the first railway budget in india was introduced on november 1947.
when was the first railway budget in india introduced?
november 1947
following the recommendation of the acworth committee in 1920-21, headed by british railway economist william acworth the "acworth report" led to reorganisation of railways, the railway finances were separated from the general government finances in 1924. after that in 1924 the budget was announced, a practice that continued till 2016.









































john mathai presented the first railway budget for independent india in november 1947.









































the first live telecast took place on 24 march 1994.
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2016 railway budget of india refers to the railway budget of the indian railways in the fiscal year 2016–17. the budget was presented by the railway minister suresh prabhu in the parliament on 25 february 2016. it was the final railway budget of india as after this budget, the railway budget got merged with the union budget of india.









































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2016 railway budget of india