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Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi proposes to set up an independent Railway Safety Authority.
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To form a panel to examine the current safety standards in Indian Railways.
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Indian Railways will target zero deaths by preventing train accidents.
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All railway level crossings will be removed in the next five years.
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To create SPV to eliminate all level crossings.
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The recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar Committee on Indian Railway's safety will be implemented.
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Railway Minister demands Budgetary Support of Rs. 2.5 lakh from the Government for FY13.
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Rs. 5 lakh crores needed under the Prime Minister's scheme.
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Rs. 14 lakh crores are required over the next decade.
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Railways must get at least 10% of Government's infrastructure funds.
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Proposes formation of Railway Research Development Council.
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Indian Railways has large basket of pending projects.
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Most ongoing projects cannot be completed in a time bound manner due to paucity of funds.
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Need viable funding mechanism to complete the ongoing projects.
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487 Rail Gauge projects worth Rs. 1 lakh crore have been approved.
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Railways aims for an operating ratio of 84.9% in FY13 vs. 95% now.
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Indian Railways aims to cut the operating ratio to 74% in future.
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The 12th five-year plan investment on Indian Railways is pegged at Rs. 7.35 lakh crores.
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The internal resources of railways are pegged at Rs. 1.99 lakh crores.
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Proposes to account for 2-2.5% of GDP as against 1% at present.
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Railways must grow at 10% annually to sustain India's GDP growth.
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Need a national policy for Indian Railways.
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Signaling systems of Indian Railways will be modernized.
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To facilitate running of heavier and longer freight trains.
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Proposes investment of Rs. 18,193 crores in rolling stock for FY13.
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Investment of Rs. 1.7 lakh crores required over the next five years.
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Proposes formation of Indian Railways Station Development Corporation.
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The Railway Safety Fund is pegged at Rs. 16,842 crores.
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Proposes 100 stations through PPP route over the next five years.
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Development of new stations will create 50,000 jobs.
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FY13 market borrowings pegged at Rs. 50,000 crores.
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Rs. 6,870 crores earmarked for new line projects in FY13.
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Gross Budgetary Fund is pegged at Rs. 24,000 crores.
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Proposes Rs. 6,647 crores for track modernisation.
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6,500 km to be electrified in the 12th Five-Year Plan.
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Rs. 4,410 crores allocated for capacity augmentation.
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Need Rs. 45,000 crores budgetary support in FY13 vs Rs. 24,000 crores.
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Alternative train accommodation system for waitlisted passengers proposed.
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Special housekeeping body proposed for cleanliness on trains, stations.
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Cleanliness standards to be improved within next six months.
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Proposal for escalators on stations, book-a-meal, AC lounge to accommodate wait listed passengers.
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Project proposed to connect Agartala to Bangladesh.
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A railway design centre to be set up at NID.
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Dedicated freight corridor from Ludhiana to Dankuni and Dadri to JN Port.
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Elevated car project from Churchgate to Virar through PPP route to be studied.
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Attempt to increase train speeds to 160 kmph.
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Conversion of DC to AC completed n western railways in Mumbai.
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Special coaches planned for differently-abled.
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31 projects of over 5,000 km being implemented with the support of state governments.
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More than 1 lakh persons to be recruited by Railways in 2012-13.
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2500 coaches to be equipped with DRDO developed bio-toilets.
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Proposal to set up special housekeeping body to ensure cleanliness in trains, stations.
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Propose to manufacture disabled friendly coaches with 2 attendants.
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Plan to set up rail coach factory in Kerala.
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Railways to have two new board members for PPP and Marketing, and for Safety.
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Improvement of passenger amenities at a cost of Rs. 1,112 crore.
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Proposes to upgrade 929 stations across the country.
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Plan to set up three disaster management training centres at Bengaluru, Kharagpur and Lucknow.
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