22626 SBC-MAS Double Decker - எப்பவுமே டாப் டக்கர் - Vijay Baradwaj

"60 per cent of Indian Railways’ revenue went towards the Rs 93,000 crore salary bill of the workforce that now numbered about 13 lakh"
* Railway Board Director-General, Signalling and Telecommunications making above statement before the group of 28 IRSSE (2014batch) probationers, indicates the concern of RB towards the achilles heel of IR. Above figure most probably does not include the pension component which should be about additional 15% of revenue.
* Productivity of IR has improved in last few decades but it is still below the global standards. The competitors (roadways/airlines) have...
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improved much more than IRlys who continuously increasing their market share, so there is no scope of complacency.
* IR has been lagging in using the latest advancements in using Signalling, Telecommunication, Computerisation, Automation & IT to enhance the capacity/revenue and curtail the costs and increase the efficiency. Sectional capacity can be drastically increased even without laying extra tracks by used of state of the art & automatic signalling, using lighter & quicker rolling stocks etc