In order to trade off the balance between private and public, Railways has initiated the process for setting up a regulatory body on the lines of telecom and power sector. Further, Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu in this relation has requested the NITI Aayog Chairman to prepare the roadmap for the same. Once the model has been prepared, the same would be put on website for wider discussions.
The sector plans to establish a regulatory mechanism so that private participation does not compromise public interest and does not hamper public function. It is also to ensure security of investment from private players.
The minister unveiled that his ministry would be offering projects relating to capacity augmentation, betterment of passenger amenities and high speed service among others for private participation.
However, the minister notwithstanding the recommendation by government panels recently outrightly ruled out privatization of the public transporter and asserted that Railways would continue to be owned and managed by government of India.
Prabhu's remarks came in the backdrop of raging debate on the privatization of railways with the government-appointed committee headed by economist Bibek Debroy recommending corporatization of the loss-making public transporter and suggesting that the ministry of railways be only responsible for policymaking, with private players being permitted to run passengers and freight operations.
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