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First, I don’t follow our president so I would offer a heart felt apologe for any offense I might have made as part of all opening conversations and then I would do the following:Social SecurityI would fix the social security issue, help small businesses, increase take home pay for low/middle income families and put the United States back in the black by doing the following:Reducing the actual tax to both employees (ee) and employers (er) by giving a discount of 25% on the first $100k of income;Having 25% of ee and er going towards a **Save America ** program (see below) to eliminate the national debt and enhance or begin other public programs;Having the 25% discount retroactive to January 1st and the 25% earmarked for the Save America program retroactive to the previous quarter or January 1st whichever is greater to be used as “retroactive dollars” below;Removing the cap and making every dollar taxable, without discount on income over $100k but the funds collected from the removed discount will go into the Save America program (I mean let’s face it big companies, big salaries, big bonuses, big bailouts and big tax breaks are what is bankrupting and screwing up this country so it stands to reason it’s the only thing that will save it!)Eliminating all other programs and people siphoning money from the program that did not pay into it or did not have a close relative pay into it and get the program back to supporting our aged and disabled;Reduce the full eligibility by 1 year until it reaches 60 with early retirement at 55 but retirement will be optional;Reviewing the current cost of living and making sure the benefits are enough to live on or raising them by the local average increase each year with at least an additional 1% increase until they are meeting an appropriate and livable rate.Save AmericaI would set up a program to save America with the 25% & 50%, respectively, of funds earmarked from social security taxes which would include the following:1% to go directly to the national debt until the national budget is balanced and then to tax credits after the budget is balanced;1% to staff and manage the program;10% for cost of opening and using at least 50% of closed military bases to provide housing of disabled and low income veterans (50% for military usage as described below);5% to public education (see details below);5% to protecting battered and abused women and children (see details below);5% to stopping homeless (see details below);5% to feed our hungry (see details below);2% for transportation to and from all programs and as designated in programs below;2% assistance in preventing foreclosures with grants and job placement in Save America programs when available;5% rebuild America as designated in programs below;5% revitalize America as designated in programs below;With an initial funding by retroactive dollars and an ongoing 1% thereafter starting a “Get America Back To Work” campaign recruiting, training and transitioning staff into Save America programs;5% increase cost of living to social security recipients immediately;10% drug rehabilitation setup perhaps in as an AMC unit or as a new in-patient/out -patient program;1% institute a NEW pain management licensing/accreditation and require all pain management doctors to follow NEW protocols and have both an in-patient and out patient program where they are admitted for short term ailments to assess and administer as appropriate decreasing dosage as healing proceeds no prescriptions are given to the patients when they transition to out patients they need to pickup the doses daily until they are no longer needed or until protocol calls for it to end, if pain has not subsided gradually as per protocol additional tests need to be run to diagnose any underlying problems;5% to fight drug abuse by requiring and overseeing protocols for doctors who treat painful ailments and diseases to become licensed/accredited in pain management and require them to oversee their chronic pain management patients based on protocol by issuing monthly prescriptions and oversee the acute patients by giving them a 5 day prescription and referral appointment in 5 days at an in/out-patient clinic;5% to assist funding of the AMC branch of the military;5% to use toward a fund set aside for rebuilding materials costs after natural disasters in conjunction with the AMC construction unit;5% Start (or enhance if applicable) a national cyber crime unit;17% used to acquire property via eminent domain and refurbish or rebuild to use use for all the other programs starting with neighborhoods and communities identified as needing the most help and revitalization; abandon factory towns; with first access to seized and foreclosed property.Get America Back To WorkThe first Save America program will be to set up a temporary program to start each of the other programs and it will be responsible for the following:Working with the military to open the decommissioned bases;Work with the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines to offer recruitment and training opportunities and options for enlisting as AMC recruits;Work with the DEA to offer cross training and qualification program for AMC recruits;Work with the Police/Sheriffs/Marshals to offer a qualification program to integrate AMC MP recruits;Work with the public school system to set up the program enhancements;Work with the organizations and local authorities in starting and/or developing integration programs for other new or enhanced programs as applicable;Hire the best people available and recruit volunteers from our retirement community’s to develop criteria and set up all the Save America programs;Recruit the staff at each location as they startup;Downsize to program management and oversight in increments as the setups roll out.MilitaryOur country needs as much help as many other countries so I would start at home by doing the following:Bringing home troops that are not serving a direct purpose abroad;Starting a new branch of military to serve only in America called American Military Corps (AMC) but they will be trained through current training methods ideally some in each branch of the current military with the new recruits getting to choose if they meet eligibility protocol;Recruiting troops to serve IN AMERICA via AMC and putting America back to work;Rebuild and revitalize towns by reopening ALL decommissioned military bases and using 50% for AMC;Establishing a construction AMC unit to go to, rebuild and revitalize towns and neighborhoods by refurbishing, rebuilding, repurposing buildings and properties acquired and preparing them for program usage or transitional housing for program families using local merchants to purchase materials and provide temporary housing and services at standard market value rates;Deploy and use the AMC construction unit as the primary labor for clearing debris and rebuilding after natural disasters;Declaring gangs terrorist organizations and dismantling them with units in AMC who will be responsible for patrolling all gang neighborhoods;Offering other branches reenlistment options to AMC to allow them to decompress AND save America;Offering veterans who share the bases the opportunity to reenlist or jobs and training positions in the bases;Integrating the DEA into the AMC and cross training both and to fight the war on drugs with the units assigned to the gang terrorists;Declaring people who prey on women and children terrorists especially, not limited to, sex traffickers and dismantling them with units in AMC;Setting up units here to do all the same things for America as we do for other countries and for helping with ALL Save America programs including, but not limited to, building schools, building shelters, guarding and protecting our battered women and children, assistance for monitoring child protective services, tracking and monitoring terrorist activities;Integrating AMC MPs with local police, sheriffs and marshals thereby increasing the local forces with free officers;Deployment of AMC MPs to natural disasters areas to provide security and assistance to the public;Take possession of seizure properties and all other assets from gangs and drugs to use for and in housing and providing for our low income retired and disabled veterans, homeless and battered women and children and shared with other Save America programs.Public EducationWe need a more educated infrastructure and to move single parents off of welfare without creating homeless, hungry and helpless people so I would do the following:Make all public colleges and universities free;Provide free daycare and preschool at all public colleges and universities;Build public daycare centers for 6-36 mo children with services provided for a fee based on income with a not to exceed and reasonable flat rate (may be housed with the public preschool);Build preschools for 3-4 yo that are free and part of the public school system;All teaching, early education and child psychology students will be required to have workshops, serve there teaching hours and earn their teaching credentials in these preschool programs first and teaching will be accredited from preschool;All child development and child psychology students will be required to have workshops in the public preschool and daycare and earn one year of work credit hours in the public daycare unless the career path is as a school counselor then the students will have workshops in both and earn work credit hours at the preschoolThe Save America program will look to hire accredited teachers who have taught 3-4 yos for at least two years in private preschools to set up and start these public preschools by converting their past teaching hours into continued childhood education training earned and help get it added to your teacher certification with proof from your employer;The Save America program will look to hire accredited teachers who have taught 3-4 yos for at least one year in private preschools to be lead teachers in the preschools with teaching students required to serve their first year teaching hours in half day increments in the preschool classroom, morning students will teach in afternoon and visa versa thereby staffing the facilities with the highest quality for the lowest cost (the program should be set up in such a way that the students can transition to the lead teachers by the end of the year);Expand the school year to optional year around offering makeup classes for failing coursework/classes, art, music, theatre, sports, debate and elective programs only to give parents a safe environment option for there children while they work with fun things that feed our children’s souls (enrollment by the parents constitutes an agreement that is subject to all the same laws and benefits as the core school year including bus pickup and drop off, as well as, after school programs, lunches and truancy;Provide 2 AMC personnel at each school p-6 and 4 AMC personnel at each school 7-12 with double the personnel at schools in gang neighborhoods and triple (or more if necessary) at schools with frequent gang activity;Have AMC MPs do truancy checks, patrolling and enforcement as requested by the school units with special focus in gang areas.Battered Women and ChildrenWe need to protect our women and children from those who prey on and terrorize them so I would start a program run by AMC to do the following:Seize abandon properties across the nation and refurbish or rebuild structures to provide medical attention, housing, counseling, access to training or continuing education, onsite armed security, onsite daycare and p-12 school transportation to school and work and other services as necessary to battered women and children;Acquire refurbished and repurposed property from other programs to use for services, housing and transitional homes for homeless families on a rent (sliding scale) to own basis if circumstance permit;Provide self defense and martial arts training;Provide new identity’s and anonymous relocation to another state if the situation is deemed life threatening;Give them access to jobs in the Save America program if/when available.HomelessWe need to eliminate homelessness on the streets of America and I would do this through the following:Seize abandon properties across the nation and refurbish or rebuild structures to provide medical attention, housing, counseling, access to training or continuing education and onsite armed security, onsite daycare and p-12 school and other services as necessary to our homeless;Seize properties with 5 or more code violations left unresolved for more than 6 months across the nation and refurbish structures to provide medical attention, housing, counseling, access to training or continuing education, onsite armed security, onsite daycare and p-12 school, transportation to school or work and other services as necessary to house and hopefully transition our homeless back into society;Acquire refurbished and repurposed property from other programs to use for services, housing and transitional homes for homeless families on a rent (sliding scale) to own basis if circumstance permit.Feed AmericaWe need to make sure no American goes hungry AND THEY HAVE edible meals so I would do the following:End the current version of Meals on Wheels and change it to Brown Meals by a) set up an appointment and sit down with UPS executives and ask them for a partnership providing free weekly deliveries to the eligible low income, retirement and disabled communities in exchange for tax credits, b) calling up the owner of freshly and ask him/her to train the “Brown Meals” staff to do what they do so these people can stop eating gluey mush and start eating real food again, get one delivery per week and have some control over the menu, c) the food would be free or offered on a sliding scale based on income, d) talk to freshly about picking up the overage especially in rural areas with subsidies for low income, retired and disabled people, as well as, monthly free shipping tax certificate for UPS shipping on those meals;Have Free hot meals available for all students in all public schools;Have hot meal cafeteria and cold meal pantry in all program housing using a combination of regular cold meals, Brown Meal and freshly prepared cafe style dining meals.HealthcareIncrease Medicare tax by 25%;Eliminate health insurance premiums by making Medicare THE universal health insurance for all Americans unless a supplement is desired;Study other countries and use the best elements from ALL OF THEM to determine any changes in the current program details!GovernmentFire all personnel not qualified to do their job;Hire qualified personnel who have and will serve the best interests of the American people;Limit terms of ALL PUBLIC AND APPOINTED offices to two terms;Institute debt and bailout repayment programs to all countries and big businesses starting with the big businesses that issued bonuses after the bailouts;End bills and laws that take more than 25 pages to detail;Audit and revise current bills and laws on the books one by one so the average person can read and understand them and make them fit into the not to exceed 25 page format by separating them if necessary, eliminating redundancy when applicable and eliminating those that are not in the best interest of ALL Americans and then grouping them in categories with a new numbering system;Have every government department, Medicare authorized medical facilities and other government entity undergo efficiency review and retraining to increase efficiency and reduce staff through retirement or transfer where indicated;Review and audit purchasing programs and protocols in government and medical industry and find cost savings measures where indicated like, for example, buying toilet seats through Home Depot and other local merchants where available and applicable to help boost the American economy;Abolish lobbyists;Eliminate electoral colleges and put the vote directly in the hands of our citizens;When the government cannot agree on new, revised or streamlined programs, bills and laws the vote will be put on a ballot annually in November and given to the citizens along with the pros and cons, an affirmative vote will be instituted via executive order and begin on January 1st while negative votes will not be started or revised and deleted if indicated as an option which gets an affirmative vote;Work with the UN to set up travel bans on countries that don’t have peaceful monarchies or elected democracies as governments and any who do not treat their citizens humanly and provide safe living and education for all;Begin pulling troops (and approved refugees) out of countries that will be under the travel ban;Train local troops and police forces to protect their own countries;Maintain limited peace keeping and embassy protection troops in countries not banned and bring the rest home to help make America great again!Minimum Wage & TaxesIncrease minimum wage to $12 ph with reduction allowances for providing life necessities (i.e. housing, food, medical services, etc.)Offer tax credits to businesses for each additional employee over the prior quarter to be used on the annual income tax return;Offer refundable tax credits to everyone who votes in the annual elections a let Americans help make America great again!;Reinstate retroactively the first time home buyer credit;Redefine the income tax brackets;Offer tax credits to businesses who provide in house daycare;Offer tax credits to businesses who provide daycare assistance programs and continuing education programs;Tax credits for providing free life necessities to employees without reducing minimum wage;Institute programs to keep housing affordable through low interest rate mortgages, tax credits and property owner incentives and grants;Reduce tax deductions given to charities serving other countries unless an equal or greater amount is is given to charities serving America because charity should start at home!Any psychologist will tell you we can not help others if we are broken. The reason everyone hates us is because they see that we are broken and since we haven’t been able to fix our own problems and those problems are getting worse they have no respect for us! I would not follow someone I don’t respect how can we expect other countries too?This will keep me busy for the first year!

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

Running your own business is a stressful but good career and life choice. It demands your time and focus. Start by expecting to live your work until it is established, so it can get off the ground. There are many different opinions about how to start a business. Below are some basic ideas and guidelines to get you started.Part 1 : Have An Idea1- Come up with an idea:You will need an idea for a business before you do anything else. You can conduct a market research to have a clear image. This should be something you are passionate about, since your new business will consume a great deal of your time and money.Come up with business ideas by identifying things people need and are willing to pay for, that isn’t provided in your area, or which you can provide better than anyone else.2 - Consider if it is possible:Before going too far, think about how plausible your idea is. Is it something that people would actually pay for? Will it turn enough of a profit to be worth spending your time to do it? You will also need to be sure that it is possible to put into action. While it would be great to have a computer which makes food magically appear out of thin air, this is simply impossible (unless you’re Patrick Stewart :) .3 - Be sure it’s unique:Whatever your idea is, be sure it’s as unique as possible. This will help you eliminate or significantly combat competition, which will make your business more successful. Simply putting a small spin on a currently existing product (making blue Red vines or something like that) is not usually enough to build a business on, so push the envelope!Part 2 : Make A Business Plan1- Determine your cost of operation:You will need a solid business plan to present to any investors and the best place to start would be with determining your basic cost of operations. This will outline and help you determine how much money is needed to produce the product or offer the service you intend to offer or produce. It includes production costs, shipping, taxes, worker’s wages, rent for work space, etc.Knowing your cost of operations will be vital to determining if your business will be profitable, since you will need to make more than this baseline in order to remain in business.2- Determine your potential market. Be realistic. How many people will realistically use your business? How much will they pay to use your services? If either number is too small in comparison to how much it will cost you to stay in business, then you should reconsider or change your plans.3 - Determine impediments. You will need to plan ahead for all of the problems which can get in the way of running a business.Evaluate your competition; if their market share or product offering is too strong and stable, then you will have a very hard time breaking into the market. No one will want to buy an equally priced or more expensive version of a perfectly good product or service which already exists.You will also need to explore the associated regulations and laws, especially regarding taxes. You should ask your local state authorities.Make sure there are no prohibitive costs, such as equipment which is too expensive to make the business profitable. For example, cars didn’t take off until Ford figured out how to make them cheap by building more efficient equipment.Part 3 : Make A Marketing Plan.1 - Write up a budget:Once you have a general idea of how much money you have to work with, write up a budget for marketing which indicates how much money you have available to spend on advertising.2 - Create ideas fitting your budget:Once you know how much money you have, research the costs of different types of marketing and come up with ideas which fit those methods and are effective for the price range. If you have a lot of money to spend on marketing, for example, you can consider shooting a commercial. If you have almost none, you’ll want to think about ways to use social media effectively, which is very effective for requiring little money.3 - Plan timing and location of marketing:Once you know what kind of marketing you intend to do, think about the most effective places to advertise and what time of day, month or year are going to work best to reach your target market.You will want to be sure that you are using marketing which is appropriate to the type of people you expect to be interested in your product or services. There is little point in using social media to, for example, advertise a 55+ only cruise line. Meanwhile, if you’re advertising for your new dance club, a printed newspaper is probably not going to be your best bet. There is also no point in advertising a business only available in Chicago to people in Seattle, so consider physical location as well.If your services are seasonal you will want to consider what the best time of year would be to advertise. Also, television advertisements will need to be timed so that the right demographics will be watching when they air.Part 4 : Get FinancingTalk with your bank. Talk with a bank with whom you already have a positive relationship. Ask about what kind of business start-up loans they offer and how they can benefit your business. By using a bank you already know, the bank will have easy access to your financial records and will be more confident in investing with you.Get local investors. If the bank loans will not be enough, look into local investors. There may be a local business tycoon or other similarly wealthy person who would have a vested interest in seeing you succeed. Research people in your area who may have the funds and motivation to help you.Seek venture capitalists or angel investors.Angels are high net worth individuals and venture capitalists are companies. Both fund a promising high risk venture for a stake (partnership) and often bring experience, management expertise and contacts to the table. They usually work through a network or association.Approach friends and relatives. People who know you for a long time are most likely to have faith in your ability and intentions. These are also the people who are likely to stand by you if the going gets tough in the initial stages of your venture or you need to raise more money. However, make it clear the money is intended as risk capital and they might lose it completely or may not be returned in the short term.Use crowd-funding. If you still can’t drum up enough funding, use websites to raise the money you need to start. These funding sources have several benefits: you will not have to pay interest on the money you get (since it is money which is used to provide actual product or services) and it will help you not only gauge interest in what you have to offer but also help you build a customer base. You’ll start business with hundreds or thousands of customers already lined up and ready to tell other people about what you have to offer.6 Report. No matter which source you raise funds from, be sure to provide key operating, strategic and accounting information to your financiers periodically, usually twice a year. It's a good idea to hold a board meeting if everyone can physically attend. If not, do it via .Part 5 :Build Infrastructure.1- Get an office. You will need a space from which to run your business. This can be a home office if you require little space and will not have employees, or it can require an entire workshop or warehouse. Look at renting in a low cost neighborhood or business incubators instead of a fancy address. Some universities make space available at a low rent for new business ventures based on an innovative scientific idea. It depends on what you will be doing and how big you intend your business to be. Make sure the space is coded and legal for how you intend to use it and within your budget.2- Purchase equipment. Purchase all of the things you need to start work. This can mean mechanical equipment, computers, telephone, or craft supplies. It all depends on what you are doing. Try to purchase from business supply companies as they will have significant discounts. If you are short of capital, lease or rent is an attractive option too, so as not to block your funds.3- Create a records system. From doing taxes to figuring out why you’re mysteriously missing $2,000 to searching through customer records to find out if Mrs. Jones did in fact pay her bill, you’re going to want a good records system to help your business run smoothly and efficiently. Invest in file cabinets, labels and digital records software to keep you organized and on top of things.Part 6 :Build a Customer Base1- Make use of marketing and PR. You will want to reach out to potential customers in ways that make them want to use your business. This is especially important when you are first starting, before you have an established, regular customer base.Advertise in a way that catches customers attention at a minimum and hopefully goes beyond to capture their imagination. Be creative and appeal to the right aspects of the customers you want to use your business.Offer free samples of what you do to the right people, in order to get people saying good things about what you have to offer. Word of mouth (i.e. good PR) is the best way to attract new customers. If you get bad reviews or negative feedback, respond positively and fix the problem. People will be much less judgmental about mistakes if you’re willing to fix them.2- Use a little old fashioned networking.Go to conferences, charity galas, meetings with complementary businesses and anywhere where your customers are likely to be highly concentrated. In other words: get out in public and interact with people. Use your friends connections to meet people who may be able to help you. This kind of interaction is very important for starting a business. You can’t exist in a vacuum after all.[4]3 - Have great customer service skills.Be good at interacting with people. Practice reading between the lines of what people say. Learn how to meet needs they didn’t know they had. Figure out how to make people happy. Be charming. Most importantly, be humble. The customer may not always be right but you need to be able to let them think they are.4- Have a website.The world has moved online. Any business that wants to survive the next ten years is going to have a website. People will use it to contact you, find your location, learn your operating hours, ask you questions, make suggestions, and maybe even buy your products or services. In having a website and services which are available over the internet, you will be able to expand your service area out across your region or even the world.Part 7 :Get Paid1- Require payment.Don’t let people take advantage of you. Require payment within a specific window of time (whatever is appropriate for what you do). Invoice people as soon as you possibly can. If someone is late in a payment, talk to them. If you ignore these problems hoping that they go away, you will find yourself working for free and your business in the tank.2- Take credit cards.Very few people consistently pay for products or services with cash any more. It will be much easier for your business, as well as records keeping and accounting, if you accept credit and debit cards. If you want to save yourself ridiculous fees or keep your business more mobile, consider using the Square. This device plugs into a smartphone or tablet and lets you swipe customer’s card.3- Set up an online system.If you plan to have products for sale online you will need to make sure to set up an accord online payment system. Services like “Paypal” make this incredibly easy. Research to find out which method is best for you. However, make sure that whatever system you use is secure. You don’t want either your information or your customer’s information to be hacked or taken advantage of.