Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw announces introduction of ‘Bharat Gaurav Trains’ ‘Bharat Gaurav Trains‘ to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to people of India and world Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, announced the introduction of theme-based tourist circuit trains Bharat Gaurav Trains. Speaking to the Read more…
Posting orders of 33 DRM’s The Railway Board has issued orders to appoint 33 new Divisional Railway Managers (DRM) out of its 68 divisions. The details of new DRM postings are as follows: Department-wise DRM postings SERVICES No. of DRM’s IRAS 1 IRSE 8 IRSEE 4 IRSME 9 IRSS 2 Read more…
Indian Railways issued orders of postings of General Managers of Various Zonal Railways on 30.07.2021. ARUN ARORA, IRSME, GENRAL MANAGER/EASTERN RAILWAY NO. E(O)III-2021/PM/50: THE PRESIDENT lS PLEASED TO APPROVE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SHRI ARUN ARORA, IRSME, PRESENTLY WORKING AS ADDL. MEMBER (E&HM)/ RAILWAY BOARD, AS GENERAL MANAGER, EASTERN RAILWAY, Read more…
151 Private Trains over Indian Rail Network Ministry of Railways has recently invited Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for private participation for operation of passenger train services over 109 Origin Destination(OD) pairs of routes through introduction of 151 modern Trains (Rakes). 151 Trains to be run by Private operators once the Read more…
(a) whether the Government has decided to hand over the long distance train services to the Private Sector in the Country? Shri Kodikunnil Suresh, member of the sixteenth Lok Sabha asked the following UNSTARRED questions in the Loksabha on Privatisation of Indian Railway. Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased Read more…
Incentives to Freight Customers To promote economic activities in the country during covid pandemic, Indian Railways has taken a number of freight policy measures for freight customers. More relaxations have been provided to the customers by slew of incentives announced by Indian Railways. These incentives are expected to boost the 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…
Indian Railways takes series of Initiatives in Tariff and Non-Tariff field to boost Freight Operations On mission mode, Indian Railways has taken a number of initiatives to boost Freight Operations inspite of COVID 19 related challenges. Because of these initiatives, the freight loading in the month of August 2020(till 27th Read more…