Rail Budget 2015 a 'watershed moment' for Railways: Modi

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:59

“Railway Budget 2015 is a watershed moment for Railways, marking a paradigm shift from discussing coaches and trains to comprehensive railway reform.”

No hike in train passenger fares

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:46

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today spared passengers from any hike in fares but made changes in freight rates to rake in more money while ruling out privatisation.

Rail Budget 2015: Foreign rail technology co-operation scheme proposed to be launched

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:45

Indian Railways have signed in the past MOUs for technical cooperation with number of foreign railways or their entities.

Rail Budget 2015: 77 New Railway projects worth Rs 96,182 cr sanctioned

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:38

Presenting the Railway Budget 2015-16 in Parliament on Thursday Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said this budgetary allotment under capital is 84 percent higher than 2014-15.

Rail Budget 2015: Passenger earnings scaled down to 17.7%

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:37

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said that the passenger earnings which were budgeted to increase by 22.2 percent have been scaled down to 17.7 percent.

Prabhu proposes lowest operating ratio for railways in 9 years

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 13:32

Addressing the pressing issue of finances for the Indian Railways, Minister Suresh Prabhu Thursday proposed an operating ratio below 90 percent to increase revenues for the system.

Sensex, Nifty wash out initial gains on fresh selling

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 11:39

Both the indices, sensex and Nifty, washed out initial gains on fresh selling mainly in Auto, Healthcare, IT, Consumer Durable and Banking sectors ahead of the Railway Budget and was trailing down by about 67 points at 1100 hours.

Rail Budget 2015 to signal road to reform: Suresh Prabhu

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 10:57

Rail Budget 2015, to be presented later on Thursday, will signal the direction of long-term reforms needed to revamp the world`s fourth-largest rail network, minister Suresh Prabhu said.

Rail Budget 2015: Overview and Highlights

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 05:45

Presenting his maiden Rail Budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday announced that there will be no increase in passenger fares for the fiscal 2015-16. He also said that the government will improve capacity on high density network in the next five years.

Rail Budget 2015: No possibility of reduction in train fares

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 09:42

Ahead of presentation of the Railway Budget in Parliament on Thursday, government has ruled out the possibility of reducing train fares, saying they were "already low".

No possibility of reduction in train fares: MoS Railways

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 13:35

Ahead of presentation of the Railway Budget in Parliament next week, government on Thursday ruled out the possibility of reducing train fares, saying they were "already low".

Rail Budget: Introduction of vacuum toilets likely

Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 09:18

Water conservation initiatives such as introduction of environment-friendly vacuum toilets and changes in the design of existing lavatories in trains are some of the proposals likely to be announced in the forthcoming Rail Budget.