Bhubaneswar, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a slew of measures while presenting the interim budget 2024 in the Parliament.

According to Sitharaman, three major economic railway corridor programmes will be implemented in the country.

These are:

Energy, mineral and cement corridorsPort connectivity corridorsHigh traffic density corridors

The Finance Minister further informed that the projects have been identified under the PM Gati Shakti for enabling multi-modal connectivity. They will improve logistics efficiency and reduce cost.

"The resultant decongestion of the high-traffic corridors will also help in improving operations of passenger trains, resulting in safety and higher travel speed for passe...