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The practice of announcing new trains was stopped last year itself with the government focusing on improving rail finances.

Railway Budget's 92-year-old journey comes to a halt

Former railway minister Lalu Prasad was particularly harsh on merger of Railway Budget with the General Budget.

2 Feb 2017 6:15 AM IST

Both ministers highlighted the fact that the Railways would benefit from the merger, and the decision will boost the overall infrastructure sector.

Railways may not achieve capex target

The budget could have proposed to raise passenger fare marginally to bring some incentives for freight.

2 Feb 2017 6:01 AM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Union Budget 2017 brings cheer to Delhi

The grant for the Delhi Disaster Response Fund remained unchanged with an allocation of Rs 5 crore.

2 Feb 2017 2:41 AM IST

$Arun Jaitley informed the Parliament \Transformative measures have to be undertaken to make Indian Railways competitive,$ Metros

Union Budget 2017: West Bengal railway projects get Rs 2,516 crore...

Eastern Railway has the most wide area of operation with its network in Bengal and in neighbouring states of Jharkhand...

2 Feb 2017 2:27 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee

Union Budget 2017: Misleading, hollow and useless, says Mamata

In a series of tweets Ms Banerjee voiced her displeasure over the Budget. Misleading. Full of jugglery of numbers.

2 Feb 2017 2:26 AM IST