Rail Budget 2012-13 | new fare | rail based industries

The Railway Budget for the year 2012-13 presented on 14th March 2012 by the Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi includes the fare increase as given below.

And the Railway Minister has also announced more rail based industries.


§ Setting up of Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority to be considered;
§ Passenger fares increased by 2 paise per km for suburban and ordinary
second class;
3 paise per km for mail/express second class;
 5 paise per km for sleeper class;
10 paise per km for AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier and First Class;
 15 paise per km for AC 2 tier and
 30 paise per km for AC I.
§ Fares to be rounded off to the next nearest five rupees.
§ Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost `5.

Rail Based Industries
Setting up of rail-based industries for meeting demand for rolling
stock.
The works at New Jalpaiguri, Adra, Jellingham and Kulti taken up in
collaboration with different PSUs.
First coach from Rae Bareli coach factory to be rolled out in next
three months.
Projects for supply of locomotives, coaches & critical loco
components being taken forward in many locations.
Group of Officers working on PPP/JV project models.
Work initiated at Budge Budge, Dankuni, Naopara, Anara, Tindharia, New Cooch Behar, Kharagpur, Haldia, Guwahati and Kazipet.
Wagon factory in Orissa to taken up, once land identified.
ICF Perambur’s second unit to come up.
Setting up of Palakkad coach factory.
Burn Standard Company Limited and Braithwaite Company Limited brought under Ministry of Railways.
Setting up of a Bridge Factory in J&K and an Institute for Tunnel &
Bridge Engineering at Jammu.
Setting up of Metro Coach Factory in Singur.
Setting up of a diesel locomotive centre in Manipur.
Setting up of a Centre of Excellence in software at Darjeeling.
Setting up of two wagon factories under JV/PPP mode at Kolar &
Alappuzha and one at Buniadpur.
Setting up of a factory for manufacturing on-track machines and a
new track machine POH facility at Uluberia.
Setting up of Rail Industrial Parks at Jellingham and New
Bongaigaon.
A unit to manufacture car steel bogies and couplers through JV
between Burn Standard Co. Ltd and SAIL already initiated in
Jellingham Park.
Setting up of 700 MW gas-based power plant at Thakurli in
Maharashtra.
Setting up of additional mechanized laundry cleaning units at Nagpur,
Chandigarh & Bhopal. In 23 locations laundries are under installatin.