Railways land to be put to productive use: Mamata
Posted: Friday , Jul 03, 2009 at 1336 hrs IST
India will put the railways' land to productive use along its freight corridor and will set up a 1000-mega watt power plant, minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.
"I visualise an eastern industrial corridor developing along side the eastern dedicated freight corridor," she said.
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Hike in IT exemption for women to Rs 1,90,000
Hike in IT exemption to Rs 2,40,000 for senior citizens
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