Railway budget 2014-2015

Q: The Railway Minister spoke about Bullet Trains in railway budget. Which are the metro cities that is going to get benefited by bullet train?

Kanishka Sen, Bangalore

8th July 2014

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Can anyone throw some light on what are the benefits of PPP ( public private partnership) model?

Kanishka Sen, Bangalore

10th July 2014

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Benefits of PPP model are as follows: 1) The PPP model for undertaking public projects has been widely accepted by many countries across the world due to various advantages they offer. Primary among these include the budgetary constraints of the government as well as the efficiency of private sector companies in undertaking such projects. Some of the other benefits include:
2) Improvement in the quality and quantity of infrastructure facilities
3) Completion of projects based on the plan proposed as well as the budgetary limitations
4) Speedy, efficient and cost-effective delivery of projects
5) Value addition due to the synergies between public authorities and private sector companies.
6) Helps reduce government debt and free up public capital to spend on other government services.
7) Tax payer benefits by avoiding paying more taxes towards infrastructure development.

For more information about the railway budget, you can read the article here Budget 2014: PPP Model in Infrastructure

Tushar Sinha, Delhi-NCR

10th July 2014

The bullet train is really going to reduce the commuting time between the two commercial centres and will drastically boost the real estate value in both the cities and along the corridor. Further, this will also reduce the the traffic snarls between these cities

Rajiv,

10th July 2014

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Will there be any impact in real estate after the bullet trains becomes a realty in India? What are the highlights of the railway budget?

Kanishka Sen, Bangalore

9th July 2014

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Highlights of the railway budget are as follows: 1) No hike in rail fare.
2) Bullet train proposed on Ahmedabad and Mumbai stretch and speed of train to be increased in nine sectors.
3) More emphasis on cleanliness and offer passengers with all the amenities.
4) For safety and security measures, 4000 women RPF constable to be recruited.
5) Improvement in railway reservation system like E Ticketing, Wi Fi services in major stations and in select trains. Mobile based wake up calls for passengers.
6) 58 new trains to be introduced.
7) E Procurement to be made compulsory in higher purchase and more transparency.

Devank, Bangalore

9th July 2014

The government is planning to use public private partnership for the project and the railwya minister proposed an outlay of Rs 100 crores to develop the bullet train project. Modiji has alos announced a diamond quadrilateral of bullet train to connect the metro cities. The trains will have a speed of about 160 kms to 200 kms per hour

Tushar Sinha, Delhi-NCR

9th July 2014

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The Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda in the Railway Budget proposed the first ever bullet train is set to run between Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Mumbai in Maharashtra. Currently the fastest train between the two cities is the Shatabdi Express, which nearly takes 7 hours each way. But the high speed trains are expected to run at a maximun speed of 320 km per hour.

Other proposed routes for the bullet train services are Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Chandigarh, Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai, Mumbai-Goa and Hyderabad-Secunderabad.

Devank, Bangalore

9th July 2014

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