Railway Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu unveils key goals, drivers

Presenting his maiden Rail Budget for the financial year 2015-16, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday unveiled the key goals and drivers he has set for the railways in the coming years.

FOUR GOALS:

 

1. Deliver a sustained and measurable improvement in customer experience
2. Make rail a safer means of travel
3. Expand Bharatiya Rail's capacity substantially and modernise infrastructure
4. Make the Railways financially self-sustainable

FIVE DRIVERS:

 

 

1. Adopting a medium-term perspective
2. Building partnerships
3. Leveraging additional resources
4. Revamping management practices, systems and processes and re-tooling of human resources
5. Setting standards for governance and transparency

The minister promised to balance the needs of passengers with the long-term interests of the world's fourth largest rail network, so that it can be benchmarked globally on quality, safety and reach.