Rescuing railways

The Indian Railways (IR) had ground to a halt, in terms of both efficiency and safety, under the Trinamool Congress and its succession of railway ministers, from Mamata Banerjee to Mukul Roy. The decision to set up a Rail Tariff Authority was long overdue, given the imperative to de-link railway fares from populism — forever the bane of railway ministers. Railway Minister C.P. Joshi’s announcement did not clarify whether the authority is going to be a regulatory or recommendatory body.

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