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    • Earnings through railways ticket sales up by over Rs 2,000 cr in 2016-2017

      Minister of State for railways Rajen Gohain told Lok Sabha that in 2015-2016, the national transporter earned Rs 17,204.06 crore through booking of tickets online and Rs 28,119 crore in offline booking while in 2016-2-017, it earned 19,209.28 crore in online booking and 28,468.81 crore in offline booking.

    • No proposal to increase fares: Railways

      In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State of Railways Rajen Gohain said the national transporter has seen an increase in passenger traffic of 0.68 per cent and a spike of 0.99 per cent between Delhi and Mumbai during April- November 2017 as compared to the corresponding period last year.

    • Indian economy has achieved rapid development: Rajen Gohain

      "Digital transaction can check corruption and bring transparency along with solving unemployment problems," Gohain, the Minister of State for Railways said while participating in the Mudra Promotion Campaign organised here.

    • All state capitals to be connected to Delhi by rail: Rajen Gohain

      "It(railways) will not only help in intercommunication but will also help the farming community to export their produce to different parts of the country and fetch them high income."

    • Soon, popular films, TV shows on demand on 1,300 trains

      Once the system is in place, passengers will be able to watch an array of popular films, serials and sitcoms on their laptops, mobile phones and other devices.

    • Railways has sanctioned projects worth Rs 13,500 cr for NE

      The Railways has sanctioned projects worth Rs 13,500 crore for the North East in this year's budget, Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said today.

    • Top focus to be laid on expanding network in Odisha: Railways

      This was announced after Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain reviewed the performance and progress of ongoing Railway projects with General Manager, East Coast Railway, Umesh Singh and other officials during a visit here.

    • Railways offers investment-friendly environment for investors

      Gohain said the railways will have to move from merely developing rail infrastructure to other support services like technology upgrade, better logistic support and better passenger services in an integrated manner.

    • Budget merger will be very helpful: MoS Railways

      "Rather, it will be very helpful," he told reporters here, when asked if there would be "any difficulty" for the Railways with the central government's decision to merge the two Budgets.

    • Railways suffers loss of over Rs 1,602 cr for concessional fares

      The revenue foregone due to concession in some of major categories, including senior citizens, patients, physically challenged and Izzat scheme in monthly season tickets, in the fiscal 2015-16 was Rs 1,602.94 crore, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said in a written reply.

    • Railways' passenger earnings fall by nearly 10%

      The financial effect of social service obligation on railways for the fiscal 2015-16 is Rs 24,938.57 crore, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said in a written reply.

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