Railway Budget 2014

Rail Budget 2014 highlights: 94 paisa of every rupee earned is spent by Railways

Presenting his maiden Railway Budget, rail minister Sadanand Gowda today said of the 99 projects taken up in 10 years costing Rs 60,000 crore, only one is complete, while adding that of every rupee earned, 94 paise is spent by Railways, leaving only six paise as surplus.<br />

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Bullet trains, FDI in rail and branded food: Full text of Railway Budget 2014-15

Here's the full text of the railway budget

FDI in Railways an attempt to sell out country, says disappointed Mamata

Criticising FDI in infrastructure projects in the railway budget, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged it was an attempt to sell out the country, while claiming that the exercise had 'neglected and humiliated' her state.

Bullet trains, office-on-wheels, paperless offices, wi-fi: IT to drive future of Railways

Bullet trains are set to become a reality in India with the first service between Mumbai and Ahmedabad as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government sought to run Indian Railways - one of the world's largest - like a "commercial enterprise but serve like a welfare organization"

India's onion crisis: Why there's a massive shortage despite the best-ever harvest

A doubling in retail prices across major cities is especially troubling for staples such as onions, an ingredient that is present in just about every Indian meal.<br />

'Pro-rich' Rail budget seeks to please Modi's home state: Former Railways Min Kharge

He also ridiculed the government's plans to introduce a bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector and setting up of a Diamond Quadrilateral network of high speed rail connecting major metros and growth centres.<br />

Rail budget 2014: 10 years, 99 projects launched, 1 completed. Another fraud?

Giving details of the poor state of project completion, Gowda offered chilling insight into how railway ministers have courted folly by announcing projects and not completing them.

Cong files privilege motion against Gowda, says rail budget was leaked

Congress has claimed breach of privilege, and moved a privilege notice against Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda in the upper house of Parliament

Rahul's criticism is vapid, but this is not a triple A rail budget

Sadananda Gowda presented a stem-the-rot budget, so Rahul's criticism that it is not pro-poor can be ignored. But Gowda's real work begins now. The speech will be forgotten, but he has to implement the Modi vision flawlessly.