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After Mumbai and Pakistan comes Delhi ,Algiers, Bucharest, Colombo and Pana
ma City.According to the report, the five most expensive cities in the world are
Tokyo and Osaka in Japan, Sydney, Oslo and Melbourne.
Railway Budget 2013-14
On 26 February Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the 2013-14 Railway
Budget in the Loksabha . Railway Budget 2013-14 Highlights :2013-14 Railway Budget Estimates
Rs.42,210 crores
Highest ever plan outlay of Rs.63,363 crores in 2013-14
Good Earnings
Rs.93,554 crores
Good Traffic Receipts
Rs.1,43,742 crores
Total Revenue Receipts Rs.1,46,626 crores
Ordinary Working Expenses
Rs.96,500 crores
Operating Ratio to be 87.8%. A new Forged Wheel Factory at Rae Bareli, Coach Manufacturing Unit in Sonepat Di
strict (Haryana) ,Midlife Rehabilitation Workshop at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), n
ew wagon maintenance workshop in Kalahandi (Odisha).
Highest ever plan outlay of Rs.63,363 crores
5.2 per cent growth in passenger traffic expected in 2013-14
Freight loading of 1047 MT, 40 MT more than 2012-13.
67 new Express trains to be introduced.26 new passenger services, 8 DEMU service
s and 5 MEMU services to be introduced. Run of 57 trains to be extended. Frequen
cy of 24 trains to be increased.22 new rail lines to be taken up in 2013-14
Proposal for setting up of Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority formulated and at
inter-ministerial consultation stage. Fuel Adjustment Component (FAC) linked re
vision for freight tariff to be implemented from 1st April 2013.
72 additional suburban services in Mumbai and 18 in Kolkata
An independent Rail Tariff Authority has been formalised
ndian Railways Institute of Financial Management to be set up at Secunderabad
Recruitment to RPF with 10% vacancies reserved for women.Seek to fill 1.52 lakh
vacancies in railways this year. 47000 vacancies for weaker sections and physica
lly challenged to be filled up soon
By end of 2013-14, 1,500 km of contracts to be awarded for two dedicated rail co
rridors Economic Survey of contracts to be awarded for two dedicated rail corrid
ors.
Union Budget 2013-14
On 28 February Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram Presented the Rs.16,65 279 C
rore(Planed Expenditure Rs. 5,55,322 crore , Non Planed Expenditure Rs 11,09,975
crore) Union budget in the Lok Sabha for the financial year 2013-14.This is the
82 nd Budget for India and 8th Budget for the Finance Minister P Chidambaram.In t
he past, former Prime Minister Morarji Desai presented the Union Budget 8 times
as Finance Minister. The Highlights of Union Budget 2013-14: Total budget expend
iture seen at 16.65 trillion rupees in 2013-14.
on-plan expenditure estimated at about 11.1 trillion rupees in 2013-14.
India s 2013-14 plan expenditure seen at 5.55 trillion rupees
Revised estimate for total expenditure is 14.3 trillion rupees in 2012-13, which
is 96 point of budget estimate
Expect 133 billion rupees through direct tax proposals in 2013-14
Expect 47 billion rupees through indirect tax proposals in 2013-14
Target 558.14 billion rupees from stake sales in state-run firms in 2013-14
Expect revenue of 408.5 bln rupees from airwave surcharges, auction of telecom s
pectrum, licence fees in 2013-14
But will give some tax relief of Rs. 2000 for every person who has an annual inc
ome of up to Rs. 5 lakh
RBI expected GDP growth of 5.5% for Financial Year 2013-14
Rs.1000-crore Nirbhaya Fund announced for the empowerment of women
Rs.6,000 crore to be allocated for rural housing fund
Defence allocation increased to Rs. 2.03 lakh crore
Rs. 6,275 crore to ministry of science and technology, Rs. 5,880 crore to Depart
ment of Atomic Energy
Rs.27,049 crore allocation to the Agriculture Ministry

Rs. 37,330 crore allocated for Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Rs.110 crore to be allocated to the department of disability affairs
Rs.37,330 crore allocated for Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Rs.14000 crore will be provided for PSB recapitalization. He will constitute a p
anel on transaction costs, and financial policies.
Rs.6,5867 crore for Education , an increase of 17 percent over RE for 2012- 13.
Rs 6275 crore to Ministry of Technology
Rs.2 trillion for defence sector
Rs.15,260 crore to be allocated to Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanit

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