Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed to support the "common people" as she unveiled her third annual budget on Friday that promised to invest Rs 57,630 crore (USD 12.68 billion) in the network in the financial year 2011/12.
Mamata Banerjee, an ally of the ruling Congress party, pushed private sector involvement in the network with initiatives such as setting up wagon factories with private partners. She also unveiled plans for a 700 MW captive gas-based power plant.
But, with an eye on winning elections later this year in West Bengal that would shore up support for a government under fire over a string of corruption scandals, she kept focus on making the network affordable for the common man.
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