The railways budget 2012

The railway budget 2012 by Dinesh Trivedi on Mar 14. I was watching the news update on my computer in office. There have been a lot of criticism of railways during the last decade for its services. Mr. Laloo Yadav is perhaps the most able minister to handle the matter with new thoughts in the recent time. Although the services has improved in the last few years but it has not fulfilled the aspirations of mega Indian economy. 

The criticism includes defecating across the country, unhygienic toilet condition on trains and station, unmanned crossing, long waiting list, accidents, upgradation of signaling system, speed of train services, online system problem, low maintenance of tracks, no automatic escalators at stations, unhygienic shops at stations, bad financial health of the largest employer, privatization/no privatization, no innovating thinking etc.

Mr Trivedi was sworn in as Railway minister in the early part of 2011 after budget by Ms Mamta Banerjee. So Mr Trivedi has already worked for almost 1 year and there has been no good news on new thought process of making the existing system better after he became minister. He has only done cosmetic changes in the railways like changing tatkal schemes, using different IDs, increasing early booking period and some freight changes. He has been made hero in 2 days of budget, of course we can discusses budget and its implications but what is Mr Trivedi's achievement all this time. Isn't he responsible for ruing the railways. Isn't he responsible for large project delays and isn't he responsible for all unfulfilled promises done last year and all kinds of problem in railways. It is a little early to blame Trivedi for all the problems but he is still responsible for taking no steps to improve any conditions all this he was taking care of the ministry.  The financial health of the railways has gone from bad to worse. 

The railways budget can be discussed in another wrting but what-so-ever happens to Mr Trivedi's career as railway minister, his work as a minister till date is unsatisfactory.