Privatization of Railways
Posted On: 07 FEB 2020 5:00PM by PIB Delhi
There
is no proposal to privatise the operations of Railways. However, there
is a proposal to outsource the commercial and on board services of a few
trains and to permit private players to induct modern rakes to run
trains on select routes with an objective to provide improved service
delivery to passengers. The responsibility of train operations and
safety certification rests with Indian Railways. Outsourcing of certain
services like station cleaning, pay and use toilets, retiring rooms,
parking and platforms maintenance etc. is being done on need based
manner to improve cleanliness and other services.
This
information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce &
Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Rajya
Sabha today.
