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Budget 2017: No service charge for online railway tickets

Highlights: No new trains, Rs one lakh cr towards passengers' safety

GN Bureau | February 1, 2017

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Presenting the union budget 2017-18, finance minister Arun Jaitely announced 1.31 lakh crore for the capital and development expenditure of Indian Railways. A total of Rs 55,000 crore has been allocated for Railways in 2017-18 combined budget. Here’s everything you need to know:

A Rastriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh with corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for a period of five years will be created to prevent rail accidents.

Indian Railways to bear remaining funds required for safety works from its own pocket.

A total of 3,500 km new tracks to be commissioned.
No service charge for buying tickets through IRCTC website.
Indian Railways to focus on four areas—safety, capital works, cleanliness and financial accountability.
A new metro-rail policy to create more jobs for youth.
By 2019, all coaches will be fitted with bio toilets to prevent corrosion of tracks and maintain cleanliness.
17 new projects of construction and development.
500 railway stations to be made accessible for differently abled.
A new single window service to be unveiled for all cleanliness related complaints.
Three sewage treatment plants (STPs) to be set up.
Railways to focus more on tourism and pilgrimage.
Tariffs to be fixed on the basis of cost.
IRCON, IRCTC will be listed on stock exchanges.

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