Lalu to load budget train with sops
R. SURYAMURTHY
New Delhi, Feb. 22: The railway budget, to be announced on Tuesday, is set to pamper the common man, with either no change in fare or a small cut.
Buoyed by a booming freight business, the railways could also come up with a slew of modernisation and expansion plans as well as proposals for public-private partnerships.
With Lok Sabha polls in 2009, railway minister Lalu Prasad, presenting his fifth budget, is expected to make full use of the opportunity to woo the electorate by announcing big-ticket concessions for farmers, railway workers and students.
New trains, extending existing ones to new destinations and raising the frequency of others are also on the agenda.
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