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Railway budget highlights:
* Passenger and freight rates left unchanged across the board.
* Railways earn net revenue of Rs8,121 crore in 2008-09.
* Railways to pay higher dividend of Rs5,479 crore to the Centre in FY 2010.
* Tatkal charges reduced from Rs150 to Rs100.
* Ladies' specials on suburban train routes during peak hours.
* 'Izzat' monthly tickets of Rs25 (for up to 100 km travel) for people from the unorganised sector with an income of less than Rs1,500 per month.
* New coach factory at Kanchrapara in West Bengal.
* Cold storage facilities for farmers to store vegetables and fruits.
* Talks to take over ailing wagon manufacturing units.
* 18,000 wagons to be acquired during the current year.
* Railway medical colleges and rail hospitals on public-private partnership basis.
* Student concession will cover madrassa students.
* Special coaches for disabled and aged people.
* 50 stations to be developed along world-class standards.
* 375 stations to be upgraded as 'Adarsh' stations, with basic facilities such as drinking water, toilets and ladies' dormitories.
* Availability of doctors on-board long-distance trains.
* On-board infotainment services to be provided.
* 6,560 staff quarters to be constructed in 2009-10.
* High-capacity double-decker A/C trains to be introduced.
* 57 new trains to be introduced.
* 12 non-stop trains to be introduced.
* Accredited journalists to get 50% rebate; also once a year with spouse.
* 1,000 MW power plant proposed in tribal area Adra.
* Cash surplus of Rs17,400 crore before dividend.
* Railways have investible surplus of Rs12,681 crore.
* Annual plan expenditure pegged at Rs36,336 crore.
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