Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Organisational Restructuring of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Asaduddin Owaisi, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.490

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2020

## ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING OF RAILWAYS

490.  SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  approved  the  organizational restructuring of the Indian Railways and if so, the details thereof including modalities and timeline;
- (b)    whether railways have put performance not seniority criteria for promotion and if so, whether senior officers of Indian Railways are not happy with this decision;
- (c)    whether Government is in the process of creating the Indian Railway  Management  Service  (IRMS)  by  merging  existing  eight Group A services and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)    whether the Government is planning to conduct an exclusive examination  for  recruitment  of  officers  of  IRMS  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (e)  to what extent this step of corporatization of Indian Railways is likely to be helpful in efficient  management of services, finance human resources and expenditure and the time by which the whole process is likely to be completed; and
- (f)  the steps being taken by the Government to reform the Indian Railway system and services?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d) Cabinet has approved, inter alia, creation of a new Group 'A'  Central  Service  called  Indian  Railway  Management  Service (IRMS),  merger  of  existing  8  organized  services  into  IRMS  and reorganization of Railway Board. The modalities will be finalized in consultation with DOP&T and approval of Alternative Mechanism.
- (e) Corporatization of Production Units of Indian Railways, beginning with Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli has been envisaged. This is expected to give following benefits:
- (i) State-of-the-art technology and modernization
- (ii) Managerial autonomy
- (iii) Superior  operational  efficiency  due  to  better  management practices
- (iv) Export capability
- (v) Increase MSME business
- (vi) Employment generation
- (vii) Better benefits to employees
- (viii) Making India an international hub for rolling stock manufacturing
- (ix) Attract investments
- No  time  line  can  be  indicated  for  corporatization  of  Production Units at this stage, prior to finalization of the framework of their corporatization.

(f) Steps being taken to reform Indian Railways, inter alia, include reorganization of Railway Board, creation of new single Group 'A' service  of  officers,  delegation  of  administrative  and  financial powers  to field units to enable delivery, modernization and induction of new technology etc.

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