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Indian Railways is heading towards being a cleaner and an environment friendly national transporter and is taking all possible efforts to reduce its carbon footprints by adopting various eco friendly initiatives under the ‘Swachh Rail…Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’. With an aim to achieve this goal, Western Railway is also taking all proactive steps and in this direction has installed 12 nos. of APNOVA LEVA DUSTBINS on Platform No. 1 of Ahmedabad railway station under CSR initiative.

Chief Guest for the meet was Rajesh Agrawal, Member Rolling Stock Railway Board. In his address highlighted the important aspects of Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations on Indian Railways. He stressed on the transformative initiatives required to be taken to identify potential of application of artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing while ensuring responsible environmental sustainability with a goal for carbon neutrality and attempts to be E-energy positive. He cited the example of initiatives taken in Indian Railways in RWF, MCF, ICF, Workshops and also the bio- toilets in Railway Stations etc. He appreciated today’s gathering of established players from Industry, academia, innovators etc., all under one roof.

Jan 1, the first day of the new year will see a rise in the price of railway tickets. The fare hike will apply only to various categories of the services provided by Indian railways excluding the suburban train services of the national transporter.

The Modi government after trying all juggles has decided an initiate a privatization program. Under this program, the government will sell its entire stake in the second-largest state refiner- Bharat Petroleum Corp and the largest shipping company, Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. It has also declared to sell control on 30.8% shareholding in Container Corp which has almost monopoly on railway freight. Along with them, Air India will also be put on sale and the government would pay for the airline’s hefty debt to make a sale attractive. 

What is a Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)? The Indian Railways (IR) being the most significant railway systems in the world has resulted in the suboptimal...

IRCTC had targeted to raise Rs 645 crore from the sale of these shares. BSE said in a circular that the equity shares of IRCTC Ltd will be listed from October 14 and will be available for purchase and sale in the B group of securities. Earlier, the IPC of IRCTC opened between September 30 and October 4. It was subscribed up to 112 times.

A letter from Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to V. K. Yadav Chairman, Railway Board to constitute an Empowered group for fast track privatization....