President Pranab Mukherjee approves change in rules for rail budget merger

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has approved changes in government rules to allow merger of rail budget with the central budget.

The Department of Economic Affairs has been entrusted with the work relating to preparation of central budget including rail budget, as per a recent order issued by Cabinet Secretariat.

Earlier, the department was looking after the preparation of budget other than the railway.