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Mamata Banerjee today has presented Rail Budget 2010-11. India’s rail budget is to encourage private investment along with social commitment but without privatisation. Mamta banerjee in Railway Budget 2010 – 2011 has announced 101 new suburban trains for Mumbai.

    * No hike in passenger fare
    * Free travel for cancer patients in Third AC and sleeper class; 75 percent concession for companion
    * A special task force to be set up to clear investment proposals within 100 days.
    * Railway exams to be conducted in Hindi, English and Urdu languages
    * Considering that bottled water turns out to be expensive for the passengers, Mamata Banerjee proposed 6 bottling plants that would help provide clean and fresh water at much cheaper rates. Plant locations – Ambala, Thiruvananthapuram, Farakka, Amethi and Nasik
    * No privatization of railways
    * Rs 1300 Crores to be allocated for amenities for passengers
    * Improvement of security of women passengers
    * 5 sports academies to be set up
    * RFID technology for freight transport
    * Launching of Double Decker trains (pilot launch)
    * Ex-servicemen to be inducted to RPF (Mamata announced this after quoting Lata Mangeshkar’s song  Zara yaad karo qurbaani)
    * Insurance facility for licensed porters
    * Women’s RPF wing to be formed
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      Railways to set up Rabindra Museum in Howrah, Geetanjali Museum in Bolpur

    * Bharat Tirth train to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary
    * Special train during Commonwealth Games
    * 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai
    * New suburban trains in Chennai
    * New train service to Bangladesh
    * No increase in freight tarriff
    * High-speed dedicated passenger corridors
    * Freight reduction on foodgrains and kerosene
    * Houses for railway employees of 10 years
    * 10 new Duronto trains
    * 54 new trains in 2010
    * New tourist trains on tourist routes
    * 80000 new wagons
    * New Janmabhoomi train between Ahmedabad and Udhampur
    * New Karmabhoomi train for working class
    * Matribhoomi special trains for women
    * Service charge on AC fares to be Rs 20 instead of Rs 40
    * Mobile e-ticketing facility at hospitals, courts, universities, IITs, IIMs
    * Design, Development and Testing centre to be set up at Bangalore
    * Railway research centre at IIT Kharagpur
    * 13000 unmanned level crossings to be converted to manned level crossings