2010 Railway Budget 2010 Highlights

• Mamata Banerjee tables Rail Budget in Lok Sabha
• Social responsibility top consideration of railways
• Railway connectivity is key to India's growth
• Delayed administration and prosecution should be addressed
• Railway to come up with 10-year plan 'Vision 2020'
• Special task force to clear business proposals in 100 days
• It's time for public-pvt partnership in Railways. Business firms must join Railways, we won't privatise railways. 
• Mamata proposes 1000 km of new railway lines each year
• 117 of 120 new trains for current fiscal to be flagged off.
• Railway plans to raise 10000-20000 crore rupees in 2010-2011.
• Rail Budget promises new model to develop network
• Railway promises cleanliness ad better amenities on train
• Railway offers sops for women, minorities, senior citizens
• Mamata proposes multilayer parking and cheap drinking water
• 6 bottling plants to supply water to Railways
• Railway plans e-ticketing vans at hospitals and universities
• Railway proposes new signalling system
• Railway offers special safety for passengers
• Railway provides special facilities for ex-servicemen and sportsmen
• Railways plans to achieve no unmanned Railway crossing in next five years
• Special trains for Delhi during Commonwealth Games
• No hike in freight tariff
• Railway to set up 5 sports academies
• New housing scheme for senior citizens
• Railway to set up sports academies at Delhi, Secunderabad, Chennai
• New housing scheme for employees
• Law and order is not Railway but state concern
• Railway to set up Tagore museums
• New anti-collission devices to be formed
• Railway research centre at Kharagpur
• 5 new coach factories to be set up
• 54 new trains in 2010-2011
• 101 new suburban trains for Mumbai
• 10 more Duranto trains
• AC service charge cut to Rs 20 from Rs 40
• Cut freight rates on food grains and kerosene by Rs 100 per wagon
• More tourist trains on 16 routes
• Proposal to extend routes of 21 trains
• No forceful land acquisition for Railway
• Diesel plant for Bengal if land is available
• Railway to set up 10 auto ancilliary hubs under PPP model
• To set up more freight corridors
• To set up dedicated passenger corridors
• Railway benefitted from austerity measures
• To ink western corridor pact with Japanese company
• Railway to spend 113 cr for better passenger amenities
• Coach factory in Rae Bareilly in a year.
• Door to door service for freight
• Rs 1032 to be provided for Railway amenities
• Perambadur and Chittaranjan plants to be upgraded
• Despite slowdown, freight load up
• National high speed rail authority to be set up
• Job for one member of family whose land is taken
• Development, remodelling of Kolkata Metro station a priority.
• In 150 years, India has averaged 180 kml line in a year
• Railway to have master plan for Northern Railway region