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Management of large it projects: the passenger reservation system of Indian railways
(2010-03-26)
The Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways is a major computer application in a visible, consumer sensitive area. The involves a distributed database, spread over five host computers located in five metropolitan ...
Resource mobilisation strategies for financing of transport infrastructure and services
(2010-03-27)
Transport infrastructure development in India has been slow and unsatisfactory due to the excessive dependence on budgetary support from the State and due to the dominance of state controlled enterprises. Future investment ...
Privatization of ports - framework for governmental action
(2010-04-05)
Given the delays and congestions at ports, leading to extensive demurrage charges for ships, a lot of attention on improving port productivity through better management systems and infrastructure developments are being ...
Structuring the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project A Lost Opportunity
(2013-11-21)
A new large railway project offers opportunity for structuring in a manner that best value can be
delivered towards transportation. This is more so in the context of an existing large integrated railway
system (Indian ...
Study of the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet in Indian railways
(2010-03-14)
This paper studies the problem of improving the utilization of the non-suburban passenger fleet of the Indian Railways. The constant growth of the non-suburban passenger traffic outstrips the additions provided to the ...
Public expenditure accountability in the telecom sector
(2010-01-16)
The telecom sector has seen much change during the past two decades. At first, it was the opening up of the equipment manufacturing sector, followed by the corporatisation of the government owned entities, Videsh Sanchar ...
Retail sales data: the hidden treasure
(2010-01-18)
Increasingly, retail outlets; be it in the large organized sector or unorganized sector, have started computerizing their point of sale (POS) transactions. This opens up opportunities for using the information towards ...
Roadmap for logistics excellence: need to break the unholy equilibrium
(2010-01-16)
This white paper attempts to provide a roadmap for India to move towards logistics excellence. Apart from raising issues that are currently relevant, it also draws from the issues that were raised in the previous three ...
Introducing Competition in Container Movement by Rail
(2011-05-26)
Container movement by rail was a monopoly of Indian Railways (IR) until recently and its subsidiary, Container Corporation (CONCOR), was the sole operator of container trains. Entry of other entities has been driven by ...
Role of Universal Service Obligation Fund in Rural Telecom Services: Lessons from the Indian Experience
(2011-05-26)
This paper outlines India’s experience of increasing rural teledensity, including its recent policy initiative to increase penetration through creation of a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) that supports a variety ...