Modi Government says "NO to Reduction in Fares" - Rail Budget 2015

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<h1>Modi Government says "NO to Reduction in Fares" - Rail Budget 2015</h1>​

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In front of presentation of the Railway Budget 2015 in Parliament one week from now, PM Narendra Modi government today discounted the likelihood of decreasing train passages, saying they were "at that point low".

"It (passage decrease) won't be carried out. Admissions are as of now low and government is giving sponsorship," Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said here.

He was noting inquiries from correspondents the previous evening on the likelihood of lessening in train admissions in the Railway Budget to be introduced in Parliament on February 26.

Sinha said the necessity of the service was more and assets were restricted, hence rail plan would be adjusted and open investment will be remembered.

He additionally said a bill to alter a current law to enable Railway Protection Force (RPF) to cabin FIR would be presented in the up and coming session of Parliament starting Monday.

Sinha, who is an individual from Lok Sabha from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, said the Railways had its own particular security wing – RPF – yet it didn't have the ability to cabin FIR in criminal acts occurring under its locale.

To an alternate inquiry, he said 100 every penny Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been considered creating foundation and enhancing security offers in the routes to hold over the extreme money crunch the general population segment behemoth was confront.
 
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