Passengers sit inside a crowded train at a railway station in Kolkata on Saturday. India’s new government Friday pushed through a steep hike in rail passenger and freight fares, the first dose of the “bitter medicine” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned is needed to revive the economy. The government is also expected to open up parts of the rail network to foreign investors, which some officials say is necessary to modernize one of the country’s last great state-controlled industries.SD-Agencies