What has been the manpower strategy?
The Railways has adopted manpower planning as a strategy for nearly 15 years now. Fresh creation of posts was allowed only for new assets and new activities and that too with matching surrender. The orientation now is to enhance competitiveness and permit manpower intake to meet the emerging business needs consistent with financial viability of the system. Did the shedding of non-core business add to the revenues? The Railways’ efforts to segregate core and non-core business resulted in the setting up of IRCTC (the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) to take care of catering service. RailTel came into being to exploit the opportunities in telecom business. A Memorandum of Understanding with Central Warehousing Corporation was entered into for setting up warehouses to provide total logistics solution to its customers. Freight Operating Information System achieved the same results for freight sector as Passenger Reservation System did in the 1980s to the passenger segment. P
