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10 Mar, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Shaktikanta Das defends placing Lakshmi Vilas under PCABased on each trigger point, the banks have to follow a mandatory action plan.
05 Oct, 2019, 07.48 AM IST
How railways put men at 11 level crossings a dayPiyush Goyal confirmed in his budget speech that unmanned crossings were a thing of the past.
03 Feb, 2019, 09.02 PM IST
RIP Rail Budget! Prabhu's office misses the buzzTraditionally, presentation of the railway budget has been one of the most significant signposts of the country's parliamentary calendar.
25 Jan, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
Budget merger won’t affect railways’ autonomy: GovernmentCommittee looked into three issues of merger of rail budget with the general budget, doing away with plan and non-plan distinction and earl...
10 Dec, 2016, 12.48 AM IST
Parliament Panel for preserving Railway autonomy after Budget mergerThe Railways, should continue to get reimbursement of losses for strategic lines and finance ministry should extend budgetary support
09 Dec, 2016, 07.31 PM IST
Finance Ministry issues instructions for Budget 2017-18The annual exercise of budgeting aims at detailing the roadmap for efficient use of public resources taking into account the socio-economic...
23 Sep, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
Rail Budget merger is the biggest reform in the sector: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu"One good thing now is that we will get an instant relief of Rs 9,700 crore that we had to pay earlier as dividend on the capital at charge...
22 Sep, 2016, 07.57 AM IST
Cabinet clears merger of Railways and Union BudgetsUnion Cabinet has cleared finance ministry’s proposals to reform the entire budgetary process, including advancing the date of budget prese...
22 Sep, 2016, 02.19 AM IST
Railways to maintain distinct identity: Suresh PrabhuPrabhu said that it was decided for merger of the rail budget with general budget but distinct identity of the railways will be maintained.
21 Sep, 2016, 04.23 PM IST
Arun Jaitley sees 'good case' in advancing budget dateOffering the rationale behind the idea of advancing the Budget date, he said a lot more spendings take place in third and fourth quarters.
30 Aug, 2016, 10.17 PM IST
Finance Ministry accepts Suresh Prabhu's proposal, no Rail Budget from next fiscalFinance Ministry has constituted a five-member committee comprising senior officials to work out the modalities for the merger.
14 Aug, 2016, 02.02 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu writes to Arun Jaitley, seeks merger of Railway, General budgetsPrabhu has recommended ending the 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate budget for Railways and sought merger with the General Budg...
15 Jul, 2016, 12.48 AM IST
Scrap railway budget, recommends Niti Aayog panelNiti Aayog was mandated by the Prime Minister's Office to work out a detailed plan for integration of rail budget with the general budget.
22 Jun, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
China threatens USA after Chinese consortium denied rail contract on Vegas-Nevada-LA lineIn September last year, XpressWest and CRI announced to establish a joint venture to build the Southwest Rail Network that will connect Las...
11 Jun, 2016, 06.15 PM IST
Chinese state-run rail firms eye global market with mergerCNR Corp and the CSR Corp, both state-owned firms will merge into a new company to avoid 'in-fighting' during exploration of the global mar...
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