The Union budget is a "growth engine" for the country, said Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw here on Wednesday.
Overall, the government proposed to increase capital expenditure outlay by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore in 2023-24, which would be 3.3 per cent of the GDP, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
RailTel, a "Mini Ratna" Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, announced its Consolidated Income of Rs. 462 Crore in the 3rd quarter of FY 22-23 with a growth of 5 percent QOQ in its 137th Board Meeting held on January 31, 2023, said a press release on Tuesday.
Around 58 people lost their lives when some coaches of Sabarmati Express were torched at the Godhra Railway Station in Gujarat on February 27, 2002. The incident triggered large-scale riots in Gujarat.
As the countdown begins for the presentation of the Union Budget for fiscal 2023-24, citizens across a wide spectrum of the society have put forward their expectations.
Farmers staged a protest on the railway track at Batala railway station for three hours on Sunday against the "forcible acquisition of their land" and in support of their demand for an increase in the minimum support price of sugarcane.
A 30-year-old woman and two toddlers were found dead under mysterious circumstances near Narela railway station in the national capital, officials said.