Rail Budget 2016: Seven New Missions To Be Launched

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01:10 PM

• Railway Minister concludes budget speech
  

01:09 PM

• Seven missions - each headed by mission director
• Mission 1 - Coal transport
• Mission 2 -Elimination of Unmanned level crossings
• Mission 3 - Zero accidents
• Mission 4 - Better Procurment and consumption efficiency.

01:06 PM

• Two DFCs to be commissioned by 2019
• 100 internships to be announced for engineering students.

01:05 PM

• We collect 100TB of data every year, steps to taken to analyse this data for better decision making.

01:02 PM

• Railways Independent Regulator to be kept arm’s length from railway ministry
  
• National Rail Plan coming Up to help coordinate with other modes of transportaion networks
  
• Railway planning and development authority, for preparing DPR’s and planning in consultation with all concerned stake-holders. It will achieve the mission of multi-modal transport synergies,
  

12: 58 PM

• IRCTC Will Explore More E-Commerce Opportunities
• Monetising land along track, promoting horticulture, solar energy and tree plantation along them.
  
• Will use drones to assess physical progress on projects.

12:55 PM

• Pilot run of time tabled freight trains
  
• Focus will be on providing last mile connectivity for freight.
• Will soon inaugurate first auto-hub in Chennai.

12: 53 PM

• Kolkata: Metro Phase I East west corridor to be completed by June 2018
  
• Delhi suburban network to be fully revived. Will work with state government.

12: 49 PM

• Aastha Circuit Trains to connect important pilgrimage centres.

12:47 PM

• New uniforms for all railways staff.
• Rail Display Network for providing live information to passengers.
• One person accountable for all facilities on train.

12:44 PM

• Accessible India: All stations under renovation will be handicap friendly.
  
• Baby food to be made available.
• Baby changing boards to be installed in coaches.

12: 41 PM

• CCTV coverage at all Tatkal counters
• Passenger can demand cleaning of train/bogey/berth (on-demand services)
  
• 30,000 more bio-toilets to be introduced.

12:38 PM

• Anyodhay Express: Long Distance Unreserved Trains To Be Launched
• Uday: Over night double decker trains to be introduced
• Tejas - Speed of 130 km/hr and above.

12:34 PM

• Locos with auxiliary modes are being manufactured locally.
• Four such locos have already been produced. 30+ are being produced.
• National Academy of Indian Railways to be upgraded into a full fledged university.
• All Railway Land Records Digitised
  

12:33 PM

• Entering into R&D partnership with leading railway institutions of the world.
• Anti-fogging measures being implements.

12: 32 PM

• World’s First Bio-Vacuum Toilet Implemented By Indian Railways
  
• Wi-Fi being implemented in 100 stations in partnership with Google. Minister invites other service providers too.

12:31 PM

• Elimination of all unmanned Railway Crossings by 2020
• 2,500 water vending machines at railway stations have been provided
  
• Enhanced capacity to be support 1,20,000 concurrent users.

12:30 PM

• Turned social media into a customer grievance redressal system
• More than 1 lakh phone calls are made to receive feedback.
• They help us understand state of cleanliness of stations, schedules and others.

12: 25 PM

• Connectivity
• Port connectivity and North East connectivity will be priority in this budget
  
• 1,600 km of electrification this year and 2,000 km in the next year are proposed.
  
• Mizoram and Manipur to be brought under broad gauge soon.

12:20 PM

• New dedicated freight corridors: Kharagpur to Mumbai (East - West), Kharagpur - Vijawada, Delhi - Chennai.
• All DFC projects in PPP project.
• All contracts for currently implemented DFCs will be awarded by end of current FY.

12:15 PM

• Some Bibek Debroy commitee recommendations implemented
• Elimination of all unmanned level crossings.
• Introducing a new way of funding
• Bankable projects to be completed in 3-4 years.
• LIC has committed investment on 1.5 lakh crores on favourable terms.

Suresh Prabhu begins his Railway Budget speech.

• Expected operating ratio 92 for FY 2016-17
  
• Capital 48,100 crore, 2009-14 a an average growth of 8%.
• For 2016-17 - 1.2 lakh crore, capital expenditure
• Every rupee has a multiplier of 5 in railways
• Zero direct discharge