Rail Budget 2016: Highlights

                             

Presenting  his second budget, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday unveiled pillars of strategy that would reflect the new thoughts for the railways. Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2016:

. Budget that reflect the expectations of the entire nation.

. Making all the efforts to translate dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi into reality.

. Aiming to achieve operation ratio of 92 percent.

. Saving of Rs.8,720 crore from last year's estimation.

. 2,800 km of  broad gauge track conversation envisaged.

. Seven km of broad gauge lines to be commissioned every day during 2016-17.

. Hope to commission 19 km of new broad gauge track every day by 2018-19.

. Rs 40,000 crore expected from government as budgetary support.

. Rs. 8.8 lakh crore to be spent on infrastructure in five years.

. Budget that reflects the expectation of entire nation.

. Aiming to achieve the operation ratio of 92 per cent.

. Online booking of retiring rooms made possible.

. 17,000 bio toilets to be provided by the end of current fiscal.

. WiFi facilities at 100 more stations his year and 400 stations next year.

. To increase lower berth quota for senior citizen by 50 per cent.

. Dedicated freight corridors envisaged for North-South, East-West and East-Cost alignments.

. LIC to fund Rs. 1.5 lakh crore over five years on favourable terms.

. Two elevated tracks envisaged from Churchgate and CST on Mumbai's suburban railways system.

. All India 24X7 helpline for women.