Despite tremendous growth Indian Railways is at a critical juncture primarily due to financial condition. Being in infrastructure the IR needs financial support to expand further and provide new facilities to capture emerging traffic. In this study an attempt has been made to understand the problem and suggest some workable solutions. The book has ten chapters. In the first chapter, the financial condition of Indian Railway has been examined in view of its so called turn around followed by acute financial crunch. Second & third chapters examine the issue of freight & passenger traffic in view of the Indian Railway's two famous document- Vision 2020 and White Paper. Fourth chapter discusses sustainability of turnaround In the fifth chapter, a new regulatory control system has been proposed. In the sixth chapter, various issues related with the Dedicated Freight Corridor have been analyzed.Seventh chapter indicates that Railway should act in close co-ordination with Shipping Industry and Ports to make the transportation closely coordinated affair. Computerization, international comparison with USA & corruption in transportation are other topics covered in this book.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN-13
9783847323907
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113900547
Product Key Features
Author
Uday Shankar Jha
Publication Name
Modernization of Indian Railways
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
417g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Uday Shankar Jha
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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