minister of railways presented budget in parliament the last separate rail budget of india.
minister of railways presented budget in parliament the last separate rail budget of india.
who present budget in parliament the last separate rail budget of india?
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
section::::comments in recent years.:the merger of railway budget with union budget (2016).









































in a sweeping recast of india’s annual budget process, the government ended the 92-year-old practice of having a separate rail budget. commenting on this, chairperson moily said, """[w]e will discuss this issue with statistics and planning department, and also with the finance ministry. railway board, an important cog in this merger process, too will be consulted on the impact of this budgetary reform on railways as an organization".""









































section::::comments in recent years.:punjab national bank fraud (2018).
standing committee on finance