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Budget 2013

Updates from India's annual budget

Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presents the government’s railway budget for the 2013/14 financial year in a few hours from now. What's your budget wishlist? Share your views.

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/25/2013 3:12:13 PM
I hope fares are not hiked again

by RajanTogda 2/26/2013 4:45:49 AM
Budget 2013: India to put investors before voters in poll-year budget. Rajesh Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar report. Full story at in.reuters.com

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 4:55:22 AM
by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:03:03 AM
On Railway Budget day, take a look at train journeys across India. Click to view a slideshow

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:04:13 AM
On Jan 9, the government had raised passenger fares for the first time in nine years; the minister had said "facilities and safety measures will improve with an increase in fares"

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:06:17 AM
Reports indicate that there might be another hike in fares today; it would be interesting to see if that happens

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:06:56 AM
MARKET UPDATE: Sensex is down more than 100 points in trade

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:21:05 AM
India just beat Australia in the first test match. Tendulkar, also an MP, hit two consecutive sixes. He can now catch the Rail budget live.

by Anurag Kotoky via twitter 2/26/2013 5:28:15 AM
Railway budget will be in focus today with some reports indicating that there might be another hike in fares

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:30:04 AM
Stocks update ahead of the Budget --Stone India down 3.6 pct, Kalindee Rail down 2.5 pct, Titagarh Wagons down 2.2 pct, Texmaco up 1.2 pct

by Reuters_Ankush 2/26/2013 5:30:08 AM
How to make a shoddier system more shoddy. Also known as #RailBudget. First time being presented by a ruling party MP and not regional ally

by Arup Roychoudhury via twitter 2/26/2013 5:33:41 AM
At New Delhi railway station http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEAcV9HCEAAA50m.jpg

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter 2/26/2013 5:34:09 AM
TV crews outside the New Delhi railway station http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEAcfiACAAEqsb5.jpg

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter edited by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:34:49 AM
@arnikathakur and @sankalp_sp are at New Delhi railway station, talking to passengers for @ReutersIndia #RailBudget

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:35:42 AM
Last year, Dinesh Trivedi hiked fares when he presented the railway budget. That led to a huge uproar and he was forced to resign after TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee expressed disappointment

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:39:25 AM
Reports indicate that there might be another hike in fares today; it would be interesting to see if that happens

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:39:37 AM
STOCK MARKET UPDATE: Bharti Airtel is up 3.7 pct, HUL gains 1.6 pct, ITC rises 1 pct

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:39:56 AM
Easy to get to the platforms....security men not giving a tough time to people

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter 2/26/2013 5:40:18 AM
#IfTwitterhaditsway, IRCTC wd be top priority in #RailBudget; @narendramodi wd be India's PM & #replacemoviename wd b India's national game

by shyamanuja via twitter 2/26/2013 5:41:54 AM
Typical scene at the platform http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEAeSLLCEAA56im.jpg

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter 2/26/2013 5:42:38 AM
Railway budgets, traditionally, have been really colourful. Lalu and Mamta were brilliant. Remember Lalu's "fruit tree" act?

by Anurag Kotoky via twitter 2/26/2013 5:42:50 AM
Arti Agarwal, housewife, not happy with train services. She says even the Rajdhani trains lack in cleanliness.

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter edited by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:43:51 AM
Here are some famous quotes from budget speeches in recent years

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:45:09 AM
Mamata Banerjee said in 2011: Hum aah bhee karte hain toh ho jaate hain badnaam, Woh katl bhee karte hain toh charcha nahi hota’. (We earn a bad name even if we moan/but there is not even any mention if they commit a murder.)

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:46:00 AM
Madam, while railways deliver on their promises, they are not good at publicity. This House and the nation do not come to know of our achievements or what we are doing -- Mamata Banerjee, 2011 speech

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:46:46 AM
Sensex down around 140 points, with 24 components in the red

by Reuters_Ankush 2/26/2013 5:47:49 AM
We would welcome a railway budget with reasonable fare hikes, provided amenities, punctuality and hygiene both in railway coaches and station platforms (like Nizamuddin Rly Stn) are improved.

by Vaddadi SHRI KUMAR 2/26/2013 5:48:34 AM
PROFILE: Know your railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal

by Reuters_Ankush 2/26/2013 5:52:00 AM
Here's an interesting blog on the Railway Budget by the Wall Street Journal -- Does India Need a Separate Rail Budget? blogs.wsj.com

by Reuters_VipinDas 2/26/2013 5:53:43 AM
Hope you've checked our Budget full coverage page: in.reuters.com

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 5:57:00 AM
Most passengers upset with dirty trains http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEAhwwyCUAEGug4.jpg

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter edited by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:57:50 AM
Daljeet Singh, a 40-something businessman, says rail fares have been hiked recently, so facilities should also improve.

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 5:59:35 AM
RT @KabirTaneja: On Rail budget day...my piece on the railways from last year. Nothing has changed so it remains relevant. www.sunday-guardian.com

by Anurag Kotoky via twitter edited by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 6:00:17 AM
Sankalp Phartiyal and Arnika Thakur are at the New Delhi railway station, speaking to passengers on the #RailBudget for @ReutersIndia

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 6:01:47 AM
Rail Budget 2013: Ten things to know ahead of the minister's speech -- from NDTV Profit profit.ndtv.com

by Reuters_VipinDas 2/26/2013 6:01:53 AM
Rail stocks ahead of budget: Texmaco up 0.7 pct, Titagarh Wagons down 2 pct, Kalindee Rail falls 2.65 pct, Stone India drops 3.8 pct

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 6:03:09 AM
Here are some famous quotes from budget speeches in recent years

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 6:04:19 AM
Do share your expectations using the COMMENT NOW button at the top of the live blog

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 6:04:55 AM
John Mathai presented India's first post-independence railway budget, without having a formal designation as the minister for railways

by Reuters_Ankush 2/26/2013 6:05:09 AM
The stench from the railway tracks just never goes away .....how about a modern toilet system for our trains?

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter 2/26/2013 6:06:16 AM
Navesh Chitrakar was travelling on trains, observing and trying to capture the most significant and fascinating aspects of India’s railways. Click here for a very special Photographers Blog

by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 6:07:04 AM
Railway budget will be presented in the Lok Sabha at 12 noon

by Reuters_AdityaKalra 2/26/2013 6:07:18 AM
Let us have passenger insurance along with fare hike.

by Sanghamitra Mandal 2/26/2013 6:08:40 AM
Arangba, 27, a Meghalaya student, says there should be a balance between rail fares and facilities; fares should be within everyone's budget.

by Sankalp Phartiyal via twitter edited by Reuters_TonyTharakan 2/26/2013 6:10:31 AM

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