No proposal to privatise Railways: Union Miniter Piyush Goyal
5 years, 5 months ago

No proposal to privatise Railways: Union Miniter Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

There is no proposal to privatise Indian Railways, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said "no specific passenger train has been identified to be run by private payers so far." In his written response, Goyal said, ".there is no proposal to privatise Indian Railways". In a separate written reply, Goyal said that as on April 1 this year, there were 189 new lines projects totalling 21,443 kilometres in various stages of planning/ approval/ execution, which will connect areas not covered so far under railway network. "Launching of new railway projects to cater to the increasing passenger footfall and to connect areas not covered so far under railway network is a need-based ongoing process subject to commercial justification, operational requirement, technical feasibility and resource availability," he said.

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Metro train services can not be offered free to people as it's capital intensive in India: Hardeep Singh Puri
1 year, 3 months ago

Metro train services can not be offered free to people as it's capital intensive in India: Hardeep Singh Puri

India TV News  

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said that modern public transport facilities like metro rail can not be offered to people for free. Metro rail and electric bus projects are capital-intensive and have to be economically feasible, he told media during the India Smart Cities Conclave 2023 in Indore. Metro rail projects have not failed …

No proposal under consideration for running passenger trains by private operators: Ashwini Vaishnaw
2 years, 5 months ago

No proposal under consideration for running passenger trains by private operators: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Firstpost  

The national transporter planned to introduce private trains on its network in phases, with the first dozen due to start running in the 2023-24 financial year and all 151 by 2027 New Delhi: There is no proposal under consideration for the operation of passenger trains by private players, the Railways informed Parliament on Friday, years after the national transporter unveiled …

No plans to privatise Indian Railways, says Centre
2 years, 9 months ago

No plans to privatise Indian Railways, says Centre

Firstpost  

The Railways will continue to fulfil social obligations, the Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding that Rs 60,000 crore subsidy is provided on passenger fares New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said the government has no plans to privatise the Indian Railways and opposition parties’ contention in this regard is hypothetical. Replying to a discussion on demands for …

Metro rail project in J&K to be approved by next week: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri
3 years, 2 months ago

Metro rail project in J&K to be approved by next week: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri

India TV News  

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said the metro rail project in Jammu and Kashmir will be approved by next week. As part of ongoing public outreach programmes in J-K, Puri said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development model emphasises that the benefits of every centrally- Praising the Prime Minister for his steps taken vis-a-vis Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the …

Will Indian Railways be privatised? Here's what Piyush Goyal said in Lok Sabha
3 years, 9 months ago

Will Indian Railways be privatised? Here's what Piyush Goyal said in Lok Sabha

India TV News  

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday asserted that Indian Railways will never be privatised but said private investment should be encouraged for more efficient functioning. Replying to a discussion on Demands for Grants for Railways in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said there has been no death of any passenger in rail accidents in past two years and the railways has …

Railways to run private trains: 13 players including GMR, L&T shortlisted | What we know
4 years, 1 month ago

Railways to run private trains: 13 players including GMR, L&T shortlisted | What we know

India TV News  

As railways plan to introduce new private trains in the coming years, companies including GMR, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Welspun Enterprises are among 13 players who have been shortlisted by the Indian Railways to run private trains. Railways to run private trains | What we know In August this year, …

Railways Rules Out Fare Regulator for Private Trains, to Allow Competition in Transport Sector
4 years, 4 months ago

Railways Rules Out Fare Regulator for Private Trains, to Allow Competition in Transport Sector

News 18  

The Railways has ruled out the possibility of a fare regulator for private trains and said that 'competitive tension' prevalent in the Indian transport scenario should address the risk of prohibitive pricing. A set of documents made public by the Railways said the project of bringing in 150 trains to be run by private operators does not have provisions for …

The Hindu Explains | Why has Indian Railways opened doors for private players?
4 years, 6 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why has Indian Railways opened doors for private players?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Indian Railways has launched the process of opening up train operations to private entities on 109 origin destination pairs of routes using 151 modern trains. The present invitation for private operators to submit qualification bids for 151 trains would be, in the assessment of the Railway Board, only for a fraction of the total train operations …

Private trains will benefit travellers: Railways
4 years, 6 months ago

Private trains will benefit travellers: Railways

The Hindu  

With private trains expected to begin operations by April 2023, the Railways on Thursday said the move would only benefit travellers by way of confirmed tickets and faster trains. Mr. Yadav said the Railways was running 2,800 Mail Express Trains, and 151 modern trains — for which the RFQ was invited — accounted for only 5% of them. So it …

Indian Railways begins process for entry of ‘private trains’
4 years, 6 months ago

Indian Railways begins process for entry of ‘private trains’

The Hindu  

The Indian Railways on Wednesday kick-started the process to allow private players to operate certain trains on its network by inviting Request for Qualifications for operation of passenger train services on over 100 routes with 150 modern trains. The Ministry of Railways said this is the first initiative of private investment for running passenger trains over the Indian Railways network …

Piyush Goyal slams Uddhav government for targetting railways over Shramik Special trains
4 years, 7 months ago

Piyush Goyal slams Uddhav government for targetting railways over Shramik Special trains

Op India  

Yesterday, the Maharashtra government had given statements that the centre is not providing enough trains to Maharashtra to ferry migrants. Goyal tweeted, “The railways have been ready to give 125 trains, but the Maharashtra government has to provide the details of start and destination stations, list of migrant labourers as per their destination cities, medical certificates and other details. He …

Ticket bookings at railway station counters to begin in couple of days: Piyush Goyal
4 years, 7 months ago

Ticket bookings at railway station counters to begin in couple of days: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday informed that train ticket bookings at railway station countries will restart in the next 2-3 days for which they are developing a protocol. Speaking about shramik special trains, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said, "Some states did not cooperate with us to run special trains for sending back migrant workers to their homes. On …

Railways won’t be privatised, says Piyush Goyal
4 years, 9 months ago

Railways won’t be privatised, says Piyush Goyal

The Hindu  

The Union government has no plans to privatise the Railways now or in future as it is the property of the people, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. After MPs complained about delayed rail projects, Mr. Goyal said the Centre was focusing on projects without land, forest clearance or encroachment hurdles. Mr. Goyal replied that …

No plan to privatise Indian Railways as it belongs to people: Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha
4 years, 9 months ago

No plan to privatise Indian Railways as it belongs to people: Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha

Live Mint  

There is no plan to privatise Indian Railways as it belongs to the people of the country, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal asserted in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after some members raised concerns over it. Indian Railways belongs to the people of this country, it will remain so," Goyal said. Goyal said the government was committed to making Indian Railways world …

Oppn. MPs caution govt. on railway privatisation
4 years, 9 months ago

Oppn. MPs caution govt. on railway privatisation

The Hindu  

on railway privatisation Several Opposition leaders on Thursday cautioned against any move to privatise the Railways and demanded that the separate Railway Budget be restored. Raghavan accused the BJP Centre of showing consistent apathy in the last five years with a high operating ratio for the Raliways, the worst in the last 10 years. S.S. Palanimanickam said the BJP government …

Indian Railways: How private players lining up to run trains is real reform
4 years, 10 months ago

Indian Railways: How private players lining up to run trains is real reform

Op India  

Twenty years ago, air travel was a distant dream for most Indians. We had Indian Airlines and Air India, both creaky government monopolies, run from equally creaky government-run airports. Read: Congress lies about Budget 2020, claims Modi Govt has reduced funds for Indian Railways: Here are the facts Smaller airports are buzzing too. Tata, Adani and Hyundai queue up to …

Railway Minister has assured about train availability for pilgrimage scheme for elderly, says Manish Sisodia
5 years ago

Railway Minister has assured about train availability for pilgrimage scheme for elderly, says Manish Sisodia

India TV News  

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia met Railways Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday and said that he has been assured that trains will be made available very soon for the Delhi government's 'Mukhyamantri Tirath Yatra Yojana'. The scheme, under which the Aam Aadmi Party government sends senior citizens on pilgrimage, has been temporarily suspended due to non-availability of trains. "Met Railways Minister …

Salary, social obligations take away big funds of Railways: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 1 month ago

Salary, social obligations take away big funds of Railways: Piyush Goyal

India Today  

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday responded on Comptroller and Auditor General of India report which stated operational losses of Indian Railways increasing manifold. Railways have been spending an additional Rs 22,000 crore on salaries and pensions of its employees following implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, which has hit its financial health, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said …

Proposal to outsource commercial, onboard services; but no large-scale privatisation plans: Railway Ministry
5 years, 1 month ago

Proposal to outsource commercial, onboard services; but no large-scale privatisation plans: Railway Ministry

India TV News  

There is a proposal to outsource commercial and onboard services of a few trains, but no large-scale privatisation plans are underway, the Railway Ministry informed Parliament on Friday. Railway subsidiary IRCTC, its tourism and catering arm, has already started running railways' first "private" train, Tejas Express from Lucknow to Delhi. There is a proposal to outsource the commercial and onboard …

Not privatising Railways; only outsourcing some services: Govt
5 years, 1 month ago

Not privatising Railways; only outsourcing some services: Govt

India TV News  

The government is not privatising the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and onboard services to private players in order to provide better facilities to commuters, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. Noting that thousands of new trains and more investment are required for providing new facilities/rakes and meet the passengers rush, Goyal said: "If there …

Not privatising Railways, but only outsourcing commercial and onboard services to private players, Piyush Goyal tells Rajya Sabha
5 years, 1 month ago

Not privatising Railways, but only outsourcing commercial and onboard services to private players, Piyush Goyal tells Rajya Sabha

Firstpost  

The government is not privatising the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and on-board services to private players in order to provide better facilities to commuters, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha on Friday. New Delhi: The government is not privatising the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and on-board services to private players in order to provide …

Railways forms empowered group to develop 50 stations, privatise 150 trains
5 years, 2 months ago

Railways forms empowered group to develop 50 stations, privatise 150 trains

India TV News  

Railways has formed a task force to draw a blueprint for developing 50 railway stations with world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its network. The order comes days after Niti Aayog Chairman wrote to Chairman Railway Board V K Yadav proposing the formation of an empowered group to drive the process in a …

Solar energy installations for Green Railways: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 5 months ago

Solar energy installations for Green Railways: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Efforts are on to make Indian Railways the first Green Railways in the world in the next 10 years with steps like setting up solar energy installations on its unutilised land, electrification of tracks and moving to bio-diesel, Minister Piyush Goyal told the Rajya Sabha. "Probably 10 years from now, can we make Indian Railways the world's first 100 per …

Railway employees union threaten strike against 'move' to privatise trains
5 years, 5 months ago

Railway employees union threaten strike against 'move' to privatise trains

India TV News  

Alleging a move was on to privatise the Chennai-Madurai Tejas Express, a railway employees union on Wednesday threatened a nation-wide strike if the Centre went ahead with the 'proposal' to handover operation of profitable trains. Southern Railway Mazdoor Union General Secretary Kannaiah also claimed there was a proposal to handover the Chennai-Coimbatore Cheran Express to private players. He referred to …

You may soon be able to give up train ticket subsidy like LPG, Indian Railways sends proposal to PMO
5 years, 5 months ago

You may soon be able to give up train ticket subsidy like LPG, Indian Railways sends proposal to PMO

India TV News  

With an eye on increasing revenue, Indian Railways has finalised a proposal to offer passengers an option to voluntarily give up subsidy on train tickets. "The railways has submitted a 100-day plan to the Prime Minister's Office to increase the earnings," said a senior official of Indian Railways. Railway officials said that the fresh idea was to urge passengers to …

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators

India TV News  

The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is set to be the first train to be operated by private players, sources said on Monday, indicating that the Railways is going ahead with its 100-day agenda of handing over operations of two of its trains to the private sector, despite protests from its unions. The train, one of the most-awaited trains on the route, …

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express set to be first train to be run by private operators

Live Mint  

The Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express is set to be the first train to be operated by private players, sources said Monday, indicating that the Railways is going ahead with its 100-day agenda of handing over operations of two of its trains to the private sector, despite protests from its unions. The train, one of the most-awaited trains on the route, is …

No plan to privatise railways or trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 6 months ago

No plan to privatise railways or trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi: Piyush Goyal

Live Mint  

Union minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that the railways has no plans to privatise the national transporter or its premium trains such as Rajdhani and Shatabdi express, amidst speculation that there was a proposal to rope in private operators. Responding to a query on the privatisation of these trains and the entire network, Goyal told the Rajya Sabha in …

No plans to privatise Rajdhani, Shatabdi express trains: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 6 months ago

No plans to privatise Rajdhani, Shatabdi express trains: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that there was were no plans to privatise Rajdhani or Shatabdi express trains. "No plans to privatise railways or its premium trains such as Rajdhani and Shatabdi," Goyal said today. "Whether it is a fact that Government is planning for privatisation of trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi; In what manner Government would control …

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