The government has increased the annual budget allocation over 11 times to ₹10,134 crore for FY 2026–27 from an average of ₹886 crore during 2009–14, the Railway Minister tells Rajya Sabha
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also announced that the Tanakpur-Pilibhit train service had been extended up to Shahjahanpur in U.P.