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Rail Budget 2016: Good intentions galore, but Suresh Prabhu's targets for next year too optimistic

Railway minister also admitted that a slowing economy is the reason railways missed its passenger and freight earnings' target for FY16

Big proposals, no fare hike: How Suresh Prabhu avoided the bitter pill in Rail Budget 2016

On the whole Prabhu’s 2016-17 Railway budget is a please-all budget, which indeed shows promise of taking ahead the process of overhauling Indian railways through several small reform-steps rather than making big-bang announcements

Rationalising work force, raising fares: Here's Suresh Prabhu's unenviable task in Rail Budget 2016

An analyst with a Mumbai-based brokerage points out that the Railways has fallen short of its revenue target which was set at about Rs 1,80,000 crore in FY16

Rail Budget 2016: Show political will and raise passenger fare, says Assocham

Rail budget: Overhaul freight charging system to make it more profitable

The basic issue is not that profits of the railways need to be derived from passenger fares but how can freight be made more profitable

Rail Budget 2013: Lalu, Mamata bills are still to be paid

The bills run up by previous railway ministers are falling due. A part of it has been remedied by raising fares and freight, but Pawan Kumar Bansal's options are narrowing.