Readings in Indian Railway Finance

There are many books on Indian Railways and practically none on its Financial management . In this respect this is perhaps the first book of its kind. It is a compilation of papers by some eminent transport economists and railwaymen who have either been at the helm of affairs or been intimately involved in its running. The book thus has an effective blend of theory as well as fruits of long years of experience.

Readings in Indian Railways Finance

These essays are very stimulating and offer a wide variety for generating fresh thinking on the priorities resource allocation as well as resource mobilisation for IR as they march into the 21st century.

The dedicated work of Sri Verma in bringing together new ideas offered by experts in railway finance and management and also giving his own results is exemplary. These essays fill up, to a considerable extent, the lacunae in the subject of railway finances in India. This volume, I am sure, will be found useful by students, researchers and policy-makers connected with or interested in Indian Railway development in the coming decades."

— Dr. D.M.Nanjundappa ( Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Karnataka; Ex-Chairman, Railway Fare & Freight Committee, Ministry of Railways, Government of India )

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Evolution of Financial Management of Indian Railways

  A.V. Poulose

Former Financial Commissioner, Indian Railways

2. Should Indian Railways be Privatised ?

M.Q. Dalvi

Transport Economist; Formerly with UNDP, U.K

3. Railway Pricing and Finances in India

D.M. Nanjundappa

Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Karnataka; Ex-Chairman, Railway Fare & Freight Committee, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India

4. Reforming Indian Railway's Financial Management

Y.P. Anand

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

5. In Pursuit of a Productive Relationship

K.B. Verma

Economist; Ex-Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India

INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING   

6. Value Capture as a Method of Financing Rail Projects : Theory and Practical

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

7. Financing Transport Infrastructure in Megacities : Mumbai Experience

P.G. Patankar

Consulting Advisor, Tata Consulting Services

8. Policy on Urban Mass Rail Transit

B.I. Singal

Director Projects, Rail India Technical & Economic Services (RITES)

9. Financing Railway Infrastructure in India

S. Sriraman

Deptt. of Economics, University of Bombay

PLANNING

10. Indian Railways : Meeting the Challenges

Shanti Narain

Member Traffic, Railway Board, Indian Railways

11. The New Economic Policy and the Transport Sector

Prakash Narain

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

12. Railway Planning in India : A spectrum and Perspective View

Vijay Singh

Former General Manager, Indian Railways

13. A Perspective Plan on Gauge Conversion for Indian Railways

Y.P. Anand

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

14. Home Truths about Gauge Conversion

M.N. Prasad

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

15. Project Planning, Appraisal and Management

Y.P. Anand

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

16. Some Cold Realites and Hard Choices

S. Manikutty

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATION EVALUATION    

17. Marginal Productivity of Railway Investment-1

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

18. Marginal Productivity of Railway Investment-2

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

19. Operation - Finance Interface in Indian Railways

K.S. Subramaniam

Manager, Asian Development Bank

20. A Modified Operating Ratio

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

21. Financial Performance Analysis of Indian Railways

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

22. Business Orientation on I.R. Through Cost Management

Hasan Iqbal

Former Financial Commissioner, Indian Railways

PRODUCTIVITY AND OPERATION EVALUATION

23. Resource Constraint : Lessons of Indian Railways' Experience

M.K. Rao

Former Chairman Railway Board, Indian Railways

24. Restructuring & Railway Finances

S.M. Vaish

Former General Manager, Indian Railways

25. Why so Many Pockets ?

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES

26. Reclassification of Second Class Sleeper

K.B. Verma

Group General Manager ( Finance ), RITES