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●12:17 PM: Railways suffered 23 paise loss per passenger in 2013: Gowda
●12:14 PM Our target is to become the largest freight carrier in the world: Gowda
●12:13 PM Indian railways moves about entire population of Australia on a daily basis: Gowda
●12:11 PM I am new to the office but flooded with requests for new trains: Sadananda Gowda
●12:11 PM Railways is a microcosm of India on the move: Sadananda Gowda
●12:09 PM Sadananda Gowda starts presentation of Railway Budget 2014
●12:43 PM Capacity for ticket bookings through e-booking to be enhanced: Gowda
●12:42 PM Special train to promote life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda: Railway minister
●12:40 PM Special trains for pilgrims circuits, Gowda says
●12:40 PM 4,000 women constables to be recruited to ensure safety of women: Gowda
●12:40 PM 17,000 RPF constables to provide safety to passengers: Railway minister
12:38 PM The recent fare and tariff hike to mop additional revenue of about Rs 8000 crore: Ministry of railways
●12:37 PM Online booking of railway waiting rooms: Gowda
●12:36 PMRO drinking water facilities to be installed at stations, Gowda says.
●12:36 PM CCTVs to monitor cleanliness of stations, Gowda says
●12:35 PM Food courts to be set up at stations: Gowda
●12:31 PM Will start work on high-speed networks, railway minister
●12:25 PM Indian Railways spent Rs 41,000 crore on laying of 3,700 km of new lines in last 10 years, railway minister
●12:24 PM Bulk of future projects will be financed through PPP mode, Gowda says
●12:54 Wi-Fi services to be introduced at all A-class stations: Gowda
●12:53 PM Wi-Fi services to be introduced at all A-class stations: Gowda
●12:53 PM Outsourcing at 50 major stations; on board housekeeping to be extended to more trains; launching feedback service through IVRS on the quality, railway minister says
●12:52 PM Will develop 10 metro stations with state-of-the-art facilities: Gowda
●12:52 PM Bulk of future projects will be financed through PPP mode, Gowda says
●12:50 PM Seeking Cabinet nod to allow FDI: Rail minister
●12:47 PM Efforts will be made to increase speed of trains to 160-200km/h on select sectors: Gowda
●12:46 PM Require Rs 5 lakh crore to complete ongoing projects: Gowda
●12:44 PM We will improve e-ticketing to 7200 tickets/minute; 1,20,000 user can log in simultaneously: Gowda
●01:07 PM:Gowda announces decision to launch diamond quadrilateral of high speed trains.
●1:06 PM :23 projects under way in northeast: Gowda
●01:06 PM --5 Jan Sadharan trains to be introduced: Gowda
●01:06 PM: Office-on-wheels: Internet and workstation facilities on select trains.
●01:05 PM; Ready-to-eat meals to be introduced in phased manners: Railway minister
●01:05 PM :Paperless office of Indian railways in 5 years. Digital reservation charts at stations: Gowda
●01:04 PM: Gowda proposes setting up of Railway University for technical and non-technical subjects, tie-up with technical institutions.
●01:04 PM: 18 surveys to be undertaken for new lines: Gowda
●01:03 PM: Demands for new stoppages to be considered only after feasibilty study: Gowda
●01:02 PM: We plan to attract investment from domestic and foreign players in infrastructure; focus to be on aggressive indigenisation: Gowda
●01:00 PM: Temperature-controlled storage for fruits and vegetable: Gowda
●01:00 PM: Special milk tanker trains to be introduced.
●12:59 PM: Hospital Management Information System to integrate all railway health units and hospitals: Gowda
●13:10 pm: Sadananda Gowda ends Railway Budget with quote in Kannada. Says he has an open mind to any correction in the Rail Budget.
●01:19 PM New trains in Rail Budget: 5 Jansadharan, 5 Premium, 6 AC, 27 express trains, 8 passenger, 5 DEMU & 2 MEMU services; 11 train extensions.
●01:17 PM Uproar in Parliament as railway minister Sadananda Gowda ends his budget speech.
●01:12 PM Railway minister lists four new ways to mobilise resources