Rail budget focusses on transparency, safety: Modi
The Rs.149,176 crore budget presented in the Lok Sabha focussed on "transparency and integrity" as well as the safety needs of commuters, Modi said in remarks later.
The budget "keeps in mind the development of India. We can see the great use of technology also", he said.
"This budget shows where we want to take the railways and at the same time where we want to take India through the railways," the prime minister said.
The budget introduces the country's first bullet train, to ply between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and increase the speed of passenger trains up to 200 km an hour on select routes.
The budget "strengthens institutionalized mechanism" in the Indian Railway network, which carries 23 million passengers every day.
Modi said the railways play "a very important role" in the country's development.
He said the country should have paid more attention to railways after independence in 1947. "Better late than never."
Rail
ka
vistaar
bhi
ho,
rail
ka
vikaas
bhi
ho:
PM
Narendra
Modi
#RailBudget
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
8,
2014
Now
in
real
terms
this
is
a
Bharatiya
Railway.For
a
long
time,
the
vision
was
broken,
not
unified.
Now
its
the
21st
century
budget
:
PM
Modi
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
8,
2014
First
time
there
is
holistic
railway
budget
of
modern
India.
Railway
cannot
be
run
on
an
ad-hoc
basis:
PM
Modi
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
8,
2014
This
rail
budget
will
become
a
huge
power
for
the
economy.
Its
about
developing
the
nation
through
development
of
railways:
PM
#RailBudget
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
8,
2014
PM
Modi:
This
budget
will
make
railways
modern,
give
service
to
citizens
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ANI
(@ANI_news)
July
8,
2014
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