Narendra Modi Rail Budget

Farmers protest: Hours before farmers resume their march to Delhi, sources in the Centre have said that the Narendra Modi government has taken several pro-farmer steps during its 10 years in power, including a hike in budget allocation.

India announced record spending of 3.96 trillion rupees ($59 billion) to build and modernize its railways, airports and roads as Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to upgrade the strained infrastructure in Asia's third-largest economy.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all geared up to present the Union Budget 2017-18 today, breaking the decade-old practice of presenting it on the last working day of February. This Budget comes less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bold and risky gamble to outlaw high-value old currency notes. The Economic Survey for 2016-17,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Rail Budget, which proposes no fare hike, caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter with the aim of providing trains with higher speed and safety.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Rail Budget, which proposes no fare hike, caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter with the aim of providing trains with higher speed and safety.

Most part of the expenditure will be met through extra budgetary resources.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said that 20 railway projects announced in successive budgets for the state were yet to take off for want of funds and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention for expediting them.

Having roughly doubled spending allocations for roads and bridges in fiscal 2015/16, and raised the rail budget by a third, PM Modi is banking on India going faster.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has begun a splurge on road and rail building that analysts say could remove doubts over whether economic growth in India really is overtaking China.

Describing the rail budget as "extremely disappointing" for Uttarakhand, Congress today said the Hindu deities will never forgive the Railway Minister for neglecting the hill state also called "Devbhoomi", the land of Gods.

BJP President Amit Shah today termed the railway budget as "futuristic and development-oriented" which reflects NDA government's policy of "Sabka saath, Sabka vikas".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the Rail Budget as "futuristic" and "passenger centric", and said it lays out a clear road-map to make the national transporter the key driver of the country's economic growth.

Generally soft-spoken and low-profile, Suresh Prabhu was made Railways Minister last November after he exited the Shiv Sena to join the BJP in 2014. Mr Prabhu, 61, was handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the crucial railways portfolio, mainly owing to his reputation for being pro-reform, dynamic, an original thinker and scrupulously hone...

The Railways will build coaches to run at the speed of 200-km per hour at its Chennai facility in keeping with the Narendra Modi government's 'Make in India' initiative.

At the first meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought views of Chief Ministers and Lt Governors on Budget 2015-16, flagship schemes and infrastructure projects like rail and roads to put the economy on high growth trajectory.

Farmers protest: Hours before farmers resume their march to Delhi, sources in the Centre have said that the Narendra Modi government has taken several pro-farmer steps during its 10 years in power, including a hike in budget allocation.

India announced record spending of 3.96 trillion rupees ($59 billion) to build and modernize its railways, airports and roads as Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to upgrade the strained infrastructure in Asia's third-largest economy.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is all geared up to present the Union Budget 2017-18 today, breaking the decade-old practice of presenting it on the last working day of February. This Budget comes less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bold and risky gamble to outlaw high-value old currency notes. The Economic Survey for 2016-17,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Rail Budget, which proposes no fare hike, caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter with the aim of providing trains with higher speed and safety.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the Rail Budget, which proposes no fare hike, caters to all sections of the society and showcases a vision to reorganise and rejuvenate the national transporter with the aim of providing trains with higher speed and safety.

Most part of the expenditure will be met through extra budgetary resources.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said that 20 railway projects announced in successive budgets for the state were yet to take off for want of funds and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention for expediting them.

Having roughly doubled spending allocations for roads and bridges in fiscal 2015/16, and raised the rail budget by a third, PM Modi is banking on India going faster.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has begun a splurge on road and rail building that analysts say could remove doubts over whether economic growth in India really is overtaking China.

Describing the rail budget as "extremely disappointing" for Uttarakhand, Congress today said the Hindu deities will never forgive the Railway Minister for neglecting the hill state also called "Devbhoomi", the land of Gods.

BJP President Amit Shah today termed the railway budget as "futuristic and development-oriented" which reflects NDA government's policy of "Sabka saath, Sabka vikas".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed the Rail Budget as "futuristic" and "passenger centric", and said it lays out a clear road-map to make the national transporter the key driver of the country's economic growth.

Generally soft-spoken and low-profile, Suresh Prabhu was made Railways Minister last November after he exited the Shiv Sena to join the BJP in 2014. Mr Prabhu, 61, was handpicked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the crucial railways portfolio, mainly owing to his reputation for being pro-reform, dynamic, an original thinker and scrupulously hone...

The Railways will build coaches to run at the speed of 200-km per hour at its Chennai facility in keeping with the Narendra Modi government's 'Make in India' initiative.

At the first meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought views of Chief Ministers and Lt Governors on Budget 2015-16, flagship schemes and infrastructure projects like rail and roads to put the economy on high growth trajectory.