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Railway Budget on Feb 26
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 18
The Railway Budget will be presented in Parliament on February 26 instead of February 24 as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will be back from his Malaysia tour only on February 25. Railway Minister Nitish Kumar will begin the Budget presentation at 12 noon on February 26.

The BJP Parliamentary Party spokesperson, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, told newspersons here today: “It is a well-established convention that the Railway Budget and the General Budget are presented in the presence of the Prime Minister and, accordingly, the BAC decided to schedule the Railway Budget on February 26,” Mr Malhotra said.