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I really appreciate the mannerism of the question, but really specifying achievements of all the ministries is something that is not available as such.(Or unless I file a RTI against all the ministries for their individual reports. Wait, I can do that! )I don't know whether this justifies the question or not, but here it is.Key Achievements of the Ministries Since Modi came to Power.1.MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: (Manohar Parrikar):--The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, embarked on the newly inducted India’s largest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on 13 June 2014. He dedicated the aircraft carrier to the Nation.-The maiden canisterised trial of India’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-5 was successfully carried out on 31st January 2015.-Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) started a new Joint Venture with “Thales” of France for production of new technology radars.-Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) inducted into Air Force. Tejas trainer PV6, the two-seater version of Tejas LCA for Air Force took its first flight. LCA (Navy) Prototype 1, the first indigenously designed and developed combat aircraft designed to operate from aircraft carriers, took-off from a Ski-Jump facility.-Government of India and Government of France have agreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreement for supply of the 36 Rafale jets to Indian Air Force.ACHIEVEMENTS OF MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN A YEAR - The NaMo Patrika2. MINISTRY OF FINANCE: (Arun Jaitley):--Jan Dhan Yojana: More than 15 crore bank accounts opened, over 10 crore RuPay debit cards issued, with life cover, pension.-Increased Indirect Tax Collections:- In October 2015, indirect tax revenue (provisional) collections increased by 36.8% compared with collections made in October 2014. Cumulatively, during April-October 2015,indirect tax collections increased by 35.9% over the collections made during the same period last year, while, the target growth rate for 2015-16 is 18.8%. Overall, in monetary terms, the indirect tax revenue (provisional) collections increased to Rs 3,82,860 crore during April-October 2015 from Rs.2,81,798crore during April-October 2014.-Mudra bank launched with Rs 20,000 crore corpus to extend loans of between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh to small entrepreneurs.-Adoption of 14th Finance Commission recommendation on far-reaching changes in sharing of revenues between the Center and the States.-Announcing of MISSION INDRADHANUSH in August 2015, which attempts to revamp public sector banks and to address problems impacting their performance including governance, accountability and capitalization.Highlights of the Achievements of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of FinanceHighlights of the Achievements of the Ministry of FinanceHighlights of the Achievements of the Department of Disinvestment & Expenditure, Ministry of Finance3. MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS: (Suresh Prabhu):--The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April 2014 to 30th November 2014 were Rs. 100622 crore compared to Rs. 89341.26 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 12.63%.-The Railway Minister inaugurated the Wi-Fi Broadband Services at New Delhi Railway Station 8th December 2014. The Wi-Fi project on Indian Railways is being executed by RailTel, a Public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Railways. Later this scheme has being extended in cooperation with Google, to 100 more cities providing free WiFi facilities, with Mumbai being the first.-Started the first e-catering service through its PSU, IRCTC. This is a service where a passenger is able to place an order for a meal, to be served at his seat in the train en route, through a phone call or an SMS. Presently this service is available in 120 pairs of trains.-Introduction of High Speed bullet trains in India in the country on Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. It is the part of the Ministry’s ambitious plan to have Diamond Quadrilateral network of High Speed Rail (HSRC) connecting major metros and growth centres of the country.Explained: What is Google’s Wi-Fi at 100 railway station project and how will it workAchievements and Initiatives of Ministry of RailwaysACHIEVEMENTS OF MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS IN A YEAR - The NaMo Patrika4. MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: ( Smriti Irani):--Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat:- The two tracks of Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat are: Early reading and writing with comprehension (ERWC) and Early mathematics. An amount of Rs. 456 crore was allocated for this sub-programme in the year2014-15 and a provision of Rs. 525.00 crore has been made for 2015-16.-Children With Special Needs: With the active support by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, over 25 lakh children with special needs have been enrolled in elementary education. In order to equip teachers to facilitate classroom transaction and teaching learning of children with special needs, material on curricular adaptations for inclusive classrooms has been developed by NCERT.-5 New IITs: Pursuant to the Budget Announcement made by the Hon’ble Finance Minister during July, 2014, it has been decided to set up five new IITs at Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Jammu.-Yukti (Yogya Kalakriti ki takneeki) aims at skill development and upgradation of design and technologies enhancing the economic prospects of those engaged in traditional arts and crafts. It aims to introduce appropriate designs and technology for innovation and production as well as designing pedagogical methods for introducing skills upgradation.-Ishan Uday Scholarship scheme focuses on providing equal opportunities to students from the North Eastern Region to pursue higher education at undergraduate colleges and universities across the country. University Grants Commission will offer scholarships to 10,000 students annually whose parental income is less than Rs. 4.5 Lakhs. UGC will facilitate the disbursement through Direct Bank Transfer, as well as undertake a periodic evaluation of the scheme.ACHIEVEMENTS OF MINISTRY OF HRD IN A YEAR - The NaMo PatrikaInitiatives of Ministry of Human Resource Development5. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING: (Arun Jaitley):--Mann Ki Baat : PM connecting to the masses on RADIO.-Air Mobile SMS Service launched. News Service Division sends SMS in 16 languages, three times per day on major headlines. Over 6 lakh subscribers covered in the country (SMS data report as on 27th March 2015).-Kisan Channel – The Government has announced in the Union Budget, 2014-15, that a new Kisan TV channel dedicated to agrarian sector would be launched in the current financial year. The Government has allocated an amount of Rs.100 crore for the purpose.ACHIEVEMENTS OF MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING IN A YEAR - The NaMo Patrika6. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY-Make in India:-Ease of Doing Business – Doing business in India just got easier. New de-licensing and deregulation measures are reducing complexity, and significantly increasing speed and transparency.GOI is building a pentagon of corridors across the country to boost manufacturing and to project India as a Global Manufacturing destination of the world.Policy in Defence sector liberalised and FDI cap raised from 26% to 49%.-Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020:-Foreign Trade Policy closely integrated with ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’ and ‘Skills India’ initiatives. Focus of the new policy is to support both the manufacturing and services sectors with a special emphasis on improving the ‘ease of doing business’.-Special Economic Zones:-Digitization and online processing of various activities relating to SEZ Developers and Units has been introduced in all Zones from 01.11.2014. Standardisation of procedures, practices and forms in all SEZs has been implemented from 28.10.2014.ACHIEVEMENTS OF MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN A YEAR - The NaMo PatrikaSo, this was little demonstration of the few things GOI has been able to achieve in a while.I can't explain for all the Ministries because it will be too tedious to write and even read! (After all, we have 51 ministries in all. You didn't know that, right!)(Okay, now don't lie! Gotcha!)But for the few extra-curious ones, here's the link for all the achievements of all the Ministries since Modi's reign has begun.Schemes & Achievements Archives - The NaMo Patrika25 key achievements of Narendra Modi govt in past one yearEDIT 1:Thank you Prashant Yadav for pointing out a very important point.Flaws In Modi-Government:Numerous projects initiated at the time of government formation are still stalling, yet to take-off.1.Clean Ganga and Smart Cities programmes are still subdued to due various administrative and other conceptual reasons.Modi Upset over Slow Progress on His Pet Ganga Cleaning Project2. The much-awaited modernization in Railways are too far from reality. The promised bullet trains and high speed corridors are still under construction. Even though provisions have been made, they still haven't matched public expectation.3. The Land Acquisition Bill has been a major setback for the government as well. The biggest issue with this bill is that it has affected the smallholders as well as the landless farmers, who are the most helpless section of the agrarian population of India. It has also given the opposition the much-needed ammunition to attack the centre.4. The ‘Make in India’ programme is also facing problems of dependency on various states. It can primarily be described as a re-modeled version of import substitution. It is basically a process whereby a country addresses the imbalances between its import and export.One Year of Modi Government: A Look BackPEACE!Happy Reading to you!P.S.- Thank you for this question. It really helped me endure a lot!

Although there have been many policy changes, many ways to stop corruptions, many arrests in case of corruption, this question seeks certain innovative decisions, not particularly related to better administration, but out of the box initiatives.Hence I would skip the usual stuff and come to the one which blew my mind, and has the potential to change the health sector across the country:1. The Aam Aadmi ClinicUsually a dispensary is built by Rs 20 Million / 2 Crore. However, these Aam Aadmi Clinics are being built in a frugal budget of Rs 1.5 Million / 15 Lakh.One thing apart from the frugal budget and the nice output that I like about this particular clinic is that ramp at the left. Most health facilities in India miss that.A view from inside:1,000 such clinics are planned all over Delhi and 500 such clinics are planned in current fiscal year. The plan is to reduce the load and on bigger hospitals.There is a waiting room, a doctor's room and a pharmacy as well, which distributes free medicines. It is also equipped with state-of-the-art blood testing facility. A gynaecologist and paediatrician will visit the clinic once every week, besides regular doctors posted at these clinics. Ambulance services will be arranged so that if any patient is referred from these clinics to hospitals there is a facility to take him or her there.As of now, 180-200 patients visit this particular facility every day.More discussion on these clinics has taken place on Quora at What are the pros and cons of the Neighbourhood Clinics launched by the AAP government in Delhi?2. Crowd-Sourcing the Yearly BudgetThis year, Mohalla Sabhas (community discussions) were done in 11 constituencies in Delhi. Not only that, people from industry were also consulted. The end result, the final budget impressed everyone, and shut the mouths of the cynics and the critics. The accolades came fromCII - CII CEOs on Delhi BudgetThe members also appreciated the Government for incorporating many of recommendations and suggestions submitted by CIINobel Laurette Kailash Satyarthi - Kailash Satyarthi on TwitterFrom industry to child activists, eveyone loved the budget. Not only was the budget for Education and Health sector hiked, the cash strapped MCD was also given adequate money to fix itself (I think this is the last chance for MCD).Read Ten Highlights From Aam Aadmi Party's First Delhi Budget3. Redesigning Delhi RoadsDelhi already has a huge road network and the width of the roads is also decent enough. Still it continues to battle with the traffic issues. To counter that, it has been decided that a better use of available road space would be done, instead of building new flyovers.1,260km of Delhi roads to be redesignedThe target is ZERO fatalities on the road as well.The BRTS was also scrapped, which was only adding to more chaos in the city and it is being planned from scratch now. AAP is focussing more on better design, rather than taking up a haphazard approach. The new BRTS is being planned at Rs 20-30 Crore per KM, against the older one which was built at Rs 50 Crore per KM.The height of the foothpath would also be reduced to 6 inches, when the current foothpaths are much higher. The plan is to add the cycle tracks as well, widen the footpaths and ensure that the public transport is given the priority.4. Bus MarshalsMuch has been talked about the women's security, or a lack of it in Delhi. An initiative to make at least the bus ride safe for women of the city is done by deploying bus marshals in DTC buses.Delhi government to deploy 4,000 marshals in city busesAlso, CCTV cameras have already been installed in 200 buses as of now and more buses would be covered as well in the future.5. Power from unconventional sourcesDelhi doesn't generate power and has to buy from other states. In order to counter this, the AAP government is taking initiative in few areas.Solar Power: There have been few developments in this area:AAP Government Plans to Install Solar Panel on Roofs of Bus Shelters: A target to generate 1000 MW from Bus Shelters in next 5 years has been set.Delhi: Discoms buy solar power from rooftop units: Not directly under the Delhi government, with Delhi government being a stakeholder at 49%, the DISCOMs are now going to buy solar power from rooftop units. The two BSES on Monday said they had already started net-metering at six locations in the city — four residential and one commercial building in south Delhi and a school in the east. It would save them Rs 3,000 to Rs 32,000 a month.Delhi Jal Board commissions first hydropower plant - Think about power being generated out of the effluent coming out of the sewage treatment plants! And it produces produce 20,000 kWh of electricity per year! That's how innovative this AAM government in Delhi is.“It is a pilot project which has been set up free-of-cost. We are also exploring the possibility of replication of this ‘Green Power Generation’ at other installations as well”Also, there are plans to create many garbage to electricity plants across Delhi, however a feasibility study is going on, if it should be done on a large scale.6. Toilet to Tap WaterNot that it is being done for the first time anywhere, however what the catch in this news is that the water to the Delhi Secretariat would now be supplied from the Toilet-To-Tap water treatment plans.CM Kejriwal drinks treated raw sewage water“Similar plants in every colony would do away with the need to have sewer pipelines and water pipelines to transport them to big plants. Water can be produced from raw sewage at the local level at small plants such as this”The plan is to build a large number of such small plants across the city, perhaps in every colony, so that there would not be any need to have sewer pipelines and water pipelines to transport them to big plants.The idea is very ambitious, however if it is implemented successfully, it can change the face of the city.7. Delhi to be the first e-StateCome 2016, and there won't be any paper work being done inside the Delhi Government ministries. The government has approved the e-office plan and it would be implemented by December. This would streamline the processes better, introduce transparency, remove corruption and expedite the processesDelhi to be first state to go paperless in all govt departments“Delhi will be the first state to implement e-office in all its departments. In the first phase, it will be implemented in 15 departments. Simultaneously, all other departments and their attached offices will also start necessary preparations for its implementation. In these 15 departments, there will be no physical movement of files from December 1,” an official said.Wait, there is more to it. Remember that every MLA (and MP) gets certain amount of funds for local area development? Do you know what happens to them? Most of us don't.All this information would be soon available online as well - Now monitor Delhi MLA projects onlineThe online application, hosted at Welcome to the MLALAD, has been developed by the 'Delhi e- Governance Society' and will be coordinated by the newly- formed body Delhi Urban Development Authority (DUDA)Also, now acquiring government certification for marriage, income, domicile, caste, nationality, birth and death will soon be replaced by a virtual experience on the e-district platform in Delhi - Govt papers now just a click awayMore on the e-State initiative, the Delhiites get e-locker for papersCitizens can now digitally store revenue department certificates as well as identification documents including Aadhaar, voter ID and driving licence. The portal is accessible on smartphone and a mobile app is also on the way. Users may upload documents and place digitally-signed certificates in the locker. Once a file is processed and certificate generated, the locker is the space where it goes to by default. The user can access his document through the unique password issued at the time of registrationOf course, all this would be very handy with the free WiFi coming up at various schools, colleges and 1000 select places soon, but that is already a given.Delhi would soon be the first state to fulfill the Indian dream of Digital India!8. EducationSchools, colleges, argh!! We all have been through the abysmal condition of the public schools in the country. I was lucky enough to study in a Central school, but it was not all that rosy as well. I remember seeing the roof of my school blown away after heavy rains and winds once. My wife still laughs her heart out listening to it.We don't want to send our kids to government schools. Municipality schools are a strict no-no for us. I don't have to mention that the government schools in much of Europe are awesome. However, I was surprised to know that even in case of USA, people prefer government schools than private schools.AAP, unlike all other parties, steeply hiked the education budget by 106%, as I mentioned above. Apart from that, there have been other developments as well:The Education department has decided that it will now monitor all nursery schools and playschools running on private land as well - Playschools on private land to be monitoredEducation dept has introduced skills training in high school. Besides Academic degree, student will pass out with skills degree47-50 new schools were planned to be built this fiscal year, however recently CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that the work for 236 schools have already startedNSIT has been upgraded to a university now - Cabinet approves varsity status for NSIT - The Times of IndiaCCTV cameras are being installed in the schools of Delhi. That would improve both discipline in the government schools and the quality of education as well - Install CCTV cameras, schools toldThere cannot be any illegal demands from the parents from the schools and the Delhi Government has been very strict on this - School donation: Parents get help to report illegal demand. Not just that, Action Against Delhi Schools if Parents Not Allowed MobilesEducation dept has introduced skills training in high school. Besides Academic degree, student will pass out with skills degree.AAP govt offers higher education loans to studentsThe scheme is being introduced to help students who wish to pursue higher education. A loan of up to Rs. 10 lakh will be given by the bank with the government as a guarantor. The student will get a gap year after completing his/her education, after which the repayment period of the loan has been earmarked at 15 years. The interest rate will be 2% in addition to the base rate offered by the bank. The scheme also has a mandatory insurance with a varying premium.In order to help the kids of construction workers with better education, the Delhi Government gave Rs 15 Crore to the Education ministry to help with the education of children of 26,451 registered construction labourers, who are studying in 266 schools of the city. Also a database of these kids is being prepared for the last fiscal. - Delhi Government Announces Increase in Aid for Construction WorkersI just couldn't stop myself when it came to education. There are many good initiatives to make education not only affordable but also of a better quality. Investing in our kids is supposedly the best investment indeed.9. Employment GenerationFor all the schemes, life is miserable if you don't have a job to do. There have been many initiatives by AAP government, which sadly other governments are not taking, to provide employment to the youth:Apart from the initial plan of backlog of 20k posts to be cleared by year-end, the Delhi government has been holding job summit as well - Delhi government to hold a large-scale job summit. After the job summit in the first two weeks of August, which gave jobs to 2000 people - 2000 people get offer letters, Delhi govt to organise 2nd job summit soon.However a true boost to employment generation can only come from private sector, and for that there have been many tax reliefs, plus a boost to women entrepreneurs - Kejriwal assures help to women entrepreneurs. Also, VAT procedures have been simplified - VAT made trader-friendly, tax form deadline extended.10. Fight against Drugs MenaceLet's face it. Only AAP MLAs have been the ones which have been mercilessly bashed for their fight agains the drug menace that has occupied many parts of Delhi. In 2014 it was Somnath Bharti, in 2015 it is Alka Lamba.Local friends tell me that drug peddlers have fled the Malviya Nagar area, and the fight against drugs by AAP carries on. They can be abused as drama-queens, but the truth is that they are sincere. Read Delhi, Drugs And Alka Lamba - Time To Defame AAP! to know more about the Alka Lamba case.11. Curbing PricesI thought of writing 5 points, then thought of writing 10, now this is the 11th one. I promise this is the last as of now.When the whole country was crying over the onions, the AAP government at Delhi was the only one which was able to first provide some relief, and then substantial relief by its sincere efforts.Although the initial 250 or so government outlets for onions were inadequate, later, by getting more onions, it was able to control the price of onion below 50 - Delhi govt starts mobile vans to ease onion prices.When the onion was cheap, the AAP government had bought in bulk (I think at Rs 19/-) and later it sold at a price of 30 via its 250 outlets. Hence the onion was not really subsidised as well.That's it for now! Phew ... I would add if anything new comes across.

Caution:This answer is longYes because:I.PASSENGER AMENITIES AND DIGITAL INDIA INITIAVES· Indian Railways launched three social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube with the handle @railminindia. Ministry of Railways employed first of its kind, a real time 24x7 public grievance system through Twitter and provided medical, security and other emergency assistance to travelling passengers· All India Security Helpline 182 set up to report any untoward incident and seek emergency help during travel· The All India Passenger Helpline ‘138’ provided for all other query/complaints during travel· A mobile based application viz. Complaint Management System (COMS) launched· E-catering facility launched at 100 stations. 408 railway stations designated for providing E-catering· A massive scheme for providing Water Vending Machines (WVMs) to provide RO Water at affordableprices is under implementation by Railway PSU IRCTC· Reservation quota of two lower berths per coach in Sleeper class enhanced to four lower berths per coach for Senior Citizens and Women· Tatkal reservation timings have been staggered to serve dual purpose of providing convenience to the passengers and for staggering traffic on the e-ticket portal.All agents are debarred from booking tickets during first thirty minutes of opening of booking· Automatic refund of Confirmed /RAC e-tickets on cancellation of trains similar to waitlisted e-tickets is granted without filing of TDR· Time limit for booking reserved tickets was increased to 120 days w.e.f. 01.04.2015· Destination alert and wake up alarm services launched on 139· Automatic Destination Alerts to passengers through SMS for Rajdhani and Duronto trains.· E-ticketing facility launched for disabled persons and for accredited journalist on concession pass.· Mobile charging facilities in all new general class coaches initiated.· Out of 1252 Stations identified for upgradation to Adarsh Stations’, 986 stations have so far been developed. 160 developed in last two years· Scheme namely ‘SMS Gateway’ launched enabling passengers to get SMS alerts on the status of reserved tickets· New Generation system put in place which can book 7200 online tickets instead of 2000 tickets per minute and can attend 2,00,000 enquiries instead of 50000 per minute· Rationalization of Computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) done to enable passengers to buy tickets even after the preparation of reservation charts· Paperless unreserved ticketing including Paperless Platforms tickets through mobile phone introduced in suburban sections of Western Railway, Central Railway, South Central Railway, Southern Railway, Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway· Pilot Project of hand Held Terminals for TTEs launched· E-booking of disposable linen started on trains at New Delhi Railway Station and Nizamuddin Railway Station, Mumbai Central (BCT), Chattarpati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM), Southern Railway· E-booking of Wheel chair launched· Currency Coin cum Card operated Automatic Ticket Vending Machines installed at select stations.· Initiated one of the largest free public wifi fi systems in the world. Launched at 26 stations with a plan to extend it to 100 Stations by December this year and to 400 stations by 2018.· The booking of retiring rooms at different railway stations made online making it convenient and transparent· E-Ticketing portal in Hindi launched· 60 lifts and 150 escalators provided in last 2 years at Railway stations· Model Rake (a passenger carrying train with 24 coaches) developedwith improved interiors, colour scheme, aesthetics and amenity fittings. This is running as a train between New Delhi and Varanasi.· Cancellation of confirmed, RAC and Waitlisted PRS counter tickets made easy using IRCTC website or phone No. 139.· Provision made for acceptance of international debit and credit cards for payment of E-ticket through IRCTC website· Yatri Ticket/Sewa Kendra (YTSK) Scheme launched to allow private agents to operate ticketing terminals for selling reserved as well as unreserved tickets· Indian Railways started six pilgrims’ special tourist trains. More such trains being planned in subsequent phases· Dustbins to be provided in non AC coaches also· NIFT, Delhi has been engaged for designing of bedroll etc.· A new ‘Rail Neer’ plant for package drinking water set up at Ambernath (Mumbai).· In order to increase availability of accommodation for general class passengers on long distance Mail/Express trains, GMs were delegated powers to de-reserve Sleeper Class (SL) coaches as General Coaches (GS) in identified trains & sectors· Suvidha Trains with graded pricing structure introduced with facility for booking on PRS in addition to e-tickets and facility of limited refund on cancellation of ticket· The Defense Travel System to eliminate exchange of defense warrants was rolled out on the NGeT platform. Till date about 2000 Defense units have started issuing tickets through this platform without exchange of warrants· Number of berths available for physically challenged has been increased from 2 to 4· ‘VIKALP’, Alternative Train Accommodation System (ATAS) launchedwith a view to provide confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers and also to ensure optimal utilization of available accommodation. This facility is now available on New Delhi – Jammu, New Delhi – Lucknow, Delhi-Howrah, Delhi- Chennai, Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Secunderabad Circuits,· Launched pre-cooked (ready-to-eat) meals of reputed brands on some trains.· Commencement of provision of Braille signage on 3000 coaches has been given in order to facilitate travel to visually impaired passengers.· Provision of foldable ladder in First AC coaches launched· Provision of Bio degradable garbage bags to passengers started on pilot basis· Escorting ladies special trains and ladies compartment by security squad· Security helpline 182 activated and real time complaint resolution through Twitter employed with a high priority to women security issues· Fitment of CCTV surveillance cameras for women security in trains initiated with first such fitment undertaken in Amritsar-New Delhi-Shan-e Punjab Express· Development of security App over some of the Zonal Railways· Middle bay reserved for women· Pilot Project of Sale of Unreserved Tickets through Hand Held Terminals initiated at Hazrat Nizammudin Railway Station of Northern Railway.II. INFRASTRUCTURECREATION AND SUPPORT TO MAKE IN INDIA INITIATIVE· Indian Railways has taken a giant leap forward in ‘Make in India’ drive by signing Agreement for setting up of Diesel Locomotive Factory (DLF) at Marhowra, Saran district, Bihar for procurement and maintenance of mainline most modern high power Diesel Electric Locomotives with M/s GE Diesel Locomotive Pvt. Ltd. A separate agreement signed with M/S ALSTOM for setting up of electric locomotive factory at Madhepura, Bihar for procurement and maintenance of most modern high power electric locomotives, both major PPP and FDI tenders of Indian Railways. This would be one of the highest FDI’s in India amounting to order book of almost Rs 40,000 Crore.· The Ministry has initiated process for procuring high speed train sets which will improve average speed of passenger carrying trains thereby reducing journey time.· MoU between India and Japan signed for Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project using Shinkansen Technology covering a total of 508 kms. A new entity named National High Speed Ra Extension of newly introduced cancellation facility for PRS· il Corporation Limited has been set up in February, 2016 to implement the project· Further high speed studies are being conducted by Ministry of Railways on Diamond Quadrilateral High Speed Rail network. Feasibility studies of Delhi- Mumbai, Mumbai- Chennai and Delhi- Kolkata are underway. The feasibility studies of Delhi-Nagpur and Mumbai –Nagpur corridors are being taken up through G2G cooperation with Chinese and Spanish governments respectively· Ministry of Railways launched Gatimaan Express, country’s first semi high speed train with a maximum speed of 160 kmph between Delhi and Agra heralding a new era of high speed rail travel in India· Redevelopment of 400 Stations to be developed on e-bidding on as is where is basis; 10 stations handed over to IRSDC· Indian Railways commissioned 2828 Km of Broad Gauge lines, highest ever in 2015-16 against an average of 1528 Km from 2009-14.· IR commissioned two mega bridges over river Ganga at Patna and Munger.With these, the Railway networks of North and South Bihar have been integrated.· The executions of the biggest infrastructural projects in the country, Eastern and Western DFCs have been fast-tracked. Revised cost estimates have been approved by the Cabinet and funding has been tied up. Rs.25,320 Cr worth of contracts have been awarded in the last two years, which is more than double of the total contracts of Rs.12,240 Cr awarded since commencement. The first ever section on DFC of 56 km between Durgawati-Sasaram has been commissioned. The project is progressing well for commissioning in phases by 2019· Rail Wheel Plant, Bela commissioned and regular production started· Diesel loco factory at Varanasi is being expanded· DEMU factory at Haldia was commissioned and Mid-life Rehabilitation Workshop for coaches at Jhansi completed.· One of the most challenging railway projects, conversion of 1500 V DC to 25000 V AC traction system has been successfully completed over the entire Mumbai division of Central Railway.· During 2014-16, 3105 route kilometres have been electrified, which is an average of 1552.5 RKM/ annum as against 1236 RKM/annum during previous five years.· Construction of Electric Lolo Assembly & Ancillary Unit of CLW at Dankuni in West Bengal completed· Modern LHB Coach manufacturing facility commissioned at ICF Chennai.· The Chhapra factory has started regular production of cast wheels for rolling stock. The installed capacity of the plant is 1Lac wheels per annum.· Foundation stone laid for setting up Traction Alternator Factory at Vidisha to manufacture 100 traction alternators per annum of high horse power diesel locomotives which are currently being imported· Significant boost in elimination of unmanned level crossing which has resulted in safe operations. In 2015-16, a total of 1253 unmanned level crossings were eliminated and 1024 Road over/ Road under bridges were constructed. This marks an improvement of 35% against the average number from 2009-2014III.REFORMS· A Memorandum of Understanding with LIC of India for obtaining funds to the tune of Rs.1.5 lakh Cr signed.· MOF approved issue of tax free bonds by IRFC amounting to Rs.6,000 Cr· Discussions initiated with World Bank for setting up a Railway Infrastructure Development Fund of around USD 30 Bn· Powers delegated and decentralized for improving efficiency and transparency. Measures for E-tendering, E-auctioning, E-ticketing, E-Governance, E-Freight Demand, E-Catering, E-Wheel Chair, E-Concierge etc. takenfor efficiency and transparency· Ministry of Railways (MoR) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for formation of Joint Venture Companies with six State Governments viz. Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. JVs would undertake project development works for an identified basket of projects, which will inter-alia include surveys, preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) and getting requisite approvals, processing for sanctioning of identified projects and monitoring· Ministry of Railways conducted world’s largest online exam for recruitment for almost 90 lakh aspirants. With a view to increase transparency, a new system of handing over the Question Booklets to the candidates has been introduced.A pilot project of uploading of Answer Keys and Cut-off marks has also been initiated.· Deloitte, a consulting firm has been engaged for studying the manpower rationalization of the Group A services. Report submitted and is under examination· Four Centres of Railways Research set up in premier educational institutions· Development of an online system initiated for grievance redressal of both serving as well as retired railwaymen· Railways signed MoU to set up its own Railway Design Centre in collaboration with National Institute of Design (NID)· The process for putting in place a regulator “Rail Development Authority” has been initiated. A concept note was uploaded to receive feedback from all stakeholders. Process for drafting of a bill/executive order underway.· 100 % FDI allowed in identified areas of railway sector and sectoral guidelines on FDI formulated· Ministry of Railways implemented 100% E-procurement solution for all kinds of contracts – goods, works and services. It isIndia’s largest e-procurement system· A web-enabled IT-Application “Project Monitoring and Information System (PMIS)” launched which will be implemented in Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramullah Rail Link (USBRL) project, followed by other mega and complex projects of Indian Railways. This will increase transparency in project monitoring· “Technology Mission on Indian Railways (TMIR)” for Development/Research/Innovations in Railway Technologies in association with Department of Science & Technology, MoHRD and representatives of Industry has been set up· Creation of Mobility Directorate in Railway Board’s Office· Creation of Non-Fare Revenue Directorate in Railway Board’s Office· Release of Handout on ‘Railway initiatives for Ease of Doing Business’ and Nomination of ‘Key Customer Managers’IV. GREEN INITIATIVES· Commissioned 26 MW wind mill power plant at Jaisalmer· 10MW Solar Plants installed in two years. Massive solarisation (1000 MW Solar Power Plants) planned in next Five years with an eye on making Railways, the largest solar power producer in the country· Railways provided27,000 bio-toilets in trains in the last two years.A target of 30000 bio-toilets setfor the next financial year· First ‘Green’ DEMU train introduced on Northern Railway to run between Rewari-Rohtak section· A hybrid toilet system, combining best features of a vacuum toilet system and indigenous bio-toilet system has been installed for trial in a First Class air conditioned coach of Dibrugarh Rajdhani which is running wellsince September 2015. The system does not require any waste handling facilities for evacuation and processing of waste. This system uses significantly less quantity of water is used for flushing· A new separate Environment Management Directorate formed to address all environment related issues in a focused and integrated manner· M/s. RITES has been engaged for setting up of two pilot plants at NDLS and JP for disposal for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in an environment friendly manner including conversion of Waste to Energy (bio-methanation)· A major push was given to get additional sanction of more than 30 Water Recycling Plants during 2015-16. As against this, less than 30 WRPs have been functioning all these years· Setting up of Automatic Coach Washing Plants in major coach maintenance depots· After field trails, IR has now developed the environmental friendly composite sleepers made up of recycled plastic waste, which will be used over all girder bridges in future for improved maintainability and facilitating higher speeds and higher axle loads.· Indian Railways has started a massive exercise of planting trees alongside Railway Track with the signing agreement with Haryana & Punjab Government in the first phase.V.CLEANLINESS· Indian Railways joined the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan in a big way. It formulated an integrated policy on cleanliness· 27 Charitable Institutions/Social Organizations invited to take part in ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ through Shramdaan campaign· Criterion for qualification of OBHS trains revised to include all importantmail &express trains. 7 more Clean Train Stations added and 240 new trains added on OBHS in last two years· “Clean My Coach” Servicelaunched for any cleaning requirement in the coach. A passenger can send an SMS on a mobile number 58888 or book through app and his request is attended to· 16 more mechanised laundries set up in the last two years. Now around 45 percent linen is cleanedthrough mechanised laundries· Intensive mechanised cleaning of coaching in coaching depots through professional agencies – 132 Coaching Depots in different Railways already have the system· Cleaning of 50 major stations has been outsourced to professional agencies· Cleanliness audit through 3rd party started for Railway stations institutionalised. Ranking of stations based on cleanliness would be generated periodicallyVI. CONNECTIVITY IN NORTH EAST AND J&K· Indian Railways completed Udhampur-Katra Broad gauge line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir bringing Katra on Broad Gauge Railway map· Lumding-Silchar Broad gauge section inaugurated giving seamless BG connectivity to Barak Valley of Assam· Meghalaya came on the rail map with the flagging off the first ever train from Guwahati to Medipathar in Meghalaya· The Prime Minister laid the foundation for a new line to take rail connectivity to Mizoram’s capital Aizwal· The Tripura’s Capital Agartala came on the broad gauge rail map· Meter gauge will be fully eliminated in North-East in near future· IR commissioned 545 KM of Broad Gauge lines in North East in 2015-16 in comparison to 110 KM per year from 2009-2014VII.PPP IN RAIL LINE PROJECTS· In 2015-16, Indian Railways generated an investment of Rs.15,000Cr through PPP. This is the highest achieved till now.· Partnership with State Governments, Industry is being encouraged to undertake coal and mining connectivity projects.· To encourage port connectivity projects, thrust has been given to implementation of projects under the participative model policy of 2012. Rail connectivity to Tuna Port at a cost of 142 Cr has been implemented in 2015. Also approvals under Joint Venture model have been granted to build rail connectivity to the ports of Jaigarh (Rs 771 Cr.), Rewas (Rs.349 Cr), and Dighi (Rs.724 Cr.)· Ministry of Railways for the first time has decided to launch three annuity projects Badrak- Nargundi 3rd line (900Cr.), Nagpur – Wardha 3rd line 550Cr. and Kazipet- Vijayawada 3rd line 1566 Cr in the current calendar year.VIII. FREIGHT· Massive rationalization of freight policies initiated· Merry-Go-Round system introduced to capture short lead traffic near steel plants and thermal power house· Post congestion charges withdrawn which will help in increasing traffic from the Ports to hinterland· Two-Point/Multi Point/Mini Rake facility extended to maximize traffic.· Roll on – Roll off scheme launched on Digha Rail Bridge over River Ganges near Patna. Under this scheme loaded trucks would be moved on the flat wagons to avoid congested roads across Ganges· Busy season charge withdrawn.· Automatic Freight Rebate Scheme for traffic loaded in Traditional Empty Flow Direction introduced· Computerized system to register demands for wagons introduced. Electronic forwarding note and Electronic Railway Receipts introduced to enhance efficiency and transparency in freight operations· Liberalised Wagon Investment Scheme, Wagon Leasing Scheme, Special Freight Train Operator Scheme, Private Freight Terminals, Automobile Freight Train Operator Scheme, accelerated to improve freight· Auto hub at Walajabad in Chennai Division developed for automobiles moment· Flagging off of Roll-On-Roll-Off(Ro-Ro) train Ex.-Bihta to Turki in Bihar.IX. SAFETY IN RAIL OPERATIONS· Working towards ‘Zero Accident’ Mission.· TPWS is a safety Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system conforming to European Train Control System (ETCS) Level-1. TPWS trials at 160 Kmph were successfully conducted.· 282 Level Crossing Gates have been interlocked with Signals to enhance safety.· A cost effective indigenous safety system – Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is being developed indigenously by RDSO and the trails are on.· Pilot Project initiated for Improving Safety at Unmanned Level Crossing which include automatic warning to road users through flasher light and Sensing of Obstruction on level crossing and visual warning to train driversX. MISCELLANEOUS· In the last two years, 14 MoUs/MoCs/other agreements for cooperation in rail sector have signed with Railways/Governments of Czech Republic, China, South Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, Slovak Republic, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Russia & Sweden.· Under Skill India Initiative, 53 locations across the country have been identified by setting up training centres· Indian Railways made successful arrangements to transport drinking water to drought-affected areas of Latur district in Maharashtra· Indian Railways lent helping hand during the Nepal earthquake tragedy by providing ‘Rail Neer’ bottles and by transporting Nepal evacuees· Railways also helped during the J&K floods· Railways were in the forefront in extending help to the Indian nationals returning from Yemen· Indian Railway weightlifters (5 Women & 1 Men) represented India in the Commonwealth Youth; Junior & Senior Weightlifting Championship held at Pune from 11th to 15th November, 201. All Railway players won medals in this Championship· Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed Ministry of Railways and PEC University of Technology for setting up of ‘Kalpana Chawla Chair’ on Geospatial Technology for Indian Railways at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh.These are only 2 years achievementsNow compare with other ministerHope it helps