Indian Railways on the wrong track! Is the national transporter going the Air India way?
While the post-coronavirus normal calls for maximising resource utilisation and accelerating asset velocity, the Railways has, of late, operated in the reverse gear; the productivity/efficiency indices of its high-tech, high-
Construction of new Parliament building: Shaping the Central Vista
A project of such importance in sweep and substance as of Central Vista redevelopment deserved to be free of any serious reservations and doubts
Transporting Covid-19 vaccines: Government should make Railways the centre of multimodal transport
The vaccine logistics will potentially be an opportune moment for India’s logistics industry to learn the right lessons.
Railway freight: Taking the track less travelled
The heart of the Indian Railways’ freight strategy should be the creation of high-volume, high-speed freight corridors, with critical mass carried in train loads. It needs to create this critical mass in partnership with ot
Private trains on Indian Railways network: Why one can’t ignore several red flags
Although privatisation is a significant reform initiative, the Railways needs to make its passenger business viable, and work on making rail travel a preferred mode
Cut flab, junk dated subsidisation: 7-point action plan for Indian Railways to set its house in order
As pithily put by Donald Rumsfeld, there are known unknowns, and there are unknown unknowns—uncertainties loom large.
On track? Corporatising Railways’ production units
A closely integrated management ethos habitually eludes IR, else the proposal to create two corporatised holding companies for the PUs wouldn’t have surfaced. A single-holding company would be a better fix.
Why Indian Railways must welcome creative destruction to re-invent itself
Restructuring of railways’ top management challenges officers to think big and anew
Charade of austerity: Ruling class remains austere on austerity
Ruling class remains austere on austerity: instead of making austerity a way of life, it chants the slogan from time to time, to no effect
How GST helped the country sign a free trade agreement with itself
Article 301 of the Constitution aimed at India functioning as one single economic unit without barriers, promoting free flow of trade and commerce through the country’s territory.
Learning from Train 18 and ARL: Indian Railways can ill-afford to retard the pace of transforming its passenger services
The sprawling and pervasive institution has had little impact on the monster of corruption plaguing the economy.
Full state for Delhi: AAP’s obsession a misplaced idea
Kejriwal may well ponder how this obsession in reality dwarfs the space he needs for action.
Why India needs a leader with humility, self-restraint and compassion
The endemic deficiencies that continue to plague the country remain buried. Although conceding that pockets of the country have had material gains, people living longer and better-fed, the glass in real terms remains more tha
GDP and productivity statistics viewed overlooking much of what we truly value
GDP and productivity statistics are viewed overlooking much of what we truly value.
Indo-Japan ties are the confluence of the two most deep rooted democracies
India has a long road ahead to derive potential gains from the Japan-India bonhomie. In addition, the two countries have far more to do by way of a liberal exchange of their people through tourism, cultural festivals, scholar
10-day journey over 80 km stretch for cargo. Here’s what ails India’s exports
Investment in R&D has been low, in addition to underinvestment in physical and human capital.
India’s lamented & lacklustre export record can change; this sector may hold the key
India has a lamented and lacklustre export record; how to attempt a change.
Railways’ Report Card: Indian Railways chugging along Air India path?
India can well do without an Air India; Indian Railways is far too important, precious and strategic for the nation to be allowed to become a burden on the economy
Mid-Term Foreign Trade Policy Review: Why it fell short of real export promotion
Even within the smaller segment, India secures less than 5% in world textile exports, and 2% in clothing (against China’s 33% and 38%, respectively)
Bullet train scripts new paradigm for country; why India must not delay transformation of nation’s lifeline
The project provides for Japan to transfer not only Shinkansen technology, but it will also train Indian workforce in sophisticated construction technologies, providing a fillip to Make-in-India.
Indian Railways corporatisation: PSU has stuck to its departmental character
With his acknowledged reputation Suresh Prabhu as IR’s helmsman raised expectations that it would be rescued from the tail-spin it had lapsed into. Prabhu underscored in his last budget speech the need to “reorganise, res
Railways alive, but not kicking; here is what will get it running
IR needs a new, genuine customer-centric framework along with exponential capacity enhancement for traffic growth with reduction in tariffs for freight and increases for lower-class passengers.
Ease of doing business in India: Narendra Modi government’s bid to improve rank by 2020 needs more co-ordination
India's current ranking on starting a business is 155th.
Merger of Union Budget 2017 with Rail Budget: Thanks to PM Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Indian Railways freed from legacy problems
The long-awaited rail tariff regulatory authority, if in place, would have helped fix tariffs, as the merged budget wished
Suresh Prabhu led Indian Railways still in slow lane over fast trains
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu just reiterated the Indian Railway’s plan to accelerate trains, enabling most inter-metro passengers to complete their rail journeys within 12 hours.
Trade reforms: SAARC sans Pakistan has led to clearing of vehicular movement hurdles
SAARC sans Pakistan has done well to clear hurdles on vehicular movement
What does India have to do to get Olympics medals? Find out here
Over a long stretch of 96 years, India has to its credit 9 gold medals, 7 silver, and 12 bronze—a total of 28—at the Olympics. Eight golds came for hockey (the last of them, over a quarter century ago, at the truncated Mo
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