Sadananda Gowda News

Indian Railways have received proposals totalling Rs.15,000 crore for development of various projects under the PPP (public private partnership) mode, railway minister Sadanada Gowda said on Tuesday. Gowda also defended the recent 14.2% passenger fare and 6.5% freight hike, saying ...

Government on Tuesday proposed "highest ever" plan outlay of Rs 65,445 crore to the railways for the current fiscal, with a budgetary support of over Rs 30,000 crore. Presenting the Railway Budget for 2014-15, Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda said the ...

Indian Railways will borrow less at Rs 11,790 crore from market through its two companies IRFC and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd for capital expenditure during 2014-15. The estimated market borrowing by these two companies during current fiscal were pegged at ...

Railway Ministry is likely to propose installation of X-ray systems along the tracks to detect faulty parts in trains in the Rail Budget among a series of steps to enhance safety measures for passengers. A new academy for advanced training ...

Wanting railway stations to be better than the airports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday indicated that private players could be soon be involved in their development and modernisation in a major way. He said railway stations in the country ...