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Budget 2017: Jaitley speaks on Railways

For the first time in 92 years, there will not be a separate Railway Budget as it has been incorporated in the Union Budget. The financial projections of the Indian Railways are as follows:

* Steps will be taken to launch dedicated trains for pilgrimage and tourism.

* Rail safety fund with corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of five years.

* Outlay for railways fixed at Rs 1,31,000 crore with Rs 55,000 crore Budget support.

* Our focus is on Swacchh Railways.

* Service charges for ticket booking on IRCTC withdrawn.

* All coaches of Indian Railways will have biotiolets by 2018.

* Railways will implement end-to-end transport solutions for certain logistics.

* Four areas of priority for Railways: Passenger safety, capital works, cleanliness & financial.

* A new metro rail policy will be announced, this will open up new jobs for our youth.

* Five special tourism zones to be set up in partnership with states.

* At least 25 stations expected to be awarded during 2017-18; 500 stations to be made differently abled friendly by providing lifts & escalators.

Stay tuned for more such updates.

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