No Hike In Fares In Suresh Prabhu's Customer-Focused Railway Budget

In Suresh Prabhu's Rail Budget speech, read at bullet-train speed on Thursday morning, customer comfort and satisfaction were high-density keywords.   There was no fare hike though the Rail Minister recorded early in his speech that the Railways loses Rs 30,000 crore on subsidising passenger fares. With crucial elections in five states this year, he walked a tightrope in his just over an hour long speech between populist measures and...