Poorabiya Express: कोसी की शान से दिल्ली महान तक - Md Rashid Alam

Very correct sir, discontinuation of the railway budget is the first but the most important step toward depoliticisation of Rly budget. The legislators who pressurize the RM may then start pressurizing FM for their vested interests, but their effort is most unlikely to yield significant result. It is very difficult to a persuade a FM to drain the scarce resources in the loss making Rly ventures as he has his responsibility to look after the demands of every ministry. He is like a head of a family who is supposed to earn (collect revenue for Govt) and to feed (give funds) all his family members (ministries). More over FM is in general afinancial expert and the most prudent minister in the cabinet.
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is the final step to depoliticize the IRlys and bring in efficiency in the operation. It is difficult but not impossible. Earlier many industries and business were under govt. control. Many sectors like Power, steel, Aluminum have been given decontrolled. Railways can also be decontrolled gradually on the same line. Pvt sector may also be allowed to own and operate trains/ tracks and monopoly can be broken just as in case of civil aviation sector which has experienced a great progress since then. Same can be repeated with Rlys. But it has to be done very cautiously and meticulously since the railway operations are very extensive and complicated.