\"In the last 65 years, the investment had been less in Railways due to which the infrastructure increased by 30 per cent while freight and passenger traffic increased by 1500 per cent,\" the railway minister said.

Modi said his government's Budget lays down a roadmap for nearly doubling the size of the Indian economy in five years by raising per capita income, boosting consumption and increasing productivity

The Railways has received the highest ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore; last year, the outlay for the railways was Rs 1.48 lakh crore

Arun Jaitley says PM Modi's first tenure witnessed a mixed blend of both \"good economics and good politics\"

If proposals made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman are implemented in spirit, and investments are made, there could be employment generation in the medium to long-run across sectors such as real estate, core infrastructure and food processing

This government envisions using the rivers for cargo transportation, which will also help to decongest roads and railways

Reacting to Budget announcement, shares of Titagarh Wagons, Texmao Rail & Engineering, Texmaco Infrastructure, Hind Rectifiers slipped into negative terrain