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Women employees to benefit from special schemes proposed to take care of their children - 60 creches and 20 hostels for

children of women railway employees - Rabindra Museum at Howrah to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Tagore - Railways promises to set up five sports academies - Special trains for Commonwealth Games 2010 - Speaks about Lata Mangeskars song for those who laid their lives for India and invites applause from the house - Ex-servicemen used for railway security - Housing scheme for 14 lakh Rail employees E-ticketing mobile vans at hospitals and educational universities - 117 new trains will be on the tracks within 7 months - Private investment clearance in 100 days Port Blair to Diglipur connection proposed - Special benefits to help Cancer patients. Free tickets to AC3 and sleeper class - No price hike in passenger fares - India's religious, spiritual, pilgrimage hotspots to be connected with 'Bharat Teertha' trains - Express train service between and Ahmedabad and Udhampur - Tagore anniversary: Special train between India and Bangladesh - Kolkata metro station to be revamped - Special train in the name of Tagore to commemorate 150h birth anniversary (Himalaya to Kanyakumari, Madhuri to Patna routes among others) - Western corridor pact with Japan by Mar 2010 - More 'Matribhumi' Ladies Special trains to be introduced

- Banerjee teases former Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav while announcing a new service in Bihar - Rukus in the house as the minister continues announcements - Speaker forced to intervene every few seconds - Enraged Banerjee shouts " I can not satisfy all of you." - New Train services focus on Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal and other North Eastern neighboring regions - Minister begins announcing the extensions of train services amid interruptions as she finds pronunciation of the station names difficult - Austerity drive helped Railways save Rs 20,000 cr - Budget estimates: *Rs 113 crore for passenger amenity *FY 11 Pension fund at Rs 14,500 crore *Rs 6,490 cr net revenue revised estimate for FY10 *Revenue from non-crore business to go up from Rs 150 crore to Rs 1000 crore *Rs 4,411 cr for new rail lines

- A dedicated passenger corridor proposed called the Golden Rail Corridor project - A member of the family which loses land to railway projects will be given employment - AC service charge cut to Rs 20 - Mumbai gets 101 new suburban trains - Tourist trains on 16 routes - 10 more Duronto trains announced - Proposed diesel plant for West Bengal again invites ire of Opposition

- 22. 6 billion CFL lights distributed free of cost in a bid to take part in the green campaign to save 'Mother Earth' from climate change - New coach factories specialised in making coaches with refrigeration facilities to carry agriculture produce - Mamata raises voice and demands attention from the house. - Kharagpur to get a Railway research center - Railways examination centre in Bangalore - 54 new trains in 2010-2011 - Security continues on top, Mamata promises to man all unmanning railway crossing in a span of five years - Anti collision devises and better traffic control systems - Women employees to benefit from special schemes proposed to 'take care' of their children - 60 creches and 20 hostels for children of women railway employees - Rabindra Museum at Howrah to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Rabindra Tagore - Railways promises to set up five sports academies - Special trains for Commonwealth Games 2010 - Speaks about Lata Mangeskar's song for those who laid their lives for India and invites applause from the house - Ex-servicemen to be used for railway security - Housing scheme for 14 lakh Rail employees - Freight rates remain unchanged - Security of passengers a challenge. Railway Protection Force (RPF) power limited and state

governments should also take responsibility for law and order problems - Ticket centres at district headquarters and village panchayats - E-ticketing mobile vans at hospitals and educational universities - Services and amenities for women, minorities and the physically challenged - 117 new trains will be on the tracks within 7 months - Proposal to set up 6 bottling plants in order to provide clean water to commuters - Izzat scheme, concession schemes implemented - Work on multi functional complexes underway - Minister promises 1,000 km new railway line in one year - Connectivity priority but funds are insufficient - Invitation to business community to take part in Railway projects - Establishment of special task force to look into project delays - Need to develop new business model and bring in domestic investment through PPP (Public Private Partnership) - No privatisation of the Railways but business module required to arm the revenue - Private investment clearance in 100 days - Railway Budget 2010 formulated on social responsibility

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