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Railway Budget - Budget 2016
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Railway Budget 2016
- How Modi's stamp is evident in Prabhu's Rail Budget
Modi was having regular meetings with Suresh Prabhu and his team that was working on the railway budget, sources at Rail Bhavan told ET.
- To propel Railways into future, Prabhu enters engine room
A plan size of Rs 1.21 lakh cr in “challenging times” may appear optimistic but Railway Minister Prabhu was confident that he had finances under contr
- Freight gets weight in Prabhu's Rail Budget
It also proposes to develop three dedicated freight corridors, draft a freight train timetable, increase the average speed of freight trains to 50 km
- Railways low on fuel, still bullish on modernisation
It has set a target to earn Rs 1.84 lakh crore from passenger fare and freight business in 2016-17, around 10% higher than the revised target for the
- Mumbai suburban stations to get new escalators, FOBs
According to a statement issued by Central Railway (CR), Rs 2 crore has been allocated for roof over platforms to cater 15-car trains.
BUDGET HEADLINES
- Passengers get pride of place in Rail Budget 2016
- Rail Budget 2016: Prime place for PM Modi's Varanasi
- Insurance is fine, but where do you buy it from?
- Suresh Prabhu’s infra push a big plus for stocks
- Budget seeks to take the stress out of suburban
- Prabhu's growth plan may face stern test in pay panel largesse
- We need better pay, not a new name, say men in red
- Railways takes tech turn with apps, drone, WiFi
- JV with states, bonds likely to fund Prabhu's plan
- Rail Budget: Hopes riding on rail assets, services
- View: For first time, a Rail Budget with no numbers
- Citizens' suggestions make it to Rail Budget 2016
- Number of positives for Coal India in Rail Budget: Anil Swarup
- Indian Railways getting future ready
- 'Railways will have to hike fares to meet revenue target'
My Rail Yatra
Mission 'zero accident' to prevent train mishaps
An action plan was announced which included elimination of unmanned level crossings and installation of Train Collision Avoidance System in rail network.E-catering services to be extended to 408 stations, says Prabhu
E-catering services will be extended to 408 stations from 40 now, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here on Thursday.Enhanced capacity of e-ticketing system to 7,200 tickets/min
In a boost to Modi government's 'Make in India' drive, Prabhu said, 'New locomotive factories will be set up with an order book of Rs 40,000 crore.'Prabhu leaves passenger fares unchanged
Unlike last year when he tweaked freight rates, Prabhu made no changes either in passenger fares or freight rates.
Rail Budget: News & Analysis
Railways low on fuel, still bullish on modernis...
It has set a target to earn Rs 1.84 lakh crore from passenger ...
To propel Railways into future, Prabhu enters e...
A plan size of Rs 1.21 lakh cr in “challenging times” may appe...
Insurance is fine, but where do you buy it from?
Insurers expect the premium, for both accident and loss of bag...
JV with states, bonds likely to fund Prabhu's p...
Of the Rs 1.2L cr of capex planned, Rs 7,051 cr will be spent ...
Politics Watch
View: For first time, a Rail Budget with no num...
'Budget low on content, high on rhetoric'
Congress today dubbed as a "huge disappointment" the Railway B...
'Budget lacks vision, no direction for safety'
The Congress on Thursday termed the Railway Budget as "a bundl...
NCP dubs Budget as 'housekeeping budget'
NCP today dubbed the Union Rail Budget 2016 as "housekeeping b...
Experts Speak
Number of positives for Coal India in budget
Indian Railways getting future ready
Bright future for the railway related industries
Long term perspective of budget very good
Barcode ticketing a sign of hope for us
Monetisation of assets is a welcome step
Street Watch
Rail Budget gets a thumbs down on D-Street for ...
Data compiled by ETMarkets.com showed the 30-pack index had fa...
Rail Budget 2016 futuristic, pragmatic, say top...
Railway Minister, today, presented a Rail Budget that was futu...
Railways to hit global markets via rupee bonds ...
Railways is scouting for new ways to generate funding includin...
Why D-Street didn’t like Rail Budget? Because i...
The usual stuff was missing in the Rail Budget. Instead, the f...
Power Stocks
RAIL STOCKS
| COMPANY NAME | LATEST | CHANGE | %CHANGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartronics India Ltd. | 17.30 | 0.28 | 1.65 | |
| BEML Ltd. | 1386.00 | 1.50 | 0.11 | |
| Bhushan Steel Ltd. | 75.75 | 0.80 | 1.07 | |
| Container Corporation of India Ltd. | 1215.75 | 0.95 | 0.08 | |
| Gammon India Ltd. | 11.25 | -0.25 | -2.17 | |
| Gateway Distriparks Ltd. | 270.00 | -0.95 | -0.35 | |
| GMR Infrastructure Ltd. | 17.70 | -0.15 | -0.84 | |
| Hind Rectifiers Ltd. | 96.80 | -2.80 | -2.81 | |
| Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. | 45.55 | -1.75 | -3.70 | |
| IVRCL Ltd. | 5.17 | -0.16 | -3.00 | |
| Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. | 13.39 | 0.39 | 3.00 | |
| JSW Steel Ltd. | 199.40 | 4.80 | 2.47 | |
| Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd. | 102.40 | -0.20 | -0.19 | |
| Kalpataru Power Transmissions Ltd. | 357.00 | 7.20 | 2.06 | |
| Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd. | 55.00 | -2.15 | -3.76 | |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 1756.05 | 10.10 | 0.58 | |
| NCC Ltd. | 98.40 | -1.30 | -1.30 | |
| Punj Lloyd Ltd. | 22.60 | -0.30 | -1.31 | |
| Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. | 205.00 | -1.70 | -0.82 | |
| Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. | 61.10 | 0.55 | 0.91 | |
| Stone India Ltd. | 69.70 | 1.00 | 1.46 | |
| Tata Steel Ltd. | 459.00 | 5.05 | 1.11 | |
| Texmaco Infrastructure & Holdings Ltd. | 43.70 | 0.15 | 0.34 | |
| Titagarh Wagons Ltd. | 129.85 | 5.00 | 4.00 | |
| Zicom Electronic Security Systems Ltd. | 38.90 | 0.05 | 0.13 |
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- Carpet area to be counted for affordable housing: FM
- 125 lakh people have adopted BHIM app so far: Jaitley
- Plan to extend basket of financial instruments to which the capital ga
- MAT can be carried forward for 15 years by companies as against 10 yea
- Maximum donation a political party can receive in cash is Rs 2,000 fro
- Jaitley reduces existing rate of taxation for individuals with income
- IRCON and IRCTC to be listed on stock exchanges: FM Jaitley
- Defence expenditure excluding pension at Rs 2.74 lakh crore: FM Arun J
- One of the main objectives of govt is to remove component of black mon
- A new law likely to confiscate assets of the big-time economic offende
- 'Aadhaar Pay' to be launched soon, Jaitley says
- A new metro rail policy will be announced, this will open up new jobs
- Rail safety fund with a corpus of Rs 100,000cr to be created: FM
- Govt is focused towards women and child welfare schemes: FM
- Budget allocation to MNREGA increased to a record Rs 48,000 cr: FM
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana work accelerated to 133 km roads per
- 100% village electrification will be achieved by May 1,2018: FM Jaitle
- Two new AIIMS to be set up in Gujarat and Jharkhand: FM
- Arun Jaitley raises credit to farmers to 10 lakh crore
- Farmers, rural employment and infrastructure development are main focu
- India is expected to be fastest growing economy: FM
- Current account deficit declined in first half of 2016-17: FM
- Demonetisation is a bold and decisive measure: FM Jaitley
- There are three major challenges for emerging economy: FM
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