Focus On Vande Bharat Not On Trains For Poor? What Railway Minister Said
India struck a balance between greater spending on jobs and rural development as well as transferring more funds to states, while narrowing the fiscal deficit, the 2024-25 budget unveiled on Tuesday showed. It though appeared largely silent on big-ticket announcements for Railways. The word Railways was mentioned just once during Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 83-minute long Budget speech.
