Tag: railways

  • Bibek Debroy Committee Report: An Analysis

    By Pooja Meena, National Law University, Jodhpur. The railways operate more than 12,000 trains, carrying some 23 million passengers daily. This vast public enterprise is virtually a state within a state. It runs schools, hospitals, police forces and building companies and employs a total of 1.3 million people, making it the seventh biggest employer in the…

  • Rail Budget 2015: A Critical Analysis

    By Aishwarya Dhakarey, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. The highlights of the budget could reflect Prime Minister’s three initiatives in the whole nine yards namely Swachch Bharat Mission, Make in India and Digital India. To start with, a great relief comes in the form of no increase in the basic passenger rail fares. This will tickle everyone pink…

  • Railways and Privatisation: FDI is the Name of the Game

    By Neelanjana Paul, KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore. Understanding Privatisation and FDI The economy of India had undergone significant policy shifts in the beginning of the 1990s. This new model of economic reforms is commonly known as the LPG or Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation model. The primary objective of this model was to make the economy of…