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Indian Railways may soon provide passengers with Insurance Cover

Indian Railways is in talks with 7 insurance companies to provide the passengers with insurance cover for train travel. Once the agreement is signed, passengers will be able to buy insurance cover by paying an additional premium while booking their tickets. Minister of State for Railways Mr. Manoj Sinha revealed ...

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Indian Railways to establish special research unit called SRESHTA

The Indian Railways is all set to establish a special wing to conduct in-house research. The research wing, named SRESHTA (Special Railway Establishment for Strategic Technology and Holistic Advancement), will mainly include scientists and railways experts. Indian Railways at present has its own research firm known as Research Design and ...

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Is price control the only way?

Bt cotton has been in news again. Apparently, the price of Bt cotton seeds was found to be very high. This price has two components, one is the royalty which seed companies pay the technology provider – Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Ltd (MMBL), the other being the amount charged by the ...

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