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All Pawan Bansal's poetry from the Railway Budget 2013 speech

The Rail budget itself has been criticised as being extremely pedestrian and sorely lacking ambition. But what Bansal lacked in measures, he made up for in poetry. Or so it seemed in any case.

Rail Budget 2013: Is the Railways Ministry jinxed?

A quick look at the fortunes of the Railway Ministers for the past 25 years show that barring Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar, the political career of the others has not been all that rosy after their stint was over.

What to read if you love trains but are bored by Railway Budget 2013

For those of you who love trains but don't find much sense in listening to the Railway Minister's news and numbers speech today, here are five books about trains, railways and all its experiences that you should read.

Rail Budget 2013: Bansal to bite the bullet and hike fares again?

All attention will be, on passenger fares as Bansal had recently told reporters that the increase in diesel price following the fare hike has negated the additional revenue which Railways expected to mop up by Rs 3,300 crore.

Bansal has bamboozled us with 'reform' talk in Rail Budget

Bansal has been given a free pass on his gravy train, with commentators buying too readily into his 'reforms' rhetoric even though he hasn't quite walked the talk.

Why Rail Budget 2013 has set the tone for austerity year

The main read-through to the Union budget is that government spending will likely rise at a slower pace and suppressed prices will be passed on to consumers, but only at a very gradual pace due to the risk of consumer backlash ahead of the elections,

All the passenger, express trains introduced in Rail Budget 2013

Railways will introduce 67 new express trains, 27 new passenger trains and run of 58 trains will be extended. Here's the complete list.

Rail Budget: CCI welcomes freight hike despite inflationary concerns

Industry seems to have either shrugged off this increase or already accounted for it since business chambers did not emphasize this hike today.

Rail freight for grains, pulses, groundnut oil hiked by 6%

The move will lead to increase in prices of food items.

Rail Budget 2013: What the aam aadmi has to say

Rail fares should have been hiked for the development of the county. Hiking fares was a necessity. It was not hiked because elections are due next year, says the common man