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The Union Minister of Railways Shri Lalu Prasad giving finishing touches to the Railway Budget, 2004 - 2005 in New Delhi on July 5, 2004. Lalu Prasad Yadav, who remained Railways Minister from 2004 to May 2009, presented the railway budget 6 times in a row. In 2009, under his tenure a ₹ 108 billion (US$1.2 billion) budget was passed. [10]
The recruitment and promotion to various grades of RBSS are governed by Railway Board Secretariat Service Rules, 1969 notified on 11 Oct 1969 and a number of modifications and amendments made to the principle rules thereafter last being through Railway Board Secretariat Service (Amendment) Rules, 2004 notified in December 2004. [12]
At the apex level of policy formulation, the Financial Commissioner, Railways, assisted by Additional Member (Finance), Additional Member (Budget), Adviser (Finance) and Adviser (Accounting Reforms) in–charge of Budgeting, Expenditure, Earnings, Accounting and Accounting Development/Reforms, is there to aid and guide the Ministry of Railways ...
The first railway budget was presented in 1924. [6] Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the union budget till 2016. [20] The last Railway Budget was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017. [21]
The Kalka-Shimla Railway, a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway in the Siwalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh started operating in 1903. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway , a 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge rack railway in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu was opened in 1908 and is the only operational rack railway in India.
The board however had the general supervision over the railway operations but referred to the government for matters of general policy. [3] Since its establishment in 1959 and up until 1 July 1962, the Railway Board management consisted of the former DG Railways, a financial member and an engineering member.
Rail Bhawan is the headquarters of the Indian Railways. [1] It is located at Raisina Road, New Delhi, near the Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House). The office of Minister of Railways Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State, Railways Shri Ravneet Singh and Shri V. Somanna is in the Rail Bhavan, along with the Railway Board, comprising 7 members headed by Chairman Railway Board, Shri Satish Kumar.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Public recruitment body in India Railway Recruitment Control Board Abbreviation RRCB Formation 27 April 1998 ; 26 years ago (1998-04-27) Type Governmental Purpose Recruitment Headquarters Rail Bhavan Location New Delhi, India Region served India Parent organization Railway Board ...