IR to Ban Single-Use Plastic from October 2

Indian Railways to ban the use of Single Use Plastics from 2nd October, Gandhi Jayanti Read more

CCEA Approves Three Rail Projects Worth Over Rs 6k Crores

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved three new railway projects worth over Rs. 6,000 crores Read more

Indian Railways to Spend Rs 50k Crores, Eliminate Level Crossings on the Golden Quadrilateral

To enhance safety along its tracks, Indian Railways (IR) plans to eliminate all the 2568 level crossings along the golden quadrilateral and its diagonals in the next four years. Read more

IR to Explore Hiving Off Production Units into Separate Entity

Indian Railways (IR) has decided, as part of its 100 Day Plan, to conduct a detailed study on the hiving off and corporatization of its production units into a separate… Read more

IR to Launch ‘Give It Up’ Campaign to Reduce Passenger Fare Subsidy

As part of its 100-day plan, IR plans to provide passengers with an option to purchase rail tickets without subsidy using a тАШGive it upтАЩ campaign, to run private passenger… Read more

IRтАЩs Future Roadmap тАУ Part 2: Capacity Enhancement

In this part, we take a look at IRтАЩs infrastructure enhancement plans in its roadmap for the future. Read more

Prudent Financial Decisions: An Urgent Need for Indian Railways

IR has been consistently spending over 90 per cent of what it earned. This left little room for investing in capital expenditure Read more

10 Key Policy and Infra Issues for the New Railway Minister

Several key issues on Policy and Infra that continue to bog down IR are likely to be on the new railway minister's plate. Read more

6,058 Coaches, 5 Train-18 Rakes Planned in 2019-20

Over 6,000 coaches are planned for production in 2019-20 and will include coaches for five Train--18 rakes, according to sources in Indian Railways. Read more

8.6 Billion Passengers: Indian Railways’ Target for 2019-20

The Indian Railways has set itself a target of 8.6 billion originating passengers in the financial year 2019-20 Read more