25 for up to 100
kilometers could be availed by unorganised sector passengers
• Freight loading target for 2009-10 set at 882 million tonnes, an increase of 39 million tonnes
• Railways to set up Land Banks to be used for industry
• Railways to set up a 1000 MW power plant with NTPC
• Ladies' specials to be introduced in suburban trains during peak hours
• Ladies Special to be extended to Kolkata, Chennai
• Metro concession in Kolkata to minority students
• Photo-ID cards cum credit cards to be given to accredited journalists
• Press correspondents to get 50% concession
• Total working expenditure estimated at Rs 81,685
• New scheme called 'Ijjat' for low income monthly travel
• Freight loading fell short of target
• Unrealistically high targets of Interim Budget not sustainable
• Railways to develop cold storages for farmers to store vegetables and fruits
• Freight loading fell short of targetUnrealistically high targets of Interim Budget not sustainable
• Railways making efforts with Department of Heavy Industries for takeover of ailing wagon
manufacturing units like Burn Standards
• 18,000 wagons to be acquired during the current year
• Better representation to be given to minorities, women and the economically backward in railway
recruitment
• Superfast parcel express trains to be started on a pilot basis between Delhi and Chennai and Delhi and
Mumbai.
• Launch of premium parcel service between 3 stations
• Work on coach factory in Rae Bareli to be speeded up
• A new coach factory to be set up in Kanchrapara in Bengal
• 7 nursing colleges to be set up on railway land in places including Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
• Railway medical colleges to be developed along with rail hospitals on public-private partnership
• An Integrated Security System is being developed for 130 vulnerable stations
• Mega logistic hubs in Eastern, Western corridorsNew policy to allow private freight terminal
• Railways to lease out more land for commercial purposes
• Special recruitment drive to fill up physically challenged posts

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 • Metro Rail Hopsital in Tollygunj to be upgraded
• Hospitals to be developed for railway staff
• Women commandos in key routes to be increased
• Girl child scholarship for Group B employees
• Mobile ticketing vans to be introduced
• Ramps, special bogeys for physically challenged passengers
• To introduce double-decker coaches for inter-city travel
• Unreserved ticketing terminals to be expanded from 5000 to 8000
• Computerised tickets can be brought from 5,000 post offices
• Automatic ticket vending machines on major stations
• SMS update on waitlisted tickets
• Priority to cleanliness and punctuality
• Ticketing services in 200 new towns and cities
• Specially designed coaches for handicapped passengers
• One doctor to be deputed in long-distance trains
• On-board infotainment services to be offered on Shatabdi, Rajdhani trains
• 49 stations of religious importance to be upgradedToilet facilities for women at stations
• Multi-functional complexes for railway users at stations
• Book stores, PCOs to be set up across stations
• Priority for passenger amenitiesRailways to lay stress on platform and train security, catering
• CST Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Howrah, Sealdah to be developed as world class stations
• Develop 50 stations as world-class stations
• Expert committee on socially unviable projects to be set up
• Railways trying to keep up with change
• Rail projects shouldn't be gauged by economic viability

(Source: Financial Express, CNBC, The Hindu etc.)

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