<P> The first live telecast took place on 24 March 1994 . </P> <P> Lalu Prasad Yadav, who remained Railways Minister from 2004 to May 2009, presented the railway budget 6 times in a row . In 2009, under his tenure a ₹ 108 billion (US $1.7 billion) budget was passed . </P> <P> In the year 2000, Mamata Banerjee (later Chief Minister of West Bengal) became the first female Railway Minister . In 2002, she became the first female to present the Railway budget and is the only woman to do so for two different governing coalitions (NDA and UPA). </P> <P> In 2014 budget, Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced the first bullet train and 9 High - Speed Rail routes . </P>

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