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Railway Ministry launches mobile app for paperless unreserved ticketsApril 23, 2015 No comments

The Railway Ministry has launched ‘utsonmobile’, a mobile application for paperlessunreserved tickets.The application service was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in NewDelhi.This application will allow its passenger to buy a ticket on the move and to board thetrain with the ticket secured on his mobile phone in digital format, without any need forprinting the ticket.Initially, it has been launched as a pilot project and cover 15 stations in SouthernRailway. Later on it will be extended to entire country in phases.Key facts

The application has been developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems(CRIS).

It aims to eliminate the need for printing of unreserved tickets.The application provides necessary on-screen alerts to guide the passenger during thebooking process.Payment for the ticket will be done through the Railway Wallet, a feature inbuilt in theApp.

Passenger will get ticket confirmation on their mobile screen after booking the ticketwhich will contain limited information of the ticket.This app can be downloaded from Windows Store and Google Play Store.

BackgroundThis paperless ticketing service using mobile applications comes in line withannouncement made by Union Government in the Union Railway Budget of February2015.

In this budget, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had announced that the IndianRailways is committed to Operation Five Minutes that is, purchase of an unreservedticket within five minutes and launching of paperless unreserved mobile ticket is thefirst step in this area.

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Indian Railways launches E-Samiksha to monitor rail projects onlineApril 21, 2015 1 Comment

Indian Railways on 21 April 2015 launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring

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mechanism.E-Samiksha aims at monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects of IndianRailways on real-time basis including Rail Budget proposals.It was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.

Facts about E-SamikshaE-Samiksha is designed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).It has been developed to make it a highly interactive web-based, user-friendly andcustomised system.

E-Samiksha will be used to monitor budget-related projects and also for monitoringthe infrastructure target and board meeting follow-up.Currently, it is being used by Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office and otherMinistries for monitoring progress implementation of various programmes and follow-up of meetings.

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RVNL Sings MoU with Private Sector Dighi Port Limited for RailConnectivity

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 18 April2015 between Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and Dighi PortLimited.The MoU will facilitate construction of 34 km of railway linkbetween Roha and Dighi Port in Raigad district of Maharashtra.The project cost is estimated around Rs. 723 crore.

It was signed in the presence of Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and MaharashtraChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai.Dighi Port is the first non- major private sector seaport in Maharashtra located on thebanks of Rajapuri Creek in Raigad district over 150 km from Mumbai.The port is being developed by Balaji Infra Projects Ltd (BIPL) under a 50 year Build,Own, Operate, Share, Transfer (BOOST) concession agreement.The agreement was signed by BIPL with the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB),Government of Maharashtra in order to develop, operate, finance and maintain the Port.Tags: Indian Railways • Maharashtra

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