An independent Railway Regulatory Authority of India was recommended by the Bibek Debroy Committee for Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and...
The High Level Committee headed by DK Mittal submitted its report on 26 December 2014. This committee had made large number of recommendations for short term and medium/...
Sam Pitroda used to be the advisor of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The ‘Committee on modernization of Indian Railways’ headed by Sam Pitroda had unveiled an ambitious Rs....
The report of the high-level safety review committee under the Chairmanship of former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar was submitted in February 2012. The Kakodkar Committee...
For the betterment of Indian Railways, numerous committees and panels were created. As early as in 1994, Prakash Tandon Committee, made comprehensive proposals for change. In 1997, a...
Prior to 1924, the Railway Finances were a part of the Central Government Finances. From 1924 onwards, the Railway Budget was separated from the Central Government budget and...
There are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on IR viz. the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Mountain railways of India. Mountain railways of India is not contiguous, but...
Indian Railway is World’s fourth largest railway US, Russia and China. It carries some 23 million passengers everyday and around 1060 million tons of freight in a year....
In 1920, an East Indian Railway Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Sir William Acworth. This committee consisted of 10 members and among them 3 were Indians...
Sir James MacKay Commission was set up by Secretary of States for India, John Morley in 1907 to look into the problems of administration and finances of Railways....
