the minister of railways presented in parliament the seperate rail budget.
the minister of railways presented in parliament the seperate rail budget.
who presented in parliament the seperate rail budget?
minister of railways
on 14 march 2012, trivedi announced the annual rail budget 2012 that included an all over hike in passenger fares, ranging from 2 paise to 30 paise per kilometre for reasons of safety along with network expansion and modernisation. the fare hike was opposed by his own party's leader, mamata banerjee. senior tmc mps sudeep bandyopadhyay and derek o'brien both expressed their disagreement. however, the budget received support from the general public, industry groups and all five rail unions. tmc chairperson and chief minister of west bengal, mamata banerjee declared that she will not allow any hike in railway fares proposed in the railway budget. banerjee denied being consulted by railway minister on the issue of fare hike. on the same day, mamata banerjee wrote to prime minister manmohan singh asking him to dismiss dinesh trivedi as minister of railways and give the portfolio to another aitmc member of parliament mukul roy.
dinesh trivedi
jan sadharan express trains are series of passenger services operated by indian railways on the lines of rajdhani express, jan shatabdi express, etc. jan sadharan express trains are fully unreserved trains thereby providing cheaper transport aimed at common people. the services were first announced during the interim rail budget on 30 january 2004. muzaffarpur–ahmedabad jansadharan express and muzaffarpur–lokmanya tilak terminus jansadharan express, were announced as weekly service during the full rail budget on 6 july 2004, of which the latter was introduced on 2 october 2004 along with new service of hajipur–ahmedabad jansadharan express. during 2007–2008 railway budget, a new route of chhapra–chhatrapati shivaji terminus jansadharan express was added to the list. during 2008–2009 railway budget, amritsar–saharsa jan sadharan express was introduced. during 2009–2010 interim railway budget, barauni–delhi jan sadharan express was introduced. during 2014–2015 railway budget, 5 more jan sadharan express trains were introduced, which were ahmedabad – darbhanga jan sadharan express, jaynagar – mumbai jan sadharan express, mumbai – gorakhpur jan sadharan express, gorakhpur - amritsar jan sadharan express, saharsa – anand vihar jan sadharan express and saharsa - amritsar jan sadharan express.
jan sadharan express