President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament:Honourable Members,I am delighted to address the first session of both Houses of Parliament after the elections......
Plan panel Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia welcomed the initiative to set up a Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority for rationalising fare and freight rates, in the Railway budget. Ahluwalia......
The railways have ruled out any plan of corporatisation, which the Rakesh Mohan Committee, set up to chart a roadmap for rail services, had recommended. "The British experience of corporatisation,......
The railways have earned Rs 3,447.27 crore (Rs 34.47 billion) from passenger traffic in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The figure is 7.85 per cent higher compared with the earnings during......
In a market-driven economy, a statutory regulatory authority to determine tariffs on objective economic criteria, ensure free competition and remove barriers to entry and exit through an......
The Union Cabinet will soon take a call on setting up Railway Development Authority of India, an independent regulator, which will decide on passenger and freight rates After Rail Budget, the Rail......