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Railway budget – Photo: Amar Ujala
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In the Union Budget, Rs 2.55 lakh crore has been allocated to the Ministry of Railways. Of these, Rs 3445 crore will be spent in revenue and Rs 2,52,000 crore in capital experience. In this way, a total provision of Rs 2,55,445 crore has been made in the railway budget. In the budget, 66 thousand crore rupees have been kept in pension funds. 32,235 crore will be spent for laying new lines. A budget of Rs 32,000 crore has been fixed in doubling of lines and Rs 4,550 crore in converting into a gose line.
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In the budget, a budget of 6800 crores for signaling and telecom, Rs 6,150 crore for electrical lines, Rs 833 crore on staff welfare has been fixed. 301 crore will be spent for railway staff training purpose. At the same time, 45 thousand crore rupees will be transferred to railway safety fund.
The Railway Ministry is going to take special steps to reduce railway accidents. Under this, the work of installing the upgrade version of Kachva on the major railway route of the country will be done rapidly. The new version of the armor has been recently approved by the Research Design and Standard Organization (RDSO). The Ministry has not made any new announcement in the budget and instead the emphasis has been laid on fulfilling the announcements of the previous. According to the Railway Ministry, among the busiest routes of Indian Railways, Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Kolkata are included. Both these routes are being equipped with armor. Also, a armor will be placed on the Mumbai-Chennai and Chennai-Kolkata route. In this way, there is a preparation to equip the track of about 9 thousand km long with the Kachav.
Railways had expected to increase allocation on capex
According to a source associated with the railway, the allocation on the capital expenditure (capex) of the railway was expected to be increased by 20 per cent in the upcoming budget. According to the estimates of the railway, out of the 2.65 lakh crore rupees received under this item in the previous budget, the Railways has spent about 80 percent. According to a top official, the Railway Board has spent more than two lakh crore rupees in the current financial year.
