The budget talks of an estimated need for a gigantic Rs 50 trillion investment ($714 billion) in Railways over a period of 12 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only PM of India who has shown an extraordinary commitment towards capacity augmentation and full-scale modernisation of Indian Railways, starting with his personal involvement in organising the first Rail Shivir to encourage Railway officers to come up with innovative ideas in 2016.
Now, with this investment target, he has, once again, put Railways at the centre stage for an outright transformation. This nature of investment ...
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