NITI Aayog asks for scrapping Railway Budget
The Centre has sought the Railway Ministry’s comments on a 20-page note sent by the NITI Aayog to the PMO, arguing in favour of doing away with a separate Railway Budget. The note said the exercise has become a “mechanism to announce popular measures…with no concomitant focus on addressing Railways’ structural requirements, implementation of the ‘grand’ announcements, or funding needs".