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The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project has been sanctioned at total completion cost of ₹ 97,636 crore as per details below (in ₹): Construction cost: 44,621 crore (Track/Station/Depot/Electric/Signalling & Telecom) Rolling Stock: 5,255 crore Land: 9,863 crore Miscellaneous: 27,533 crore … Continued
First Round-Table Meeting Chaired by Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha, convened on 25th April 2016 to discuss the Issue- “Scientific and Technical Collaboration Among Major Government Technical and Scientific Agencies for Development of Special Material and Technologies … Continued
Another amazing weekend with lots of cricket played and lessons for the taking. There were 26 officers who gave their word to be available for the match but in the end only 18 were there at the stipulated time. People … Continued
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 15th February, 2016 between India and Sweden on Technical Cooperation in the Railway Sector. The MoU … Continued
It was wonderful to see the response to the cricket match organized over the weekend between the probationers of NAIR and the officers from Vadodara division. There was a problem of plenty as we had to choose from 26 officers … Continued
As many as 16 Public Sector Undertakings and other Organizations are functioning under the Ministry of Railways. S.No. Name Year of Incorporation/ Inception Core competence 1 RITES 1974 To design, establish, provide, operate, maintain and perform engineering, technical and … Continued
During 2014-15 the Production Units of IR produced Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), Chittaranjan manufactured 250 BG electric locomotives including 145 state-of-the-art 3-phase 6000 HP electric locos (equipped with IGBT technology based propulsion system & auxiliary converters). Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), … Continued
Indian Railways have a massive base of assets which it uses to produce the transportation output. The assets owned by Indian Railways include about 10,000 Locomotives, about 58000 coaches with aggregate seating capacity of 50 lakh, about 2.5 lakh wagons … Continued
Indian Railways (IR), carries out certain transport activities which are essentially uneconomic in nature in the larger interest of the economically disadvantaged sections of the society. Losses incurred on this account fall under Social Service Obligation of IR. Net Social … Continued
Research and Development RDSO is the sole R&D organisation of Indian Railways(IR) and functions as the technical advisor to Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Production Units. One of the major roles that RDSO has played is that of developing and … Continued