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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How Can Indian Railways Service the Steel Sector Better?
(2011-05-26)
The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better. The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics. The paper examines the changing industry ...
Analysis of Non Suburban Passenger Coaching Stock Utilization
(2011-05-26)
This paper assesses the utilization of coaches on the parameters percentage of runtime, kms/day, and average speed of rakes servicing express/mails and passenger trains in the South Central Railway (SCR). This is done by ...
Role of universal service obligation fund in rural telecom services: lesson from the Indian experience
(2010-09-07)
Despite the tremendous growth of mobile services in most developing countries, these
have largely remained limited to urban areas, aggravating the existing urban and rural divide.
Policy makers and regulators perceive ...