Off track on reform

Replying on Thursday to the debate on the Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha, the new railway minister, Mukul Roy, rolled back most of his predecessor’s suggested reforms. Dinesh Trivedi had made a start towards repairing the Indian Railways’ straitened finances, by raising passenger fares for the first time in eight years. In addition, he had recognised the urgent need to make improvements to the Railways’ safety infrastructure, which could not happen without the financial reform he had in mind.

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