Rail budget a competent job

Rail budget a competent job - PM

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The 2009/10 railways budget is a "competent" job, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.

"She has outlined a program of modernising 50 railway stations to world class standards," Singh said.

Earlier, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee kept freight and passenger fares unchanged and said improving passenger amenities was a priority.

"A large number of amenties have been mentioned by way of using the innovative financing mechanism of public-private partnership," he said.

(For full coverage on Budget 2009 click http://in.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/budget2009)

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