Transformation of Indian Railways through Avataran – seven Mission mode activities
The Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in the Parliament today has proposed to transform Indian Railways through seven Mission activities – Avataran. These missions are: Mission 25 Tonne – It aims … Continued
Rail Budget Highlights 2016
Highlights of the Railway Budget 2016-17 Theme of the Budget Overcoming challenges – Reorganize, Restructure Rejuvenate Indian Railways: ‘Chalo, Milkar Kuch Naya Karen’ Three pillars of the strategy i.e. Nav Arjan – New revenues, Nav Manak – New … Continued
Full TEXT – Indian Railway Budget Speech 2016-17
Madam Speaker, I rise to present before this August House the Statement of Estimated Receipts and Expenditure for 2016-17 for Indian Railways. Let me begin with a couple of personal experiences. As the Railway Minister of India, I visit a … Continued
Indian Railways Khurja Yard gets Ultra Modern Computer based Signalling System
Indian Railways Khurja Yard gets Ultra Modern Computer based Signalling System The New System Will Have 256 Possible Movements Leading To Immense Flexibility Better Reliability, Faster Clearance of Trains, Safer Shunting Operation, Better Handling of Long Goods Train, Enhanced Line … Continued
Make in India week at Mumbai-Takeaways
Make in India is a campaign designed to facilitate investment, develop skill and innovation in the manufacturing sector in India. The campaign is expected to create over 100 million jobs locally. Till date the campaign has 2.1 billion impressions on … Continued
CCEA approves construction of additional Railway lines
Big Boost to the Railway Sector: The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved construction of six Railway Lines and a Railway bridge to cater to both increased passenger and freight … Continued
Indian Railway opts for online fuel management system
http://www.financialexpress.com/article/budget-2016/rail-budget-2016-indian-railway-opts-for-online-fuel-management-system/211438/ Indian Railway is firming up a proposal to develop an online fuel management system, a first of its kind for the national transporter, to check pilferage and bring transparency in fuel consumption. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is likely to … Continued
Personalised take away bedrolls service in Indian Railways
Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways during a grand function held at East Tambaram Railway Colony Ground in Tambaram, Chennai yesterday i.e. 07.02.2016 (Sunday) launched various Railways project/schemes which also included ‘Personalised take away bedrolls scheme’ Initially, the … Continued
Railway Minister inaugurates three IT enabled projects viz. (i) Hand Held Terminals for TTEs (ii) Paperless Unreserved Ticketing Mobile Application and (iii) E-booking of Disposable Linen on Trains
Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways during a function held at Rail Bhawan today i.e. 10.02.2016 launched three IT enabled projects through Video-Conferencing which included (i) Paperless unreserved ticketing through mobile phone in suburban section of South Central … Continued
Indian Railways to equip gangmen with safety device ‘Rakshak’
Indian Railways will equip gangmen with a modern device called ‘Rakshak’ as part of a move to augment safety of its employees involved in track maintenance. Gangmen, now redesignated as track maintainers, are most vulnerable to getting run over by … Continued