Ministry says it is seeking Cabinet approval to allow foreign direct investment in rail sector The Railway Budget 2014-15, which is also Narendra Modi government’s maiden one, promises clean water and cleaner toilets; safety of passengers has been given “paramount importance”. Starting from bullet train to roof top solar grids, the budget has it all, including push for private-public-partnership and foreign direct investment for which it seeks approval in Parliament. The rail budget 2014-15 increased the budget allocation for sanitation in trains and railway stations to 40 per cent than what it was last year. The budget proposes outsourcing of cleaning trains and platforms at 50 major stations to professional agencies and to set up a separate housekeeping wing to have focused attention and exclusive responsibility of maintaining cleanliness and sanitation at stations. The Union rail minister, D V Sadananda Gowda, in his budget speech said that a corpus fund for upkeep of stations will also be set up.

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