Cabinet approves redevelopment of 3 railway stations

Cabinet approves 4 pc hike in DA; to cost Rs 12,852.56 crore per annum to exchequer

29/09/2022
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NEW DELHI, Sep 28: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved Railways' proposal for redevelopment of 3 major railway stations- New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai- with an approx-imate total investment of nearly Rs 10,000 crore.
"Prime Minster Narendra Modi has given importance to stations development in the transfor-mation of Railways. Today's Cabinet decision gives a new direction to the station development. Work on redevelopment of 199 Stations is going on," a Cabinet statement said. Out of these, tenders have been issued for 47 stations.
Master planning and design for the remaining is underway. Work is progressing fast for 32 stations, the statement added.
As per the proposal, every station will have a spacious roof plaza (36/72/108 m) with all passenger amenities at one place along with spaces for retail, cafeterias, recreational facilities.
Both sides of the city will be connected with the station, with the station building on both sides of Railway tracks.
Facilities like food court, waiting lounge, playing area for children, place for local products, etc will be available.
The stations located within the city will have a city center like place.
To make the stations comfortable, there will be proper illumination, way finding/signages, acoustics, lifts/escalators/ travelators. Master plan has been prepared for smooth movement of traffic, with adequate parking facilities.
There will be integration with other modes of transportation like metro, bus etc. Green Building Techniques will be used, with solar energy, water conservation/recycling and improved tree cover.
Special care will be taken to provide Divyang friendly facilities.
These stations will be developed on the concept of intelligent building. There will be segregation of arrival/departures, Clutter free platforms, improved surfaces, fully covered platforms.
The stations will be safe with installation of CCTV and access control.
The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) of the central government employees and pensioners by 4 per cent effective from July 1, 2022.
Addressing a media briefing after the cabinet meeting, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the union cabinet has approved the release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance and dearness relief at a rate of 4 per cent to central government employees and pensioners. This increase is based on the percentage increase in 12 monthly average of All India Consumer Price Index for the period ending June, 2022.
The central government employees and pensioners will become entitled to a higher amount of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief respectively from July 1 this year, an official statement said.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be of the order of Rs 12,852.56 crore per annum and Rs 8,568.36 crore in the financial year 2022-23 (i.e. for a period of 8 months from July 2022 to February 2023).
The additional financial implications on account of this increase of Dearness Relief to pensioners are estimated at Rs 6,261.20 crore per annum; and Rs 4,174.12 crore in the financial year 2022-23 (i.e. for a period of 8 months from July 2022 to February 2023).
This is the second increase in the dearness allowance of the central government employees this year. In March 2022, the government announced a three per cent increase in DA. That increase was effective from January 1, 2022.
Central government employees, central government pensioners and family pensioners getting pensions from the central government will benefit from the increase in the DA.
Before the 4 per cent increase approved by the union cabinet on Wednesday, the effective DA of the central government employees and pensioners stood at 34 per cent. Now, this is increased to 38 per cent. (ANI)

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