Monday, February 27, 2017

Sunday, February 26, 2017

The lines of history- Bibek Debroy

Why do Indian Railways mark their origin to a date 16 years after the first rail journey? What did Karl Marx know that we don’t? Economist Bibek Debroy marries nuggets with nostalgia in a definitive new book on the railways. Lounge presents exclusive excerpts

Indian Railways Building 160 Kmph Speed ‘World Class’ Train Sets at Half the Cost of Imported Ones

Aishhwariya Subramanian   February 21, 2017 

Starting 2018, the Indian Railways will begin building a train set that will be built entirely in India and will travel up to 160 kmph! The Integral Coach Factory (ICF), that is based out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has noted that the trains will be self-propelled and technologically advanced while boasting the latest in amenities. And the upside to it all? The price would be half of what it generally costs to import such trains.

Railway Ticket Collector Bites Nose Of His Boss Who Asked Him To Work Properly

INDIATIMES  FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Ticket examiners in India have a tendency to get into sticky situations. In a rather bizarre incident, one ticket collector allegedly bit off the nose of a senior officer at Katni station under the Jabalpur division of West Central Railway (WCR) in Madhya Pradesh. 

Railways seek to provide at least 3-hour daily rest window for track inspection

The task is challenging, given the heavy traffic on tracks. The Indian Railways has a track length of around 115,000km

Railway passenger safety upgrade plans take a hit

Hindustan Times, New Delhi  Updated: Feb 22, 2017 

Railways starts rating zones to keep officers on their toes

Mahendra K Singh| TNN | Updated: Feb 20, 2017, 

HIGHLIGHTS

North Eastern Railway with its head office in Gorakhpur has got the last rank
The ranking is based on a set of 17 key performance indicators (KPIs) such as operational and financial performance

Friday, February 17, 2017

Railways’ operating ratio touches a record 109% in April-December

In the nine months to December, Indian Railways ran up a record-high operating ratio of 109%, meaning it spent Rs109 to generate Rs100

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

AIRF wants KR to be merged with Indian Railways

Castigates govt for its alleged attempts to intimidate railway staff, unions

By Team Herald | 15 Feb, 2017, 

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Resolution to MR

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION & ALL INDIA GUARD COUNCIL

Memorandum to MR

JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE 

ALL INDIA LOCO RUNNING STAFF ASSOCIATION & ALL INDIA GUARD COUNCIL

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Tax Relaxation under NPS

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance  03-February-2017 

Tax Relaxation under NPS

Friday, February 3, 2017

Indian Railways: a story of capital outlays

Public investment will build up the hardware, but it must be supported by upgrading the railways’ software

Rail accidents: Italian railway to conduct safety audit of Indian railways

Indian Railways has inked a pact with Italian Railways for improving the safety level of the Indian carrier through a review of the infrastructure and transport management system.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

What needs to be done: Indian Railways and the Indian Budget

What needs to be done: Indian Railways and the Indian Budget
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