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The railway's security infrastructure will be strengthened, record budget received

2,62,200 1,08,000

Rs Rs
crore budget received by railways crore has been allocated for railway security-related works. This
for spending on infrastructure, includes replacing old tracks, signal system improvement, building
which is a record so far. flyovers and underpasses, as well as installing 'Kavach' system.

n 40 thousand new jobs will be given in railways this year, 5
lakh jobs were given in the last 10 years which is 20 percent
more than the previous 10 years.
n The effect of increasing expenditure on infrastructure in
railways is that where 4 km of tracks were laid daily in 2014-
15, it has increased to about 15 km in 2023-24.
n 31,180 track kilometers of railways have been commissioned
in the last 10 years.
n 41,655 route kilometres have been electrified in the last 10
years.
Infrastructure in the last 10 years

lakh km of rural
60% increase in the length
3.73 roads have been
of national highways, from
constructed under the Pradhan
91,287 km in 2014 to 1,46,145
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
km in 2023.
1,318

100
More than
Vande Bharat train railway stations have been
services have been selected for redevelopment.
started.

84 airports have been made 697 km of metro
operational under the Udan rail network has
scheme, and 1.36 crore people been added.
have traveled by air under the
Udan scheme.

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