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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.

Panel moots Rs 5k cr railway safety cess

Mahendra Kumar Singh | | Ahead of the Rail Budget, a panel has proposed a fresh levy on train passengers to finance the safety requirements. If accepted by railway minister Dinesh Trivedi this will be the second time when the railways will ask passengers to bear the burden.

New trains to be flagged off in eastern India

PTI | | As announced in the last Railway Budget, the Railways would introduce at least three new trains passing through many areas of the East Coast Railways (ECoR) from tomorrow.

Railways register 9.70% growth in freight earning

PTI | | Railways have earned Rs 55,382.80 crore as revenue from freight traffic during April 2011 to January 2012, registering an increase of 9.70 per cent.

Railways to move RPF (Amendment) Bill 2012 in budget session

PTI | | A legislation to make Railway Protection Force (RPF) the sole body responsible for passenger security is likely to be introduced in the budget session of Parliament.

Dinesh Trivedi explores fund mobilisation plan with Montek

PTI | | Railways are understood to be pressing for a quantum jump in gross budgetary support from Rs 20,000 crore in the last budget to Rs 40,000 crore in the coming rail budget.

Railwaymen's federation appeals PM for Rs 50,000 crore package

PTI | | All-India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) has sought adequate financial support from the government to bail out the national transporter from its present crisis.

Demand for BG conversion of track to Tarangambadi

PTI | | Railway ministry should allocate Rs 300 crore in this year's railway budget for the long-pending Mayilduthurai-Tarangambadi broadgauge line laying work, BJP natinal council member K Rajendran said today.

Coach shortfall: 30 proposed trains yet to be flagged off

PTI | | Even as the 2012-13 railway budget is round the corner, the railways is falling short of about 300 coaches to introduce 30 new trains promised in the last budget including double decker AC trains between Delhi and Jaipur.

Gogoi demands NF Railway as dedicated railway zone

PTI | | Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today urged Union minister for railways Dinesh Trivedi to declare the North East Frontier Railway as a dedicated railway zone for the north eastern states.

Rail Budget: Rs 99 cr for MMTS phase-II project

TNN | | The Railway ministry has sanctioned Rs 99 crore for the Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase-II in the 2012-13 budget. The MMTS currently serves over 1.6 lakh passengers every day.

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