Creating Growth Pathways: Dedicated freight corridors to increase IR’s share in goods transportation
Dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) are key pillars of India’s vision to increase the modal share of rail freight to 45 per cent by 2030. India currently has two DFCs – the Eastern DFC (EDFC), spanning […]
Safety Priority: IR’s initiatives for rolling stock modernization
Over the years, increasing population coupled with urbanisation has highlighted the need for increasing and upgrading rolling stock, comprising wagons, locomotives and coaches. To this end, in 2016-17, Indian Railways (IR) produced about 1,469 Linke […]
New Heights: Airport infrastructure, passenger and freight traffic growing apace
The year 2016-17 has been a positive one for the Indian aviation sector, with the growth in passenger and freight traffic being maintained, and new routes being opened up under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). […]