Reaching out to the common passengers of Indian Railways and taking feedbacks
Railway Minister Shri Piyush Goyal made a surprise visit to a Railway platform and also undertook a ride on the Kota JanShatabdi Express. Hon'ble Minister personally interacted with a couple of passengers, took their views on how to improve services in trains. Read more…
CIL's supply to power sector increases by 17% in Sept' 17, ensuring adequate coal to power India
Fuel supply to power stations from Coal India's mines has risen 17% in September to 32 MT (million tonne) from 27.4 million tonne in the year-ago period as the Government scrambled to meet spike in demand as a result of thermal power stations stepping up operations to meet shortfall from other sources. Read more…
Railway to give more teeth to land development and expand scope of One ICT (Information Communication Technology)
Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA), and Indian Railways Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) are set to get powers to deal with all big decisions on the commercial use of railway land and developing stations. Read more…
Railways special drive to curb illegal ticketing
Zonal Railways have launched a special drive to curb malpractices of touting activities, journey by ticketless passengers and unauthorised ticketing agencies. In the East Coast Railway (ECoR), a joint team of ECoR's vigilance wing and Railway Protection Force (RPF) conducted intensive joint checks at important stations like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur & Visakhapatnam. Read more…
Coordinated effort among Ministries shows the path to tide over temporary crisis of coal shortage & occasional high prices in the Power Exchange
The issue of coal supply to power plants is being addressed in a co-coordinated manner by the three concerned Ministries i.e Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Railways. A detailed plan has been agreed which would ensure sufficient supply of coal to power plants. Read more…
