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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is all set to introduce the third private train of the country Kashi Mahakal Express. Here's All You Need To Know.

Indian Railways is committed to provide a secure, safe and comfortable journey to all its passengers. Cleanliness is a continuous process and every endeavour is made to keep the railway stations and passenger-carrying trains in properly maintained and clean conditions. Some of the major initiatives taken by Indian Railways towards the improvement of the cleanliness of stations and trains

Adding vision to the modernization plans of the Ministry of Railways, Junction upgradation works are in progress in several railway stations of India. Salem junction in Tamil Nadu and Dimapur junction in Nagaland are the two such railway stations where stations are being renovated and upgraded with the latest passenger amenities.

Indian Railways has commissioned the country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having the capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway. Here's How Polycrack has advantages over the conventional approach of treating solid waste.

The visit of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is a sign of the growing importance of India – Brazil bilateral partnership said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, during his address at the inaugural session of the India-Brazil Business Forum held in New Delhi on 27th January. 

The newly launched Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express got delayed. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on 22 January said that it will pay a compensation of ₹100 each to around 630 passengers of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express because of the delay.

The Central Government has notified the structure of the National Startup Advisory Council to advise the Government on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country to drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.

No imports will be allowed without HSN (Harmonised System of Nomenclature) code into the country said the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal in New Delhi. HSN is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today flagged off the inaugural run of the second premium Tejas train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Services on this train, operated by IRCTC, will begin on January 19 from the city. Pegged as a symbol of Indian culture blended with modernisation for enhanced passenger comfort, here’s everything you need to know about this train.

Indian Railways in a bid to improve the overall security of the passengers travelling in the trains has decided to install smart cameras in its premises. In order to enhance security at Railway stations which are major hubs of transportation on 8th January announced that Indian Railways is in the process of installing Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System (VSS) at stations, that is, waiting halls, reservation counters, parking areas, main entrance/ exit, platforms, foot over bridges, booking offices, etc.

The Agri Export Policy was announced last year with the objective of doubling the export and ensuring the doubling of farmers’ income. In order to achieve this objective, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been adopting a focused approach for ensuring greater involvement of the State governments for effective implementation of the Agri Export Policy (AEP).

Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister Piyush Goyal today inaugurated the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Knowledge Hub in New Delhi, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered learning ecosystem that will assist the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sector. Speaking on this occasion Commerce & Industry Minister said that although India has developed as the second-largest fintech hub in the world, a lot of work still needs to be done in the BFSI sector.

Republic correspondent Piyush Mishra shared a video on Twitter and condemned the atrocity caused by the JNU protesters near the campus

 

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a transformational organisational restructuring of the Indian Railways. This historic reform will go a long way in achieving Government’s vision of making Indian Railways the growth engine of India's vikas yatra.

In order to facilitate the travel of youth participants of “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” program, Indian Railways has decided to grant 50% concession in basic fares of Second/Sleeper Class to youths with earnings/emoluments of not more than Rs.5000/- per month for travelling from one State to another State to take part in ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ programme. This concession has been granted as a special case and it is admissible only in the normal train services and not for booking of Special Trains/Coaches.