Budget 2017: Rail security, cleanliness top on Arun Jaitley’s agenda

Railway budget was merged with Union budget for the first time.

Updated on: Feb 1, 2017, 13:42:44 IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Charu Gupta

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Rail security and cleanliness topped the agenda in finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget for 2017, the first time in 92 years that India didn’t have a separate rail budget.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley said unmanned railway level crossings to be eliminated by 2020. (HT Photo)

1 Service charge on e-tickets booked through IRCTC to go

2 500 stations to be made disabled friendly by providing lifts, escalators

3 All coaches to have bio-toilets by 2019

4 A rail safety fund with corpus of Rs 100,000 crore to be created over five years

5 SMS-based clean-my-coach service to be launched

6 3,500km rail line to be commissioned in 2017-18

7 25 stations to be redeveloped

8 Unmanned railway level crossings to be eliminated by 2020

9 Tariffs to be fixed on the basis of cost, social obligation and competition

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

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