Restore fare concessions offered to senior citizens in railways: Arvind Kejriwal to PM ModiDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the fare concessions offered to senior citizens by t...
03 Apr, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Standing committee flags under utilisation of funds by Indian RailwaysThe committee recommended that the Railways should honour the aspirations of the government and intensify their efforts for optimally utili...
13 Mar, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
Parliament panel recommends resumption of senior citizen concession in rail fareThese concessions were granted in fares of all classes of Mail/Express/Rajdhani/ Shatabdi/Duranto group of trains but were withdrawn on Mar...
13 Mar, 2023, 06.27 PM IST
Parliament panel raises concern over pace of Vande Bharat train production"The Committee while expressing their concern to find that out of 35 rakes of Vande Bharat planned for the year 2022-23, only 08 rakes have...
13 Mar, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
Railways gave Rs 59,837 crore subsidy on passenger tickets in 2019-20: Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe minister said concessions on top of this subsidy are still being provided to many categories such as divyangjans, students and patients...
03 Feb, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Railways should consider increasing revenues through remunerative projects: Parl panelAlso, while the responsibility of running Bharat Gaurav trains may be given to another service provider, the monitoring mechanism should re...
14 Mar, 2022, 10.33 PM IST
Transport & Tourism parliamentary panel could meet in next two weeks: Chairman writes to membersThe committee chairperson TG Venkatesh wrote to all members of the committee last week informing them that a meeting is being planned "in t...
22 Jul, 2020, 10.19 AM IST
Parliamentary panel recommends separate rail safety fundStanding Committee on Railways in its latest report tabled in Parliament has recommended to review the current structure of Railway Board a...
14 Dec, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Panel for separate railways safety fundIt said 107 rail accidents were reported during 2015-16 due to collision, derailment, fire in trains and mishaps at level crossings, thus "...
14 Dec, 2016, 05.35 PM IST
Setting up of several expert committees by Railways questioned by parliamentary committeePublic money which has gone into the setting up and working of the committees was being squandered when their recommendations are not imple...
20 Apr, 2015, 10.36 PM IST
Parliamentary panel favours enhancing gross budgetary support to Railways"The committee, therefore, desires the Railway Ministry pursue the matter purposively with the FMin and state govts for such projects," it ...
18 Dec, 2014, 09.43 PM IST
Parliamentary panel on Railways seek views on Railways BillLok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had referred the Bill to the Standing Committee headed by former Railway Minister and TMC MP Dinesh Trive...
31 Oct, 2014, 09.01 PM IST
Railways panel recommends more double decker trainsSouthern Railway had recently introduced Chennai-Bangalore double decker service which has been well-received by passengers.
22 May, 2013, 01.30 PM IST
- Railways asked to achieve 12th Plan target
Taking note of Railways' poor performance during Eleventh Plan, a parliamentary panel has asked it to ensure that targets fixed for raising...
22 Apr, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
- Cleanliness at rly stations far from satisfactory: Par panel
Expressing concern over unhygienic condition at rail premises, a parliamentary panel today said cleanliness of stations and trains is "far ...
22 Apr, 2013, 05.47 PM IST
- Baalu joins issue with Jaya over continuing in Parliamentary committee
Joining issue with Jayalalithaa, T R Baalu said that appointments to par committee were made by presiding officers of both LS and RS.
28 Mar, 2013, 02.28 PM IST
- Parliament's Standing Committee on Railways for speedy installation of Anti-Collision Devices to prevent train mishaps
The Standing Committee on Railways has felt that the pace of installing the anti-collision device (ACD) is "not satisfactory".
20 Sep, 2011, 10.39 AM IST