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Download Solution PDFThe year in which Railway Budget was merged with General Budget:
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Option 1 : 2017
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- In 2017, the Railway Budget was merged with the General Budget of India for the first time in 92 years.
- This move was aimed at improving the efficiency of government expenditures and reducing redundancies.
- The merger was proposed by the NITI Aayog and approved by the Union Cabinet in 2016.
- It marked the end of a separate Railway Budget that had been presented since 1924, under British rule.
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