8th Pay Commission, OPS and rising court cases: 7 issues key central government employee body raised in its 49th annual meetThe 49th annual meeting of the NC-JCM, presided by Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan, addressed key central government employee concerns. Dis...
19 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
Railways is a strategic sector; cannot be handed to private players: Former Railway Board Member at CRF ConclaveDebates around railway privatisation date back decades, from committee reports recommending restructuring to proposals for private trains. ...
20 Nov, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
No plan to privatise railways, says Ashwini Vaishnaw"The opposition parties are repeatedly alleging a move to privatise the railways. I wish to clearly state that the railways is a big comple...
09 Apr, 2022, 11.20 PM IST
No plan to privatise railways, need to accept latest tech: Ashwini VaishnawVande Bharat Express was designed and manufactured by ICF at Perambur under the Centre's Make in India initiative.
09 Apr, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
Privatisation of railway services, infra to benefit corporates; make it sick like Air India: OppositionOpposition parties on Wednesday warned that privatisation of various railway infrastructure and services would only benefit corporates and ...
17 Mar, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
No proposal to privatise Railways: Piyush GoyalThe response of the Railway to a question on privatisation came against the backdrop of a proposal of the national transporter to give two ...
10 Jul, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
No privatisation of Railways: Suresh Prabhu"We want change not for the change in ownership. We do not want change for somebody to run the precious assets of railways," the Union mini...
03 May, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
Government rules out privatisation of Railways and retrenchment: Suresh PrabhuUnder the policy of participative model for rail connectivity, investment of Rs 10,000 crore has been committed for 19 rail projects so far.
27 Feb, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
Congress questions rail privatisationAccording to AICC spokesman Abhishek Singhvi, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making “serial U-turns” on the privatisation issue.
30 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Congress slams government over Land Acquisition OrdinanceAccusing him of "trying to pull wool over the eyes of people" and making "casual and irresponsible" statements on the issues of privatisati...
29 Dec, 2014, 09.26 PM IST
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu assuages fears over privatisation of Railways"We want to get private participation but that does not mean we want to privatise railway's operations," he said, addressing an Asia Societ...
03 Dec, 2014, 05.04 PM IST
- No privatisation of railways, says Mukul Roy
Ruling out any attempt at privatisation, Railway Minister Mukul Roy today said wherever it has been done the "result is not good."
06 Sep, 2012, 05.50 PM IST
- No plans to privatise core railway activities
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has said that privatisation in railways would only be restricted to running container trains, construction of ...
07 Feb, 2007, 03.01 AM IST
- Lalu rules out privatisation of Railways
The Railways Minister also renamed Motihari railway station as 'Gandhidham' as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
04 Oct, 2006, 08.40 PM IST
- Nitish rules out privatisation of Railway
Railway Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday ruled out the possibility of privatisation of Railways.
26 Apr, 2003, 10.11 PM IST
- Nitish rules out privatisation of Railways
Union Railway Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday ruled out privatisation of Railways, though he said private participation has been allowed in...
15 Dec, 2002, 07.45 PM IST
- Rly Minister says no to privatisation
NEW DELHI: Allaying railway workers' fears over privatisation, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said: "There is no proposal at any ...
26 Mar, 2002, 02.14 PM IST