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Budget 2013: Chidambaram nets big fish
Budgets presented in the run-up to elections, whether in the pre or post-reforms era, have tended to showcase how much the government is doing for the common man.

Union Budget 2013: Shockwaves on the Rich-ter scale, crorepatis clubbed with 10% surcharge blow
P Chidambaram decided to take a leaf out of the Warren Buffett rule book by whacking the wealthy with a rich tax, though he said it was only for the period of a year.

Union Budget 2013: Chidambaram has it covered for insurers
Insurance CEOs are excited about the proposals announced by the finance minister that make it easier to distribute policies.

Rail Budget row: Will consider Dinesh Trivedi's replacement if situation arises, says PM

TNN | | Manmohan Singh is keeping the Trinamool Congress guessing and has said he will consider its request for replacing Trivedi when the situation arises.

Fares don't pinch, still cheaper than bus for sleeper class

Stanley Pinto | | Travelling to the state capital by train will be a tad costlier but will not pinch either the middle class or upper class passengers.

Late arrival: Health & hygiene on platform

TNN | | Health and hygiene have finally entered the agenda of railway officials with the railway minister announcing the setting up of special bodies to increase amenities in trains.

Modernization bypasses Kerala in Rail Budget

T Ramavarman | | The 2012-13 Railway Budget has come as a huge disappointment for the people of Kerala. The state’s priority, uniquely, was not more trains but infrastructural and network problems and railway minister Dinesh Trivedi signally failed in addressing these.

Safety on trains remains a women’s only concern

Gayathri Sasibhooshan | | The rising rate of crimes against women in trains has apparently failed to move the railway minister who hasn’t done anything to address the issue in his 2012-13 budget.

Rail Budget: Peanuts in Lucknow’s kitty

TNN | | Boarding a train will need one to shell out more for whichever class he wants to travel in the new financial year. The rail budget 2012-13 hasn't made much difference for Lucknow.

Rail Budget: 20 new trains fall on Rajasthan's kitty

Ashish Mehta | | Unveiling his first budget on Wednesday, Union railway minister Dinesh Trivedi announced 20 new trains for Rajasthan, apart from nine route extensions and increase in the frequency of three trains.

Rail Budget: 18 new services delight suburban commuters

TNN | | Never once in his 15 years as a train commuter has 33-year-old U Shyam Sundar missed a suburban train from Minjur station, 30km north of Chennai.

Bullet train proposal is old wine in new bottle

TNN | | The euphoria in the state over the proposal of a bullet train connecting Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur seems misplaced.

Rail Budget: Wagon, coach makers sense new business

TNN | | At a time when railways minister Dinesh Trivedi has been at the receiving end from political parties for increasing fares, manufacturers of wagons, coach and rail components have thrown their weight behind his proposals in the Railway Budget and said it would lead the railways to a higher level.

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