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Indian Railways in the Past Twenty Years Issues, Performance and Challenges
(2009-07-29)
Indian Railways (IR) is Asia’s largest and world’s second largest network under one management, with a separate Ministry and its own annual budget. The network carried about 17 million Passengers and 2 mt freight every day ...
Strategies for Improved Servicing of the Customers: Case of Ghaziabad Goods Shed of the Indian Railways
(2009-07-28)
The Ghaziabad (GZB) goods shed was one of the top rail goods handling points in the National Capital Region (NCR). The growth was expected to be robust in the forthcoming years, since GZB and Noida were high growth districts ...
‘Turnaround’ of Indian Railways: A Critical Appraisal of Strategies and Processes
(2009-08-13)
Indian Railways (IR), which was declared to be heading towards bankruptcy as per the Expert Group on Indian Railways in 2001, is today the second largest profit making Public Sector Undertaking after ONGC. The fund balance ...
Airport Privatization in India:Lessons from the Bidding Process in Delhi and Mumbai
(2009-08-22)
Modernization of Delhi and Mumbai airports had been considered as early as 1996 by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). In June 2003, the AAI board approved a modernization proposal. These airports accounted for 47% of ...
A Diagnostic Study of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(2009-09-01)
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), an autonomous body under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, was commissioned on 26th May, 1989. The port was originally planned to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for ...
Coastal shipping: scope of integrating with the national transport network
(2009-12-14)
Coastal shipping constitutes about 30% of the total traffic handled at our ports. Exhibit 1 gives data for the past two years for the major ports, the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) ports, and the non-GMB minor and intermediate ...
Konkan railway corporation ltd.
(2000-10-13)
The Konkan Railway Corporation's project
bridging the Konkan gap between Bombay
and Mangalore has got embroiled in various
controversies—environmental, political, as
well as religious. The issue is not about the
passage ...
The Pilgrim's progress: OR in queuing
(2000-10-15)
Precious shipping public company limited
(2001-10-19)
Precious Shipping Public Company
Limited (PSL) went through a process of
financial restructuring in response to the
economic crisis that hit Thailand in 1997.
PSL faced trouble since payments were
due in dollars and ...