Management lessons from a sweet shop
For the sweet toothed travelers a visit to Vadodara is incomplete without a visit to the Pendawala Duliram Ratanlal Sharma’s shop near the Collectors office in Raopura, Vadodara. The shop is open on all days other than Mondays and public … Continued
The Rail Fan – Ferroequinology
Etymology Latin ferrum (“iron”) + Latin equus (“horse”) + English -logy; from iron horse From WIKIPEDIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railfan A railfan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast or railway buff (Australian/ British English), or trainspotter or anorak (British English), is a person interested in a recreational capacity in … Continued
Year End Review of Ministry of Railways for the Year 2015
PASSENGER AMENITIES, SERVICES AND DIGITAL INDIA INITIATIVES Provision of All India Security Helpline ‘182’ All India Security Helpline ‘182’ has been provided over Indian Railway to facilitate the travelling passenger. The service is very important public service and may play … Continued
DFC the ray of good hope
The Logistics costs in India are amongst the highest in the World. The constituents of this cost are the transportation cost (39%), Warehousing (27%), Inventory carrying cost (24%), order processing 6% and administration about 4%.In India the share of the … Continued
Ministry of Railways and Coal India Limited (CIL) sign MoU for Procurement of wagons for exclusive use of CIL
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Ministry of Railways and Coal India Limited here today. The MoU will lead to procurement of 2000 wagons (33 rakes) in the first outgo. The agreement was signed in the presence … Continued
Indian Railways and MoU with IIT Kanpur, Madras and Roorkee for setting up of Centres for Railway Research
Three Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Railways and Three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) Kanpur, Madras and Roorkee for setting up of Centres for Railway Research It is well known that almost all rail operations in India … Continued
In Support of Mumbai Ahmedabad HSR Project
“It’ll cost far less to act now than it would to delay until further damage is done.It’ll be paid for by those of us who use the system. Delay is also dangerous as well as costly.” President Reagan said while … Continued
Indo – Bangla & Indo – Nepal Railway Connectivity
Agartala to Akhaura (15 Km) project has been sanctioned for providing additional rail connectivity between India & Bangladesh with funding of Indian portion of project (5 Km) by Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and of the Bangladesh portion … Continued
E-Waste- the looming crisis
Introduction: Information and Communication technologies have revolutionized the way we live, work and communicate. New electronic products have become an integral part of our daily lives providing us with more comfort, security and opportunities for acquiring and exchanging information … Continued
KNOW THE WAGONS –the bread earners for Indian Railways
The main business of Indian Railways (IR) is the transportation of freight and passengers. It recently joined the Billion tonnes club alongside the Us, Chinese and Russian Railways. We transported 1054 MT* of freight in 2013-14 and also carried about … Continued