Should Indian Railways be Privatised?

Answer 1

Indian railways is a gold mine for the government... it earns lot of revenues and help herself grow... eventually contributing enormously towards the development of the county...

however the union cabinet should be careful while appointing a railway minister... he should be like late Mdhav Rao Sindhia (i do not mean his affiliation to any party... i mean the person and his persona...)

Answer 2

No Indian Railway should not be privatised,if it will be privatised the owner should have to give tax to government and the cost of ticket will be increase so poor people can't be survive. and corruption also can be happen so according to my point of view Indian Railway should be public.

Answer 3

Indian Railways should be privitised atleast in places where they were not able to make enough revenues. The Govt. should only govern, and not running tea stalls, resturants, cleaning, hospitals etc., Railway employees are not special when compared to other citizens and they should pay to get whatever service they want including medical and education. Definetly not free or subsidised.

Answer 4

privatisation is for loss making public sector units and if you've been reading the news the Indian Railways under Laloo Prasad is generating profits. Imagine a govt undertaking making profits.

hope that answers your question.

Answer 5

Yes, and I assure u the fares will be cheaper. The same has happened in aviation, and now I can fly very cheap from mumbai to chennai or delhi or calcutta or......., unimaginably cheap. The same should happen to railways. The govt. should concentrate on running the country efficienty and not mess with the railways or airlines or banks.

Answer 6

Rakesh Mohan Committee Report over Indian Railways
will help u out .

3) Privatisation of all railway production units manufacturing electric and diesel locos, coaches, wheel and axle workshops.
4) Privatisation of all maintenance workshops which are employing thousands of employees. On Central Railway itself, there are workshops at Matunga, Parel, Byculla, Manmad, Bhusaval, Bhopal and Gwalior, employing respectively 7000, 6000, 1200, 1400, 1300, 1500 and 600 workers. Similar workshops are there with on all the nine zonal railways.
5) Printing presses are to be sold out. These printing presses are printing tickets, money receipts, valuable documents, time tables and all forms and books which are meant for use by the railways and the public. The Central Railway’s press is at Byculla, with 1300 employees.
6) Selling of all railway quarters which are occupied by railway employees, mostly belonging to essential departments, lowest strata, etc. The Rakesh Mohan committee has estimated that Rs 20,000 crore could be fetched by selling out these quarters. What will happen to the essential staff like drivers, guards, station masters and lower class of railway employees, namely Safaiwallis, Safaiwallas, Khalasis, Hamals, etc, who stay in these quarters and perform round the clock duties? How can they afford to pay the inevitable huge increase in the rent rates and where can they go if they cannot afford the increased rents?
7) Privatisation of maintenance work such as station sanitation, maintenance of railway tracks and railway buildings, electrical maintenance, maintenance of wagon cleaning, water supply to passengers, bed-roll supply in the trains, etc, and several day to day activities which are being done by regular railway employees in vital and non-vital services.
8) Privatisation of commercial activities like catering services, goods booking, parcel booking, computer reservation, etc.
9) Privatisation of railway hospitals. There are big railway hospitals having specialised treatment arrangements for all major diseases at the headquarters of all the nine zonal railways, several railway hospitals at the divisional headquarters, inside workshops and several other locations. They are open not only for railway employees and their family members, but for public also. The committee has recommended the sale of all these hospitals. As in the case of railway quarters, the sale of railway's departmental medical services would mean a heavy increase in the medical expenses for railwaymen. These two steps, i e sale of railway quarters and medical services, will impoverish the railwaymen, at whose cost rich builders and landlords will earn huge profits.
10) Privatisation of schools and colleges. The Indian Railways run a large number of schools and colleges for the benefit of railwaymen’s children, considering the difficulties of the railwaymen posted in locations where their children cannot easily get access to educational facilities. The committee has now recommended to privatise them. This will take education beyond the reach of railwaymen’s children.
11) The committee has also recommended that Indian Railways should end all concessions and social services provided to the public, such as concessions given to seasonal ticket-holders, senior citizens, those physically handicapped, students, children, artists, freedom fighters, etc. It has also suggested to stop issuing passes to retired railway employees.

Answer 7

Yes it must be done as soon as possible

Answer 8

as long as lalalu is there not needed..

Answer 9

offcourse

Answer 10

Should not be.