मैं अकेला ही चला था जानिब-ए-मंज़िल मगर लोग साथ आते गए और कारवाँ बनता गया - Purnesh Upadhyay

HIGHLIGHTS
This year, for the first time, the Railways Budget is part of the General Budget, "ridding us of the colonial era practice of separate budgets", as finance minister Arun Jaitley described it. The biggest announcement here, especially after the spate of train accidents recently, is the announcement of the setting up of a Rail Safety Fund. Here are the highlights of what Budget 2017 has in store for the Railways:
1. A Rail safety fund + with a corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of...
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5 years
2. The service charge on rail tickets booked through IRCTC will be withdrawn.
3. As many as 500 rail stations will be made differently abled-friendly by providing lifts and escalators.
4. Steps will be taken to launch dedicated trains for pilgrimage and tourism
5. A new metro rail policy will be announced + . This is expected to open up new jobs for the youth
6. At least 25 train stations are expected to be awarded during 2017-18
7. By 2019, all coaches of the Indian Railways will be fitted with bio-toilets
8. Railways will integrate end to end transport solutions for selected commodities through partnerships
9. Unmanned railway level crossings to be eliminated by 2020
10. A 22% rise in the Railways Budget was announced
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