ATTACHED/SUB-ORDINATE/UNDERTAKING OFFICES UNDER

THE INDIAN RAILWAY

 Central Organisation For Modernisation of Workshops [COFMOW]

The Central Organisation For Modernisation of Workshops {के ीय कायशालाएं आधुिनक करण संगठन}
(COFMOW) is a public sector undertaking in India, created in 1979 to modernise the workshops of Indian
Railways. It was established through funding from the World Bank and is located in New Delhi, the national
capital.

 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification [CORE]

The Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), headquartered in Allahabad, India, is
centralised agency for railway electrification of the Indian Railways network. The organisation, founded in 1961,
is headed by a General Manager. Project units operate in Ambala, Chennai, Bangalore, Secunderabad,
Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Danapur, and New Jalpaiguri.
CORE headquarters is having Electrical, Signal and Telecommunications (S&T), Civil Engineering, Stores,
Personnel, Vigilance and Finance departments. Railway Electrification project units,are headed by Chief
Project Directors

 Centre for Railway Information Systems [CRIS]

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) designs, develops, implements and maintains most of
the important information systems of Indian Railways. It is located in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. CRIS was
established by the India's Ministry of Railways in 1986.
History[edit]
In 1982, Indian Railways (IR) set up a central organisation to computerise freight operations. The Ministry of
Railways saw the need in 1986 for a dedicated, autonomous organisation and established CRIS, an umbrella
organisation for all information technology-related activities on Indian Railways. It was tasked with designing,
developing and implementing the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) and its communications
infrastructure. CRIS began functioning in July 1986 as an autonomous organisation headed by an executive
director (later renamed managing director).
A unique feature of CRIS is the collaboration by IT specialists and railway experts from Indian Railways.
Systems managed by CRIS have been recognised by Computerworld.[1][2] CRIS received the Prime Minister
Award for Excellence in Public Administration on 21 April 2008, and the IBM Beacon and Top Star Awards for
e-working on 1 May of that year.[citation needed]
CRIS held a symposium, "IT Can Happen in Government", in New Delhi on 1 July 2010 after a previous
symposium on 6 July 2009. The symposium explored challenges faced by government agencies in meeting
their IT needs and creating IT systems. A seminar on big data was held in July 2014, followed by a one on
smart cities in July 2015 and on mobility and mobile apps in 2018. CRIS seminars are held annually, with the
most-recent one (on Digital Transformation of Large Enterprises) on 1 July 2019.
Work[edit]
CRIS designs, develops, implements and maintains information systems for Indian Railways. It has also
developed, implemented and maintained IT systems for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ship-ticketing
system. The number of projects handled by CRIS has increased from three in 2000 to more than 80 by 2018.
COA (Control Office Application), which assists train controllers (despatchers) in planning and tracking the
movement of trains across the network, shares its data with applications such as NTES (with which passengers
can obtain a train's location and expected movement) and FOIS. Train punctuality reports are generated
through ICMS (Integrated Coaching Management System), which also receives data from COA.

 Container Corporation of India Ltd [CCI]

Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR),is a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking under the Indian
Ministry of Railways. Incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act, CONCOR commenced operations
in November 1989 taking over an existing network of seven inland container depots (ICDs) from Indian
Railways.[1]
 Commission of Railway Safety [CRS]
The Commission of Railway Safety (Hindi: रेल सुर ा आयोग) is a government commission of India. Subordinate
to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the commission is the rail safety authority in India, as directed by The Railways
Act, 1989.
The agency investigates serious rail accidents. Its head office is in the North-East Railway Compound in
Lucknow.[4][5] As of 2019, Shri Shailesh Kumar Pathak (IRSE:1986) is the Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety
(CCRS).[6][7][8]
The Commission is headed by a Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety (CCRS), at Lucknow, who also acts as
Principal Technical Advisor to the Central Government in all matters pertaining to railway safety. Working under
the administrative control of CCRS are 9 Commissioners of Railway Safety (CRS), each one exercising
jurisdiction over one or more of the 17 Zonal Railways. In addition, Metro Railway (Kolkata), DMRC (Delhi),
MRTS (Chennai) and Konkan Railway also fall under their jurisdiction.[9] There are 5 Deputy Commissioners of
Railway Safety posted in the Headquarters at Lucknow for assisting the CCRS as and when required. In
addition, there are 2 field Deputy Commissioners, one each in Mumbai and Kolkata, to assist the
Commissioners of Railway Safety in matters concerning the Signalling and Telecommunication disciplines. [10]

 Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited [DFCCIL]

The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) is a Public Sector Undertaking
(PSU) corporation run by government of India's Ministry of Railways to undertake planning, development, and
mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight
Corridors. The DFCCIL was registered as a company under the Companies Act 1956 in 2006.
It is both enabler and beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such as and Industrial corridor,
Make in India, Startup India, Standup India, Sagarmala, Bharatmala, UDAN-RCS, Digital India, BharatNet and
UMANG.dfccil

 High-Speed Rail [HSRI]

India does not have any railways that can be classified as high-speed rail (HSR) by international standards, i.e.
railways with operational speeds exceeding 200 km/h (120 mph). [1] The current fastest train in India is the
Vande Bharat Express (a.k.a Train 18) with an operational speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) and average speed of
100 km/h (62 mph), which runs between New Delhi and Varanasi.[2]
Prior to the 2014 general election, the two major national parties (Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National
Congress(INC)) pledged to introduce high-speed rail. The INC pledged to connect all of India's million-plus
cities by high-speed rail,[3] whereas BJP, which won the election, promised to build the Diamond Quadrilateral
project, which would connect the cities of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai via high-speed rail.[4] This
project was approved as a priority for the new government in the incoming president's speech. [5] Construction of
one kilometer of high speed railway track will cost ₹100 crore (US$14 million) - ₹140 crore (US$20 million)
which is 10-14 times higher than the cost of construction of standard railway. [6]
India's Union Council of Ministers approved the proposal of Japan to build India's first high-speed railway on 10
December 2015.[7] The planned rail will run approximately 500 km (310 mi) between Mumbai and the western
city of Ahmedabad at a top speed of 320 km/h (200 mph).[8][9] Under this proposal, the construction began in
2017 and is expected to be completed in the year 2022. [10] The estimated cost of this project is ₹980 billion
(US$14 billion) and is financed by Japan as a soft loan .[11] Operation is officially targeted to begin in 2023, but
India has announced intentions to attempt to bring the line into operation one year earlier. [12] It will transport the
passengers from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in just 3 hours and its ticket fare will be cheaper than air planes i.e.
₹2500-₹3000.
India will have two types of gauges for high speed rail. The new HSR tracks with Japanese technology will be
in standard gauge, whereas older tracks upgraded to the HSR standard will be in broad gauge. Therefore there
will be no interchangeability between newly laid tracks and the older-upgraded tracks for passenger and cargo
traffic.
 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation [IRCTC]
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that
handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the latter, with around 5,50,000 to 6,00,000
bookings every day is the world's second busiest and highest of 15 to 16 Lakhs tickets every day. [2] Its tagline is
"Lifeline of the nation".
IRCTC held an initial public offering on the National Stock Exchange on 30 September 2019, the IPO got
oversubscription of 112 times.[3] The base price of shares was set between ₹315 and ₹320 (US$4.60) per share
for the IPO.[4] When the listing went live on 14 October 2019, the share price opened at a ₹625 and ₹646 on
NSE and BSE respectively and rose massively from there.[5] The IPO has reduced Indian Railway's
shareholding in the company to 87.40%. [6]

 Indian Railway Finance Corporation [IRFC]

Indian Railway Finance Corporation (भारतीय रे ल िव िनगम) known as IRFC is a finance arm of the Indian
Railway.[1] It raises financial resources for expansion and running through capital markets and other
borrowings.[2]

 Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation [IRSDC]

The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of the
Government of India that has been designed to develop new stations and redevelop existing Indian railway
stations. IRSDC is a joint venture between IRCON and RLDA with a 51:49 equity shareholding ratio
respectively.[1] IRSDC was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 12 April 2012. [2]
The core purpose of IRSDC as envisioned is to build world class railway stations that apply state of the art
sustainable technologies in delivering delight to the users. The redevelopment effort of the 400 stations, as
conceived by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, [3] is by interpolation, the world's largest multi
modal integration and transit oriented development project, by far. The redevelopment effort is being
administered as a PPPP project, i.e. a Public Private Partnership People project. One of the primary facets is
the involvement of developers and lease of surplus railway land and air rights - thus monetizing existing assets
without stressing the budgetary resources of the nation.
The 400 redeveloped railway stations are expected to be built to have an iconic structure, allow for congestion
free circulation of traffic, integration with modern amenities as also retail shopping areas, helipads, user friendly
international signages. An important aspect could also be integration of India's ancient and rich heritage and
culture by wall paintings, drawings into the railway stations. Deployment of sustainable technologies such as
sustainable energy integration, waste management would be an important aspect. [4]

 Ircon International Limited [IRCON]

Ircon International Limited, formerly Indian Railway Construction Company Limited (IRCON), is an
engineering and construction, specialized in transport infrastructure. The PSU was established in 1976, by the
Government of India under the Companies Act 1956. IRCON was registered as the Indian Railway
Construction International Ltd., a wholly (100%) owned entity of the Ministry of Railways. Its primary charter
was the construction of railway projects in India and abroad. Ircon has since diversified into other transport and
infrastructure segments and with its expanded scope of operations around the world, the name was changed to
Indian Railway International Ltd. in October 1995.
The Ircon is well known for undertaking challenging infrastructure projects, especially in difficult terrains in India
and abroad. Ircon has completed over 1250 major infrastructure projects in India and over 200 major projects
across the globe in more than 31 countries.[4]

 Konkan Railway Corporation Limited [KRC]

Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) is a Union Government Company headquartered at CBD
Belapur in Navi Mumbai that operates Konkan Railway. The company started its full operations of trains on 26
January 1998.The first passenger train which ran on Konkan railway tracks on 20 March 1993 between Udupi
and Mangalore.[1] Konkan Railway Corporation is at the forefront of research and development of new
technologies and concepts for Indian railways.[citation needed] During its initial years of operations in the mountainous
Konkan region, a spate of accidents prompted Konkan Railway to investigate new technologies. The anti-
collision devices, the Sky Bus and RORO are a few of the innovations from Konkan Railways.
 Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation [MRVC]
Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) is a Public Sector Undertaking of Govt. of India under Ministry of
Railways (MoR) was incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 on 12 July 1999 with an equity capital of Rs. 25
crore shared in the ratio of 51:49 between Ministry of Railways and Government of Maharashtra. MRVC is
responsible to execute the projects under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) as sanctioned by Ministry
of Railways. The Corporation will execute a number of suburban rail improvement projects for enhancing
suburban rail transportation capacity thereby reducing the over crowding and meeting future traffic
requirements. The corporation will also be involved in the planning and development of Mumbai Suburban Rail
system. The main objectives of MUTP are:
Bringing down the passengers per 9 coach to 3000 as against existing 5000.
Segregate the suburban train operation from the main line passenger and freight services

 Rail India Technical and Economic Service [RITES]

RITES Limited (Hindi: राइ स िलिमटेड) (earlier known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service) is an
engineering consultancy company, specializing in the field of transport infrastructure. Established in 1974 by
the Government of India, the company's initial charter was to provide consultancy services in rail transport
management to operators in India and abroad. RITES has since diversified into planning and consulting
services for other infrastructure, including airports, ports, highways and urban planning. On-shore WDS6 Diesel
Loco Leasing service has been introduced. It was awarded the status of MINIRATNA in 2002. [citation needed]
It has executed projects in over 62 countries on every major continent. As of 2011, it was executing projects in
over 55 countries.[4]

 Rail Land Development Authority [RLDA]

The Rail Land Development Authority {िह दी: रेल भूिम िवकास ािधकरण} (RLDA) is an Indian government
authority for the development of unused railway land. The Indian Planning Commission has estimated a
requirement of Rs 2,0272 billion (US$494 billion) as investment in infrastructure during the Eleventh Plan
period. Of this, the requirement for Railways is anticipated as Rs 2800 billion (including Rs 300 billion only for
the Dedicated Freight Corridor). As much as Rs 2324 billion (83%) of this requirement is expected to be met by
investment from the public sector.[1] RLDA has a 49% equity share in Indian Railway Stations Development
Corporation.
The need for considerable increase in internal generation of resources for such investment had been realised
by the Indian Railways for some time. However, focused efforts in this direction commenced in 2001 when the
idea of setting up a special purpose vehicle to generate non-tariff revenues through commercial exploitation of
railway land took shape. The efforts culminated in the setting up of the Rail Land Development Authority on
1 November 2006.

 Rail Vikas Nigam Limited [RVNL]

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is an organisation associated with Indian Railways whose task is to build
engineering works required by Indian Railways.
Indian Railway network particularly High Density Network, which connects the four Metro Cities of Delhi,
Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai including the diagonals is over saturated. Challenges of higher economic growth
require leap forward capacity development strategy on Indian Railways. Paradigms of such a strategy required
a shift from dependence on purely budgetary sources and internal surplus of Railways to mobilization of non-
budgetary financial resources from private sector, banks, financial institutions, multilateral and bilateral
agencies through a mix of equity and debt. The financial resources available from the traditional sources were
found to be grossly inadequate to meet the requirement. The Ministry of Railways, therefore, had been
considering various innovative methods of project distribution and creation of assets. Another paradigm shift
required was to change from project mode of planning to programme mode to be implemented in a time bound
manner. It was felt that the Railways instead of becoming the bottleneck in economic growth of the country
should spur economic growth by development of capacity ahead of demand. It required fast track
implementation of projects adopting established practice of financial closure and use of modern project
management techniques. For this, adequate and uninterrupted flow of funds is a prime requirement. It also
required mechanization of construction involving large number of construction machines and equipments of
varied nature and skill sets of altogether different kind. Creation of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited is an outcome of
the above thought process and policy initiative.
 Passenger Amenities Committee [PAC]
The Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC) is a statutory Organization body under the Ministry of Railways
(India), Government of India[1]. It is tasked with grievances of passengers for the ease of railway transport in
India. PAC is considered to be one of the classical organizational network for smooth functioning of railways in
India.

 Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd [RailTel]

RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. is a "Miniratna" (public sector) enterprise of Government of India focusing
on providing broadband and VPN services. RailTel was formed in September 2000 with the objective of
creating nationwide broadband, telecom and multimedia network, to modernise train control operation and
safety system of Indian Railways. RailTel's network passes through around 5,000 stations across the country,
covering all major commercial centres.[3]

 Railway Recruitment Control Board [RRCB]

Railway Recruitment Control Board is a government organisation in India. It was set up in 1998 in the
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), New Delhi.[1]
Railway Recruitment Boards are organisations under the Government of India that manage the appointment of
new employees to work in Indian railways. There are 21 boards situated in different parts of India:

1. Ahemadabad 2. 3. Allahabad
Ajmer 4.Bangalore 5.Bhopal 6.Bhubaneswar
7. Bilaspur 8. Chandigarh 9. Chennai 10. Gorakhpur 11. Guwahati 12. Jammu and
Kashmir 13. Kolkata 14. Malda 15. Mumbai 16. Muzaffarpur 17. Patna 18. Ranchi
19. Secunderabad 20. Siliguri 21. Thiruvanthapuram
In 1942, a Service Commission with a Chairman and two members was established for recruitment of
Subordinate Staff on the then North West Railway was known as Railway Service Commission.

 Railways Sports Promotion Board [RSPB]

Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) (originally called Railways Sports Control Board[1]) is a sports
board run by the Indian Railways. It promotes 29 sporting disciplines[2] and owns the Karnail Singh Stadium in
New Delhi.[3]
RSPB is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India[4] and RSPB fields the Railways cricket team in
domestic cricket competitions in India such as the Ranji Trophy.[5] It is also an associate of the Badminton
Association of India.[6] Apart from domestic cricket, RSPB has played host to national level events such as the
National Weightlifting Championship in 2004,[7] the National Boxing Championship in 2007[8] and the 56th
National Kabaddi Championship in 2004[9] In 2009, RSPB held the 17th Men and 14th Women USIC World
Railway Athletics Championship.[10] In the run up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the RSPB in coordination
with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ran a special train, The Commonwealth
Express which toured India to promote the games.[11]

 Research Designs & Standards Organisation [RDSO]

The Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Hindi: अनुसध ं ान अिभक प एवं मानक संगठन) is an ISO
9001 research and development organisation under the Ministry of Railways of India, which functions as a
technical adviser and consultant to the Railway Board, the Zonal Railways, the Railway Production Units,
RITES and IRCON International in respect of design and standardization of railway equipment and problems
related to railway construction, operation and maintenance. [1][2][3]
To enforce standardization and co-ordination between various railway systems in British India, the Indian
Railway Conference Association (IRCA) was set up in 1903. It was followed by the establishment of the Central
Standards Office (CSO) in 1930, for preparation of designs, standards and specifications. However, till
independence in 1947, most of the designs and manufacture of railway equipment was entrusted to foreign
consultants. After independence, a new organisation called Railway Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) was
set up in 1952 at Lucknow, for undertaking the intensive investigation of railway problems, providing basic
criteria and new concepts for design purposes, for testing prototypes and generally assisting in finding solutions
for specific problems. In 1957, the Central Standards Office (CSO) and the Railway Testing and Research
Centre (RTRC) were integrated into a single unit named Research Designs and Standards Organisation
(RDSO) under the Ministry of Railways with its headquarters at Manak Nagar, Lucknow.[1] The status of RDSO
was changed from an "Attached Office" to a "Zonal Railway" on 1 January 2003, to give it greater flexibility and
a boost to the research and development activities. [4][5]
The RDSO is headed by a Director-General who ranks as a general manager of a Zonal Railway. The present
Director General is Virendra Kumar [6] The Director-General is assisted by an Additional Director General and
23 Sr. Executive Directors and Executive Directors, who are in charge of the 27 directorates: Bridges and
Structures, the Centre for Advanced Maintenance Technology (CAMTECH), Carriage, Geotechnical
Engineering, Testing, Track Design, Medical, EMU & Power Supply, Engine Development, Finance &
Accounts, Telecommunication, Quality Assurance, Personnel, Works, Psycho-Technical, Research, Signal,
Wagon Design, Electric Locomotive, Stores, Track Machines & Monitoring, Traction Installation, Energy
Management, Traffic, Metallurgical & Chemical, Motive Power and Library & Publications. All the directorates
except Defence Research are located in Lucknow.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara

Established 1888

Location Vadodara

Website NAIR website

The National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara formerly Railway Staff College is a
Centralised Training Institute for Group A and B Officers of Indian Railways (IR), headed by a Director
General and manned by an faculty of experienced Railway Managers and Experts. Starting with the initial
training of Officers Trainees inducted into all the 10 Organised Group A Central Civil, Engineering and Medical
Services that form the Management Cadre of Indian Railways, the Academy also conducts, mid-service
mandatory or theme based in service Management Courses for all Officers of IR and courses for Officers of
other Group A Central Services, Public Sector and Foreign Railways. The Academy is housed in the sprawling
55 acres campus of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, Vadodara.[1]
Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The
Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional
Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training
of newly recruited IRAS, IRPS, IRSS and IRMS Trainee officers.
Nearly 100 courses for about 3800 officer trainees are planned in 2016. 120 courses were conducted in 2015.
Professional Training of all officers including centralized training of the Officer Trainees of Civil, Electrical,
Mechanical, Signal & Telecom Engineering, Traffic Transportation & Commercial Departments and the Railway
Protection Force of Indian Railways is conducted at Seven other Centralised Training Institutes (CTIs) viz, [2]
 IRICEN-Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune
 IRISET-Indian Railway Institute of Signal and Telecommunications Engineering, Secunderabad
 IRIMEE_Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur
 IRIEEN Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik
 IRITM-Indian Railway Institute of Transportation Management, Lucknow
 Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy Lucknow
 Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts [permanent dead link] Secunderabad.
The training of non-gazetted staff is conducted at 55 Main Training Centers and 222 Other Training Centers
(i.e., Area Training Centers, Basic Training Centers, Divisional Training Centers, Multi Disciplinary Training
Centers etc.[3]
Training programmes[edit]
Centralized Training for IRAS, IRSS, IRPS & IRMS[edit]
The Academy is the ‘Centralised Training Institute’, for Officer Trainees assigned to ‘Indian Railway Accounts
Service’, Indian Railway Personnel Service’, ‘Indian Railway Stores Service’ and Indian Railway Medical
Service’ by UPSC. Training includes class room inputs, field training and visits to other CTIs. Officer Trainees
of IRAS also attend short term Professional modules at National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla,
National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad, National Academy of Direct Taxes Nagpur and
Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts (C-TARA) Secunderabad, for discipline specific modules.
Foundation & Induction Programmes for Group A and B Officers[edit]
The Foundation and Induction are combined programme for Officer Trainees of 9 Organized Central Group A
Civil & Engineering Services which manage Indian Railways. Shorter Foundation and Induction programmes
are conducted separately for Officer Trainees of IRMS, the Organised Central Group A Medical Service which
manages the health services on the Indian Railways Network. Foundation Programmes for recently promoted
Group ‘B’ Officers of all departments provides an overview of Railways. Induction programmes are conducted
for Group ‘B’ officers of Stores, Accounts and Personnel departments. Group B Officers of other departments
attend induction courses at respective CTIs.
Mid Service Training[edit]
Offered in two formats 1. General inputs of interest to all Managers at various stages in their career. 2. Function
or subject specific inputs only to relevant set of Managers.
Special Courses[edit]
Theme based short term courses on various topics such as Right to Information Act, Discipline & Appeal Rules,
Vigilance, Labour Laws, Railway Safety, Hospital Management, Information Technology are conducted
throughout the year.