16 lakh meals served in trains daily: Railway minister informs Lok SabhaRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha that Indian Railways serves 16 lakh meals daily, emphasizing smooth and uninterrup...
26 Mar, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Railways floats tender to make 80,000 'Make in India' wheels every year: Ashwini VaishnawIndian Railways needs two lakh wheels per year. According to the plan, while Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will provide one lakh ...
09 Sep, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
Global suppliers to railways have to 'Make in India'The railway ministry is planning to standardise tender norms for rolling stock to create a level-playing field for local and global players.
09 Jul, 2019, 09.54 AM IST
Railways invites global tender to meet shortfall in rail supplyThe technical bids of tender for procurement of 4,87,000 metric tonnes of 60 kg-UIC rails was opened on December 22, 2017.
05 Jan, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
PMO asks government departments to stick to policy on procurementThe committee met on Thursday and gave Indian Railways "one-time exception" to buy 487,000 tonnes of rails under the global tender.
22 Dec, 2017, 11.55 PM IST
JSPL keen to supply rails to Indian RailwaysThe Ministry of Railways has recently floated a global tender to procure 7 lakh tonnes of rails worth Rs 3,500 crore. This is the first tim...
30 Oct, 2017, 06.58 PM IST
Railways to launch a new web-based procurement system soonAll queries raised by prospective bidders will be addressed on the web-based platform, instead of sending it directly to prospective bidder...
09 Oct, 2017, 03.00 PM IST
Railways to implement ERP solution in next few months: Suresh PrabhuTo increase capacity, the ministry has undertaken doubling of rail lines measuring 12,500 kilometres in the last two-and-a-half years, Prab...
23 Mar, 2017, 03.23 PM IST
Trainset project: Setback to Railways Make-in-India programmeNone of the shortlisted bidders has filed tenders for the much-hyped Rs 2,500-crore project. Today was the last day for submitting the bids.
02 May, 2016, 11.06 PM IST
Railways launch e-tendering portalRailways launched an e-tendering portal to bring transparency in the execution of work contracts and make it cost-effective for the bidders.
01 Feb, 2016, 09.01 PM IST
To curb graft, tendering of railway deals to go onlineContracts for civil works worth around Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 crore are awarded every year by zonal railways with several often mired in al...
25 Jan, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
The existing system is my competition, the lesson is to frame an alternative policy: Suresh PrabhuI don't look at an individual as my competitor. An existing system becomes your main competitor. The challenge is not from any individual, ...
27 Dec, 2015, 07.50 AM IST
All contracts will be on e-tendering platform soon: Suresh PrabhuRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu today said by early next year all tendering for Indian Railways will be done online.
15 Nov, 2015, 10.49 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu initiates Railway reforms, decentralises tender processFull powers have been delegated to General Managers and Director Generals of production units as tender authority in this regard.
02 Jan, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
DMRC chief Sreedharan submits interim report on railway tendering to Suresh PrabhuAfter taking over the ministry, Prabhu has constituted the one-man Sreedharan committee to fix accountability in all tendering processes.
27 Nov, 2014, 10.58 PM IST
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's path breaking ideas to bring loss-making Indian Railways back on trackRailway minister Suresh Prabhu has some path breaking ideas to bring loss-making retrograde organisation back on track.
12 Nov, 2014, 07.58 AM IST
Railway Budget 2011: Getting railways back on growth track is critical, says Ajay Gupta, ED, CEBBCOThe problem is that the entire tender process is delayed so much in railways that last year budget has still not been executed.
25 Feb, 2011, 02.46 PM IST