Budget 2021: Railways has been set on track to raise revenues, meet expenses, invest in infrastructure

The result of not having a separate railway budget any more is that there is considerably less focus on this absolutely economically crucial sector of the economy compared to before. So, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of a ‘record’ ₹1.1 lakh crore allocation to the railways, the bulk of it to be spent on capital expenditure, has not got the attention it probably deserved.The outlay follows on the heels of a range of other