These include --
The minister said the Railways must provide to the citizens of this country a rail system that they can be proud of -- a system free from capacity constraints, efficient and predictable, sparkling and pristine, where the people of the country feel at ease, where there is plenty of choice in every sphere of activity, and the ease of doing business pervades the entire railway ecosystem.
In short, a system that is capable of taking care of its own needs financially and otherwise, the minister added.
Prabhu said he was thankful to the various committees, including the committee chaired by Bibek Debroy, whose recommendations informed their vision.
Text: Kind courtesy, Press Information Bureau
Image: Passengers travel in an overcrowded train near a railway station at Loni in Uttar Pradesh, February 23, 2016. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
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