Bullet Train Project Ministry of Railways have formed a new Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited to implement the project of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train . The salient features of Project are: Total length of corridor – 508 kms . Maximum design speed of 350 kmph and… Read More »
High Speed Rail Corporations Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Ministry of Railways had formed a subsidiary named High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited in 2013, inter alia, to undertake feasibility studies pertaining to High Speed corridors. It has awarded feasibility studies for (i) Delhi-Mumbai, (ii) Mumbai-Chennai, (iii) Delhi-Kolkata,… Read More »
Improving Amenities for Patients and Differently Abled Passengers Improvement/augmentation of amenities at stations, including those for differently abled and patient passengers is a continuous process. In order to provide better accessibility to differently abled and patient passengers, short term facilities as detailed below have been planned at all stations, beginning with ‘A-1’, ‘A’ & ‘B’… Read More »
Paperless Unreserved and Platform Tickets With a view to cut down queues at counters at Railway stations and to facilitate convenient booking of tickets by passengers, Indian Railways have introduced the facility of paperless unreserved tickets through mobile phone over suburban sections of Central, Western, Southern, Northern (New Delhi- Palwal section), Eastern and South Central… Read More »
Arrangements for Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh To cater to the expected influx of pilgrims during Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Ujjain, Indian Railways has planned to run special trains including DEMU/MEMU, augmentation of load of existing trains and, also, providing of temporary stoppage on Mail/Express trains to the extent justified and feasible. In… Read More »
WI-FI Facility at Railway Stations Initially, the Wi-Fi services have been proposed to be provided at 400 railway stations covering almost all ‘A1’ and ‘A’ category stations, after which the facility is proposed to be provided at remaining ‘A’ & ‘B’ category stations. Presently, Wi-Fi facility is available at 12 railway stations viz. Bengaluru, New… Read More »
Ready to eat meals in Trains Allotment of tenders to private licensees for providing onboard catering services to the passengers through pantry cars is an ongoing process. Further, a major initiative viz. E-catering has been taken by Railways through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation to enable passengers to book the food of their choice.… Read More »
Sagarmala Programme : Over 150 Projects Identified as part of National Perspective Plan More than 150 projects have been identified as part of the National Perspective Plan (NPP) under the ambitious Sagarmala Programme . The projects will mobilize more than Rs. 4 lac crore of investment and enable creation of 1 crore new jobs, including… Read More »
A number of initiatives proposed in the budget concerning the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers In the Union Budget of 2016, a number of initiatives have been proposed for the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. The Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Ananth Kumar outlined the initiatives: Department of Fertilizers Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)… Read More »
Talent Search Scheme The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is implementing the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) Scheme under which Rural Sports Competitions are organized at Block, District, State and National levels through the State Governments/Union Territories… Read More »