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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 14:37 |
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Organisational structure in Indian Railway
Indian Railways is a department of the Government, being owned and controlled by the Government of India, via the Ministry of Railways rather than a private company. As of 2007, the Railway Ministry is currently headed by Laloo Prasad Yadav, the Union Minister for Railways and assisted by two junior Ministers of State for Railways, R. Velu and Naranbhai J. Rathwa. Indian Railways is administered by the Railway Board, which has six members and a chairman.
Each of the sixteen zones is headed by a General Manager (GM) who reports directly to the Railway Board. The zones are further divided into divisions under the control of Divisional Railway Managers (DRM). The divisional officers of engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal & telecommunication, accounts, personnel, operating, commercial and safety branches report to the respective Divisional Manager and are in charge of operation and maintenance of assets. Further down the hierarchy tree are the Station Masters who control individual stations and the train movement through the track territory under their stations' administration. In addition to the zones, the six production units (PUs) are each headed by a General Manager (GM), who also reports directly to the Railway Board.
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 14:00 |
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List of Important Indian Railways Official Websites
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 13:29 |
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Delhi Metro - First Railway Project on United Nation's Green list
Delhi Metro has become the first railway sector project in the world to be registered at the UN under the clean development mechanism (CDM) scheme. This would enable it to earn carbon credits in coming years. This will also help Delhi metro financially and it is one step further towards Railways Environment Care. DMRC can now claim 40,000 CERs per annum for a ten-year period.
By selling these earned carbon credits, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) would now earn Rs 1.2 crore per annum for atleast a ten year period starting December 2007. This will help DMRC financially and also will improve its image on international stage.
The buyer for the CERs is Japan Carbon Finance Ltd for the entire ten year period started from december last year. They have also funded the consulting study for the project. The project document was prepared by Indian office of Ernst and Young. This project is for the use of regenerative braking systems in trains wherein the kinetic energy released when the brakes are applied is supplied back to the overhead electricity lines. This results in about 30 per cent of electricity saving.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 19 March 2009 13:33 |
