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National Rail Plan (NRP), 2030 In order to provide long term perspective to planning for augmenting the railway network, in 2016, Ministry of Railways decided to develop National Rail Plan (NRP 2030) in consultation with all the stakeholders including State Governments, public representatives and other relevant Central Ministries. Jump to Read more…
Indian Railways has reserved 20% vacancies for apprentices As per Apprentice Act in 2016, Indian Railways has reserved 20% vacancies (i.e. 20,734 vacancies) for apprentices in 1,03,769 notified vacancies for level-1 recruitment currently under process. Recently there have been news reports that the trained apprentices at Railway establishments are demanding Read more…
78 days’ salary Bonus to 11.58 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees The Union Cabinet in its meeting held on 21.10.2020 accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Railways for payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the financial year 2019-2020 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees Read more…
Indian Railways have issued a Policy on Development of Goods-sheds at small/road-side stations through Private Investment. The Policy aims at augmenting terminal capacity through private participation by allowing setting up of new goods-shed facilities and developing existing goods-sheds. Salient features of the Policy are as under:- Private parties permitted to Read more…
50% Subsidy on transportation of fruits & vegetables In a massive incentive to the farmers, Kisan Rail Freight transportation of notified fruits and vegetables subsidized by 50%. As a further support and incentive for the farmers using the services of Kisan Rail, Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Food Processing Read more…
Special trains will run from 20th October to 30th November 2020 The Ministry of Railways has approved 196 pairs (392) of Festival Special trains services between 20th October 2020 and 30th November 2020. 392 Special Trains. Trains will run between 20/10/20 to 30/11/2020. Fare will be same as of special Read more…
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Why privatisation: Privatisation of Railways is controversial elsewhere, but many of Japan’s privatised rail operators are profitable and efficient. What did they do differently? Has privatisation of the railways really been a success in Japan? Privatization of state-owned enterprises has been globally prevalent since the 1980s with a primary objective Read more…
NHSRCL opens Technical bids for 28 Steel bridges and 88 km of viaduct between Vadodara and Ahmedabad for MAHSR corridor National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) opens technical bids for two packages today for Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor. Tender invited for Two Packages Procurement and Fabrication Read more…
South India’s First “Kisan Rail” flagged off from Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) to Adarsh Nagar (New Delhi) Kisan Rails are the first ever multi commodity trains. Kisan Rail will ensure that agro products reach from one corner to another corner of the country. The Indian Railways has introduced the first “Kisan Rail” from Devlali (Maharashtra) Read more…