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"Modi Govt provided three times more funds to Tamil Nadu than INDI allianc
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Before 2014, only Rs 900 crore were allocated each year. You know who was the 'karta-dharta' of the INDI alliance at that time. However, this year, Tamil Nadu's rail budget has exceeded Rs 6000 crore," the Prime Minister said.
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"People continue to complain without justification": PM Modi takes jibe at
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Before 2014, only Rs 900 crore were received every year for rail projects and you all know who was heading the INDI Alliance at that time. This time Tamil Nadu's rail budget is more than Rs 6000 crore," he said, suggesting that previous leadership failed to prioritize the State's develop
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Indian Railways utilises 59 pc of budget in first half of financial year
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Saturday that Rs 1.4 lakh crore has been effectively utilized from the allocated budget of Rs 2.40 lakh crore for the current financial year, resulting in the utilization of 59 per cent of the allocated funds.
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Yogi govt set to accelerate efforts to improve rail connectivity in UP wit
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bolstering the Yogi government's efforts to improve connectivity in the state, this time the Central government has allocated Uttar Pradesh 16 times more money in the Rail Budget compared to what the state received between 2009 and 2014, as per an official release.
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PM Modi urges youth undertaking start-ups to develop things to empower 'di
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], June 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while dedicating a 'centre of excellence for persons with communication disorders' to the nation here, urged the youth undertaking start-ups to use their ideas and innovative thinking to develop things to empo
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Budget is game-changing and growth-oriented, says Eastern Railway general
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 2 (ANI): General Manager of Eastern Railways Arun Arora hailed the announcements made for railways in Union Budget 2022-23 calling it a game-changing and goal-oriented budget.
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LS discusses demands for grants for Railways for nearly 11 hours, oppn mem
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday extensively discussed the demands for grants for Railways for 2020-21 with the marathon debate lasting nearly 11 hours and seeing the participation of a large number of members.
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Rail stocks decline three to five pct ahead of Rail Budget
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): With maximum focus on safety, speed and infra development, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the first Rail Budget subsumed in the General Budget today.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 1 (ANI): The 2017 Union Budget will be presented today in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and there will be no separate Rail budget from this year, as it has been merged with the General Budget.
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Rail safety to be a priority in Union Budget
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 31 (ANI): With 2017 going down in history as the year when the Rail Budget was subsumed in the General Budget, all eyes are set on the Budget Session scheduled to take place from Wednesday (tomorrow).
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Earlier Rail budgets were focused on pleasing parliamentarians: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 18(ANI) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that previous Rail budgets were politicized as they were primarily focused to please the Members of Parliament(MP), adding that the decision of Railway Budget merger with General Budget has never been for the
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Rail-General Budget merger, Congress, transparency, detailing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (ANI): With the government mulling to merge the Rail Budget with the General Budget, the Congress on Saturday said one wonders with this experiment of tying the budgets, if the transparencies that exist during the Railway Budget and the detailing that goes into it would al
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