Search Results for: Railways

Foreign tourist arrivals in India rose 11% in February

Foreign tourist arrivals grew 11.43 percent to 8.47 lakh from 7.61 lakh visitors in February 2015.

Mar 18, 2016

Indian Railways paid Rs 28,000 crore to its pensioners in FY15

The railways, which has approximately 1.38 million pensioners, incurs about 48 percent of its revenues on salaries and pensions.

Mar 16, 2016

Prime Minister inaugurates rail projects worth Rs 7,200 cr in Bihar

The prime minister unveiled a rail-cum-road bridge in Munger and laid the foundation stone of an additional bridge at Mokama over the Ganga river.

Mar 13, 2016

Santosh Trophy 2016 semi finals schedule: Fixtures, teams, date and venue

Defending champions Services made it to the last four this time too.

Mar 10, 2016

India extends $2 billion in credit for infra projects in Bangladesh

Bangladesh would use the line of credit in developing its power sector, railways, road transportation, and other sectors.

Mar 10, 2016

Indian Railways hires E&Y to generate ad revenue worth Rs 5,000 crore

The latest move comes after the railway minister announced during the rail budget that non-tariff earnings would be raised instead of hiking ticket prices.

Mar 9, 2016

Egypt providing Indian firms duty-free access to overseas markets: Report

The bilateral trade between India and Egypt stands at approximately $5 billion every year.

Mar 6, 2016

Indian Railways announces Holi special trains for 2016

The Holi special trains will run on routes in Bhubaneswar, Patna, Puri, Gorakhpur and Bandra Terminus.

Mar 3, 2016

Old bridges need repair and rebuilding: Nitin Gadkari

Govt to repair British-era bridges in Rs 50,000 crore project

Under the Setu Bharatam project, 208 over-bridges and underpasses will be constructed in the first phase at the cost Rs 10,200 crore.

Mar 3, 2016

World Bank approached to set up Railways Infra Development Fund

Suresh Prabhu said the government has allowed 100 percent foreign direct investment in various sectors of the railways.

Mar 2, 2016

Road ministry plans Rs 50,000 crore loan from LIC for expressways: Report

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had allocated Rs 55,000 crore to the road ministry in the budget for the next fiscal year.

Mar 2, 2016

Budget 2016: FM Arun Jaitley's nine pillars to 'tranform India'

The nine pillars include financial reforms and commitment to fiscal discipline.

Feb 29, 2016

Budget 2016 highlights: Farmers get double allocation in 2016-17; relief for small tax payers

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented a pro-farmer budget Monday.

Feb 29, 2016

Rail Budget 2016: Suresh Prabhu announces 7 missions to transform railways

The seven missions would each be headed by a mission directors which would transform the Indian Railways.

Feb 25, 2016

Rail Budget 2016 Suresh Prabhu Freight Wagons

Rail Budget 2016: Industralists, business chambers hail Suresh Prabhu's balancing act

The broad consensus is that Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has done well, given the constraints.