Rail safety fund of ₹1 lakh crore to be created over 5 years
While presenting the Union Budget on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said a rail safety fund with a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore will be created over next 5 years. He further said 500 stations will be made differently abled-friendly by providing lifts and escalators, and added that all coaches of Indian Railways will be fitted with bio-toilets by 2019. 