Can we privatise the Railways

pahuja.chirag

as a consumer, privatisation of railway will not be a better option because it is a monopoly market, so the private players will set too high price while providing facilties too, but it will be on their own will. as this sector is a monopoly sector so it should not be prvatized at all.

gaurav_41283

we should privatise the railways but it should be done to certain limit and major stake shall remain with government

madronny

Even though it's privatized, the existing tracks aren't sufficient.. Lots of money needs to be poured in for tracks, bridges and connectivity. I don't think private players (even the big ones like reliance) will be interested in getting into railways...

akashkhetpal_86

well, we have seen the impact of the Indian aviation industry any way now, even after privatization, all the companies are facing losses, which in also burnt by t he government & the oil companies.... so do u think privatizing the railways would also be beneficial... i mean we can see the profits in the railways balance sheet, & also where the money is used... plus as of the new news , lalu plans to start a bullet train frm Ahmedabad to Pune vai mumbai & the train would just take 3 hours to reach Mumbai, & the research work has all ready began... so y do we need privatization if the govt is doing its work...

dhirajmatta

no we shouldnt government should keep somethin in their hands and not relax

deepakraam

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Originally Posted by akashkhetpal_86

well, we have seen the impact of the Indian aviation industry any way now, even after privatization, all the companies are facing losses, which in also burnt by t he government & the oil companies.... so do u think privatizing the railways would also be beneficial... i mean we can see the profits in the railways balance sheet, & also where the money is used... plus as of the new news , lalu plans to start a bullet train frm Ahmedabad to Pune vai mumbai & the train would just take 3 hours to reach Mumbai, & the research work has all ready began... so y do we need privatization if the govt is doing its work...

Drawing a conclusion based one industry will not applicable for other industry.Aviation industry operates on a shoe string budget cos most of the operating costs comes from ATF for which all airline companies are paying heavy taxes.Moreover,the airlines are also leased so they have dues for that even.Even more they have pay the cost for using a particular airport.This is not the case of Railways.Engines are made by our country and the taxes for the fuel will not be equal to the ATF.Cost of maintanence of aircraft will not equal to that of trains.I agress that they are starting bullet trains.Why do you need bullet trains when some of the cities in our country are not well-connected with other parts of the country.Even bullet trains will run between major cities where even now we have sufficient no.of trains to connect the two major cities.So our focus should not run bullet trains but to connect even rural areas to major towns.

-Deepak.

pankti7

It is better not to privatize the railway because the current progress of railways under the railway minister is quite evident and there have been quite a good number of changes that have been brought about by the government. However rather than handling everything, the govt can privatize some stations by adding some restaurants, some malls etc.

nikhilsondkar

I think looking at the current situation of indian railways where we dont have enough trains, no security, never on time,increasing population(aprrox 40 lac travel daily) privatization would really help in improving the condition of indian railways.

supriyatushar

we can hv private playes in railways and allow them to use the tracks and pay for it

prasadgoa

I am in favour of privatising the railways.
-This will help in improvement in quality of services,
-there will be competition in price.
-this will create lot of jobs
-will generate lot of revenue for govt
But the privatising of railways should be done in steps and there should be formulation of certain policies for private players int his sector