Rail Budget 2012-13: Dinesh Trivedi announces measures to restructure Railway Board

NEW DELHI: Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi has announced a slew of measures to restructure the apex Railway Board and give it a more professional and business-oriented outlook. In his budget speech, Trivedi said the board should be restructured along business lines rather than functional lines in sync with corporate objectives.


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The idea is to correct the perception that the transporter suffers from an “implementation bug” as suggested by the Kakodkar committee.

“There is need to infuse larger accountability and its structure must be aligned with organizational objectives . We need a system that delivers,” Trivedi said.

Railways has also decided to establish missions headed by directors in various areas for a three-year term as recommended by an expert panel headed by Sam Pitroda on modernization and resource mobilization.

The directors will report to the Railway Board. Each mission would have budget and operational autonomy . In addition, a highlevel panel would be set up to facilitate coordination among the missions, fasttrack implementation and de-clog bottlenecks.