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MAIN POINTs of Rail Budget 2012

Passenger fares to be hiked by 2 paise per km for suburban and ordinary second class travel;
3 paise per km for mail/ express second class;
5 paise per km for sleeper class;
10 paise per km for AC chair car/AC 3- tier and First Class;
15 paise per km for AC 2-tier and 30 paise per km for AC 1-tier

Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost
Rs 5.

75 new Express trains to be introduced,
along with 21 new passenger services, nine
DEMU services and 8 MEMU services trains. Route of 39 trains to be extended and
frequency of 23 trains to be increased.

Railways to hire more than one lakh
employees in 2012-13; 80,000 persons hired
last year.

Source :- The Hindu
THE.India.peperonity.com
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