Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will present his first railway budget on Tuesday as it is the first budget of a Congress railway minister in almost two decades.
The focus of the rail budget 2013 is expected to be on safety and modernisation.Railway Minister today gave finishing touches to the documents of Railway Budget.
Ministers of State for Railways, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and KJ Surya Prakash Reddy along with Chairman, Railway Board and Board Members will also be present on the occasion.
Railways had aimed to mop up an additional revenue of Rs 6,600 crore but the fuel hike had wiped out Rs 3,300 crore, Bansal had said.
Bansal is all set to announce a slew of passenger-friendly measures such as improvement in catering service, maintaining cleanliness at rail premises, introducing Braille stickers in coaches for visually-challenged passengers and development of stations in his maiden Rail Budget.
With Bansal heading Rail Bhavan and the key ministry back with the Congress party after almost one-and-a-half decade, speculation is rife about announcement of 100 new trains including AC double deckers, extension and increase of some popular passenger services.