A consortium of Chinese and Indian companies will conduct a feasibility study for the 1,200 km high-speed rail link between New Delhi and Mumbai. The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation, a subsidiary of the China Railway Corporation (CRC), will work with Indian firms, dispatching rail experts to ...

Continuing its support to improve the railway infrastructure in the megapolis, the World Bank, has said that it will invest not only in improving the frequencies but also give priority to enhancing security and safety apart from sanitation facilities. World Bank is in a long tradition of partnering with the Railways ...

Mahila Coir Yojana (MCY) is the first women-centric self employment scheme to develop entrepreneurship among rural women in regions that produce coir fibre. The production of coir fibre in recent India has increased in a substantial manner. The scheme was officially launched in 1994 under the policy – “Training, Extension, ...