CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) for India – 2030. The Plan is to create a ‘future ready’ Railway system by 2030. The NRP is aimed to formulate strategies based on both operational capacities and commercial policy initiatives to increase modal share of the Railways in freight to 45%.

Detailed explanation-2: -The system (FOTS/TMS) shall track and flag when remaining balance of Freight Advance is less than total of peak two day’s freight equivalent. The generation of RR from Advance Freight shall stop at this point, and system shall revert to realization of freight payment through e-payment system.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 15 August 2021, PM Narendra Modi launched PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan for Multimodal Connectivity. Essentially, it is a digital platform to bring 16 Ministries including Railways and Roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Railways has launched two long haul freight trains “Trishul” and “Garuda”-which are twice or multiple times longer than the normal composition of freight trains. These long haul trains provide a very effective solution to the problem of capacity constraints in critical sections.