Monday, May 10, 2010

India Railways draft policy papers for private freight/terminal operators!

Attached are two files which I scraped from Google's cache. 

These are the initial version of the Indian Railways draft policy papers that were released on April 9, 2010. They have been removed from the servers, presumably because the drafts are under revision. However for those who did not get a dekko at the initial set, here they are. I will update them as we get the next version.

These policies are directed at improving private participation in what has otherwise been a state monopoly, in line with the IR's push towards a PPP based model. Also, this is in line with the Railways' aim of increasing the share in freight movement to at least 50% compared with 35% now (as mentioned in my previous post http://bit.ly/993xlR).

These are not the only policy papers released on that day. I would be grateful if someone could point me towards where I can get the remaining papers!

1. Draft policy on Special Freight Train Operators (SFTO)
Draft Policy on Special Freight Train Operator (SFTO) 1.0 General


2. Draft policy on Private Freight Terminals (PFT)
Draft Policy on Development of Private Freight Terminal (PFT) 1.0


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