Lok Sabha passes Railways appropriation billsThe Railways' revenue for 2017-18 is estimated at Rs 1,78,350 crore, recording a 9 per cent increase from the revised estimates of 2016-17.
20 Mar, 2017, 05.57 PM IST
Government may make Aadhaar must for rail concession in Budget 2017The Railways is expected to get the exemption from payment of dividend to the Union government, a move which will help to strengthen its fi...
29 Jan, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
Finance Ministry expects Budget to be presented on Feb 1The idea is to get the Budget passed by Parliament along with Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill by the end of March as this would ens...
24 Dec, 2016, 11.22 AM IST
Railways to have functional autonomy, bear salary burdenRailways will bear the burden of 7th Pay Commission, besides the regular salary and pension payments for its present and ex-employees.
21 Sep, 2016, 06.52 PM IST
Cabinet to consider Budget presentation on February 1The proposal for advancing of the budget and the merger of the railway budget with it will be considered tomorrow at a meeting of the union...
20 Sep, 2016, 11.15 PM IST
Government working on faster trains with facilities: Railways Minister Suresh PrabhuTalking about faster trains, Prabhu said a Spanish company is involved in a project to reduce by 5 hours the time taken on the Delhi-Mumbai...
02 May, 2016, 08.29 PM IST
Government to press for passage of key billsThe Lok Sabha will also take up scheduled financial business, including the Appropriation (Railways) Bill, 2016, besides a general discussi...
13 Mar, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
Heavy legislative agenda in Parliament next weekThe third week of Budget session begins days after JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar booked in a sedition case came out on bail.
05 Mar, 2016, 03.13 PM IST
Government to annul 295 obsolete Acts, approves billThe Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015 will be introduced in Lok Sabha for annulling 295 Acts which have been declared as redundant.
16 Jul, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Modi government repeals 125 obsolete laws; 945 more facing axeThe exercise is being undertaken by the law ministry in line with PM Modi's agenda to do away with "archaic" laws that were "hindering gove...
27 May, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Cabinet gives nod to repeal over 700 archaic lawsA large number of Appropriation Acts passed in the past several years have lost their meaning but these are still shown on statue books.
20 Mar, 2015, 10.10 PM IST
Bill in Parliament likely this week to repeal obsolete lawsGovernment is set to bring a new bill in Parliament this week to repeal another set of obsolete laws, including Railways Appropriation Acts.
01 Dec, 2014, 09.35 PM IST
Congress suggests measures for improving rail servicesThe Congress today suggested some innovative ideas to the government for improving services of the Railways and its battered coffers.
21 Jul, 2014, 07.40 PM IST
Parliament passes Interim Rly Budget without discussion amid dinParliament passed the Interim Railway Budget for 2014-15 with Rajya Sabha returning it without discussion amid din over Telangana issue.
18 Feb, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
- Railways to upgrade e-booking of tickets
Government said over one lakh vacancies in Railways will be filled up during this fiscal, including the safety related posts, and the e-boo...
10 May, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
- Railways gets grants rolling amid uproar
It took the Lok Sabha just 18 minutes to pass the railways' demand for grants and appropriation bills amid an uproar over the women's reser...
10 Mar, 2010, 03.45 AM IST
- Parliament okays Rail budget
Parliament on Thursday passed the Appropriations (Railways) Bill for 2007-08 with the Rajya Sabha returning it without discussion.
03 May, 2007, 02.00 PM IST