News:
- Railway ministry is working on creating an IT vision for the railways and identifying areas to leverage newer technologies to improve the efficiency of its vast and complex network.
- The focus is to bring in more efficiency, build in more safety and integrate various operations of railways through technology.
- The focus is on enabling a transition from management information systems to effective decision support systems, in addition to optimized use of assets and resources efficiency.
- This real-time data could be obtained with GPS or GIS tech and RFID sensors to track locomotives and wagons.
Source: ET