Railway Privatisation

Private firms to pay Railways for delay or early arrival of trains, says draft notification

Twenty-three firms, including L&T Infrastructure Projects Development Limited, Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens, attended the pre-application meeting on Wednesday.

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· Aug 13, 2020 · 12:06 pm
Rahul Gandhi criticises Centre’s plan to privatise railways, says people will never forgive this

The Ministry of Railways has invited applications from private sector companies to operate over 150 trains.

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· Jul 02, 2020 · 08:02 pm
IRCTC’s IPO could become another litmus test for the Modi government

Market interest in the IP will prove how much Indian investors trust the Modi government’s economic play.

Sangeeta Tanwar, qz.com
· Oct 01, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Lok Sabha: Sonia Gandhi says corporatisation of Rae Bareli coach factory will leave many jobless

Railways in their response said that corporatisation was not privatisation.

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· Jul 02, 2019 · 04:13 pm
Piyush Goyal dismisses reports of privatisation of railways, says no such plan has been made

Samajwadi Party MP Surendra Singh Nagar questioned Goyal in Rajya Sabha about who would control the whims of private operators if they were roped in.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 28, 2019 · 08:20 pm
Railway unions say ‘unrest brewing’ among employees against plan to corporatise production units

In a letter to the Railway Board, the unions called it the ‘first step towards privatisation’.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 27, 2019 · 01:04 pm

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‘No plans to privatise railways, either now or ever’, says Union minister Piyush Goyal

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Railway Privatisation

Private firms to pay Railways for delay or early arrival of trains, says draft notification

Twenty-three firms, including L&T Infrastructure Projects Development Limited, Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens, attended the pre-application meeting on Wednesday.

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Goyal said the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is on track and land acquisition problems will be resolved.

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India wants private sector participation in railways – just when Britain debates nationalising theirs

As the Debroy panel recommends significant private participation in the railways, the British experience shows that the move will not necessarily make it more efficient.

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