1 Jul 2009, 1919 hrs IST

NEW DELHI, India: The rail budget, scheduled to be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 3, would be a "pro-people budget", Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Wednesday.

"It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people's budget," Banerjee told reporters after the all party meeting on the eve of the Budget session of Parliament.

She said the expectation was high from the Railway Budget and added that she barely got 15 days to work on it as the concerned officials were busy preparing it.

The minister added that the budget was being prepared in accordance with the situation of Railways at present in the country.

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