Budget 2024: Saftey a priority as Railways get Rs 2.65 lakh crore outlay
With railway accidents happening now and then the focus of Budget 2024 for the railways was on boosting the safety of rail travel. Railways has got an allocation of Rs 2.52 lakh crore from general revenues which is a jump of 5.85% from the previous year’s Rs 2.41 lakh crore.
Apart from Rs 2.52 lakh crore, there is an allocation of Rs 200 crore from the Nirbhaya Fund, Rs 3,000 crore from internal resources, and Rs 10,000 crore from extra-budgetary resources, bringing it up to Rs 2.65 lakh crore.
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