Railways

On April 10, 2018, the first 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive was flagged off at the Madhepura loco factory. The loco factory was proposed in 2007 and is a part of the Make in India initiative […]

The Ministry of Finance has approved a proposal to extend a government guarantee of Rs 50 billion for Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) bonds, to be subscribed by the Life Insurance Corporation [LIC] of India, to […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved six projects for implementation. These are the 100.6 km Muzaffarpur-Sagauli (Bihar) (estimated cost Rs 13.48 billion), the 109.7 km Sagauli-Valmiki Nagar (Bihar) (Rs 13.81 billion), the 116.95 […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has granted approval for the 240 km Port Blair-Diglipur new railway line project in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands at an estimated cost of Rs 24.14 billion. The project will […]

Indian Railways (IR) has inducted two digitally enabled locomotives based on the state-of-the-art insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology in collaboration with General Electric (GE). The two locomotives have been designed under Make in India through an […]

The cabinet has given its approval to the cooperation agreement between India and Morocco’s national railway operator ONCF to develop a long-term partnership in areas such as training and staff development, expert missions, exchange of experience […]

The MoR is expected to announce its plans for constructing 10,000 km of high speed rail (HSR) corridors to connect all the major cities in the country in April 2018. The new HSR corridors will […]

The MoR has launched the digital receipt note, receipted challan and digital bill submission to improve transparency and ease of doing business. The digitisation of suppliers’ bills will provide end-to-end digital and paperless contracting, resulting […]

In a bid to encourage the involvement of all stakeholders (including railway passengers, urban planners, architects and engineers) in the redevelopment of 635 stations, SRIJAN (Station Rejuvenation Initiative through Joint Action) was launched at the MyGov portal on January […]

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has exempted government companies notified as public financial institutions, registered as non-banking financial companies with the Reserve Bank of India, and in the business of infrastructure finance leasing with 75 […]

The Ministry of Railways (MoR) has laid the foundation stone for doubling three railway lines – the 86.56 km Thiruvananthapuram-Kanyakumari line, the 102 km Vanchi-Maniyachchi-Nagercoil line and the 160 km Madurai-Tuticorin line – at estimated […]

Indian Railways (IR) is expected to introduce two new high speed trains on its network – Train 18 and Train 20 – which will replace the existing fleet of Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains and operate […]

The MoR is planning to implement projects valued close to Rs 480 billion in the Northeast. This includes a new railway line through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh for which the final location survey is currently […]

The MoR is planning to set up a new rail coach factory in Latur, Maharashtra, which will manufacture electric multiple units for suburban trains and coaches for metros. The project will be implemented on a high […]

The MoR is planning to allow private companies to own, operate and execute railway lines in the country. This plan is currently at the conceptualisation stage with the Railway Board working on the feasibility of […]

In a bid to meet the government’s revised disinvestment target of Rs 1 trillion, the government is currently planning the IPO of two rail companies – IRFC and RITES. While, the RITES IPO could involve a 12 per cent […]

IR has cleared the Rs 120 billion proposal to equip 6,000 electric locomotives with the European Train Control System (ETCS), Level II, in a bid to improve safety and prevent accidents. The Railway Board has […]

The Kerala government has presented a preliminary project report to the Railway Board for setting up a semi-high speed rail corridor between Kasargod and Thiruvananthapuram. This project is planned for implementation by Kerala Rail Development […]

In a major digital initiative to help plan traffic flows and optimise freight operations, the MoR launched the Smart Freight Operation Optimisation and Real Time Information (SFOORTI) application for freight managers, which provides features for […]

The MoR, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) (Ministry of Science and Technology) have signed an MoU to jointly fund the Technology Mission for Indian Railways […]