New Delhi: No separate railway budget will be tabled in parliament from the financial year 2017. The 92-year-old practice will come to an end next year, as per a report .
The report mentions that the finance ministry has agreed to a merge the rail budget with the union budget from the following fiscal year.
The newspaper further claims that a five-member committee has been constituted by the finance ministry to work out a plan.
The decision to scrap separate rail budget was made after a two-member committee of Niti Aayog officials proposed the same.
Bureau Report
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