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Union Budget 2022 | A total of 400 new Vande Bharat trains to be introduced, says FM Sitharaman

A view of the Vande Bharat Express train. Photograph used for representational purposes only   | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 proposed to introduce 400 new Vande Bharat trains and said contracts for multi-modal parks at four locations will be awarded next fiscal.

She also said that a rationalised scheme to increase domestic oilseed production will be brought in to cut down imports.

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“One product one railway station will be popularised, 400 new Vande Bharat trains to be introduced,” Ms. Sitharaman said in her Budget 2022-23 speech.

She added that 100 PM Gati Shakti terminals would be set up in the next three years.

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