Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has offered Rs 1.5 lakh crore for development of railways
Depressed volumes, easing of fuel and traction costs and a minor increase in passenger and freight tariffs are the reasons
The fund balance in FY15 was Rs 6,872 cr
The MoU aims for developing Remote Sensing and GIS for remote sensing at unmanned railway crossing
Rs 6,095-crore shortfall is the first in five years
Firm will identify assets, devise pricing strategy for ads across 7,000 stations, to shore up non-fare box revenue for Railways
The railways plans to monetisation data bank, land bank and other assets. It wants to reduce diesel inventories to a third to save Rs 2,000 cr a year
Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu leans on private sector investment to achieve targets of infra development
This is against an average of 4.3 km per day in last six years and part of its capacity augmentation plan