10 important questions related to railway budget 1) What is the revenue estimate from freight operations as proposed in the Rail Budget of 2014-15? – Rs. 105,770 crore ……………………………………………………………… 2) What is the revenue estimate from passenger operations as proposed in the Rail Budget of 2014-15? – Rs. 44,645 crore (The gross receipts from traffic (passenger plus freight) thus stands at Rs. 1,60,115 crore. The Gross receipts in 2013-14 stood at Rs. 130,320 crore) ……………………………………………………………… 3) What is the name given to the ambitious high speed rail network that has been proposed in the Rail Budget of 2014-15? – Diamond Quadrilateral ……………………………………………………………… 4) India’s first bullet train has been proposed to be run on which rail sector as announced in the Rail Budget? – Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector ……………………………………………………………… 5) How many sectors for proposed high-speed trains were proposed in the Rail Budget 2014-15? – Nine (These nine sectors are – Delhi-Agra, Delhi-Chandigarh, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Goa-Mumbai, Chennai-Hyderabad, Delhi-Kanpur, Delhi-Pathankot, Mysore-Bangalore-Chennai, and Nagpur-Secunderabad) ……………………………………………………………… 6) How many new train services were proposed in the Rail Budget 2014-15? – 58 (This includes 27 express trains, 5 premium trains, 6 AC express trains, 5 Janasadharan trains, 8 passenger trains, 5 DEMU services and 2 MEMU services) ……………………………………………………………… 7) Runs of how many existing trains were extended in the Rail Budget 2014-15? – Eleven ……………………………………………………………… 8) The budget allocation for cleanliness at railway stations has been increased by – 40% (as compared to Rail Budget 2013-14) ……………………………………………………………… 9) What is the operating ratio of Indian Railways as announced in the Rail Budget 2014-15? – 94 paise (This means 94 paise put of every Re 1 is utilized. So the surplus for the railways is just 6%) ……………………………………………………………… 10) In how many years Indian Railways would be made paperless as proposed in the Rail Budget 2014-15? – 5 years (Facilities like Mobile alerts for wake up calls, arrival alerts and digital reservation charts at station have also been proposed) ……………………………………………………………
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:31:03 +0000
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