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Railways To "Rationalise Fare, Freight Rates", Chairman Says Amid Slowdown
The railways is in the process of "rationalising" its passengers and freight fares, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday. He, however, refused to say if the prices will be increased.
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Railway Fares May Be Hiked Later, Says Opposition In Parliament
Accusing the government of making "bogus claims" in the Railway Budget, the Opposition today said though there was no proposal to hike fares and freight rates, there was every possibility for it to do so like in the previous year.
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Kerala Chief Minister Calls For Roll Back of Rail Fare Hike
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today asked the Centre to roll back railway passenger fare and freight rate hikes as it would lead to rise in prices of essential commodities.
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Rail Fare Hike Difficult But Correct Decision, Says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Defending the steep hike in rail fare and freight rates as a 'difficult but correct decision', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Railways can survive only if users pay for availing of facilities.
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Lalu Prasad Slams Government for Rail Fare Hike
Former railway minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today slammed the Narendra Modi government for announcing 'big' hike in rail fare and freight, which he described as the 'first salvo on common man'.
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Nitish Kumar Flays Modi Government For Rail Fare Hike Before Budget
Former Railway Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today criticised Narendra Modi government for promoting a "bad tradition" of announcing hike in Railway fare and freight before presentation of Railway budget in Parliament.
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Jayalalitha Demands Roll Back in Rail Fare Hike
Strongly opposing the hike in railway passenger fares and freight tariff, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll back the increase in the interests of the poor and the middle class people.
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Another round of rail fare hike from October 7
Railways have decided to increase passenger fare and freight tariff by about 2 per cent from next week to offset the financial burden arising out of increased input cost.
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Jayalalithaa urges Centre to roll back rail freight tariff hike
Denouncing the railway freight tariff hike as a measure that would accelerate inflation and further affect the economy and people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged the Centre to immediately withdraw the increase.
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Train tickets, freight tariff to be costlier from today
Travelling in trains is set to become costlier as the hike in reservation fee and superfast charges announced in the Rail Budget come into effect from today.
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Railway minister hints at more fare hike
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today hinted at further hike in train fares, saying that the railways could not go on increasing freight charges and leave passenger fares unchanged.
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Railway Budget 2013: Government ducks passenger fare hike
An eye on general elections next year, Pawan Kumar Bansal's Rail Budget today did not raise passenger fares, but he introduced a nearly six per cent hike in freight traffic rates and additional charges on ticketing services and some passenger tickets, mostly for wealthier passengers.
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Fuel surcharge on train tickets in the offing
With the recent hike in diesel prices putting an additional burden of Rs 3,300 crore on Railways, the PSU behemoth is considering to further increase passenger fares or raise freight charges.
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Dinesh Trivedi to present his first Railway budget today; passenger fare hike unlikely
With passenger fares unlikely to be hiked, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will today present his maiden railway budget for 2012-13 amid concerns over the financial health of the world's second largest network.
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Upper class train fares may go up
After the recent hike in freight rates by six per cent, upper class train journey may also become costly with the Railways finalising plan to rationalise passenger fares to tide over its financial problems.
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Railways To "Rationalise Fare, Freight Rates", Chairman Says Amid Slowdown
The railways is in the process of "rationalising" its passengers and freight fares, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday. He, however, refused to say if the prices will be increased.
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Railway Fares May Be Hiked Later, Says Opposition In Parliament
Accusing the government of making "bogus claims" in the Railway Budget, the Opposition today said though there was no proposal to hike fares and freight rates, there was every possibility for it to do so like in the previous year.
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Kerala Chief Minister Calls For Roll Back of Rail Fare Hike
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today asked the Centre to roll back railway passenger fare and freight rate hikes as it would lead to rise in prices of essential commodities.
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Rail Fare Hike Difficult But Correct Decision, Says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Defending the steep hike in rail fare and freight rates as a 'difficult but correct decision', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Railways can survive only if users pay for availing of facilities.
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Lalu Prasad Slams Government for Rail Fare Hike
Former railway minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today slammed the Narendra Modi government for announcing 'big' hike in rail fare and freight, which he described as the 'first salvo on common man'.
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Nitish Kumar Flays Modi Government For Rail Fare Hike Before Budget
Former Railway Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today criticised Narendra Modi government for promoting a "bad tradition" of announcing hike in Railway fare and freight before presentation of Railway budget in Parliament.
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Jayalalitha Demands Roll Back in Rail Fare Hike
Strongly opposing the hike in railway passenger fares and freight tariff, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll back the increase in the interests of the poor and the middle class people.
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Another round of rail fare hike from October 7
Railways have decided to increase passenger fare and freight tariff by about 2 per cent from next week to offset the financial burden arising out of increased input cost.
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Jayalalithaa urges Centre to roll back rail freight tariff hike
Denouncing the railway freight tariff hike as a measure that would accelerate inflation and further affect the economy and people, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today urged the Centre to immediately withdraw the increase.
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Train tickets, freight tariff to be costlier from today
Travelling in trains is set to become costlier as the hike in reservation fee and superfast charges announced in the Rail Budget come into effect from today.
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Railway minister hints at more fare hike
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today hinted at further hike in train fares, saying that the railways could not go on increasing freight charges and leave passenger fares unchanged.
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Railway Budget 2013: Government ducks passenger fare hike
An eye on general elections next year, Pawan Kumar Bansal's Rail Budget today did not raise passenger fares, but he introduced a nearly six per cent hike in freight traffic rates and additional charges on ticketing services and some passenger tickets, mostly for wealthier passengers.
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Fuel surcharge on train tickets in the offing
With the recent hike in diesel prices putting an additional burden of Rs 3,300 crore on Railways, the PSU behemoth is considering to further increase passenger fares or raise freight charges.
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Dinesh Trivedi to present his first Railway budget today; passenger fare hike unlikely
With passenger fares unlikely to be hiked, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi will today present his maiden railway budget for 2012-13 amid concerns over the financial health of the world's second largest network.
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Upper class train fares may go up
After the recent hike in freight rates by six per cent, upper class train journey may also become costly with the Railways finalising plan to rationalise passenger fares to tide over its financial problems.
