submitted its final report to the Union Ministry of Railways.
The committee has suggested measures for restructuring the Railway
Board and its departments so that policy making is separated from
day-to-day operations.
Recommendations of Bibek Debroy committee
Establishment of an independent regulator Railway Regulatory Authority
of India (RRAI) with a separate budget and to be independent of the
Ministry.
RRAI will decide on tariffs to revamp the cash-strapped railways.
Railway Budget should be phased out with gross budgetary support to
Indian Railways.
There is need to improve the internal resource generation and explore
varied methods of financing but also to improve utilisation of
available resources.
No privatisation of Indian Railway but allowed participation of
private sector in the railway projects.
Separation of activities like running of hospitals, schools, real
estate development, catering, manufacturing of locomotives, coaches
and wagons from the core business of running trains.
State governments should be asked to entirely fund the Government
Railway Police (GRP).
General Managers should have the freedom to choose between private
security guards and RPF for security on trains.
The recommended changes should be implemented only by Union Railways
ministry in the first five years including the resolution of the
social cost issue.
Background
Union government had constituted the high-level committee in September
2014 to restructure the Railways and suggest ways for resource
mobilisation.
It was seven-member panel headed by eminent economist and NITI Aayog
member Bibek Debroy.
The other 6 members are former cabinet secretary
**K M Chandrasekhar
**Gusharan Das
**Ravi Narain,
**Partha Mukhopadhyay
**Rajendra Kashyap
**Ajay Tyagi
**Ajay Narayan Jha.
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