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East Coast Railways to engage ticket booking agents at small stations The agents will sell unreserved tickets through the computerised system, the official said, adding that they will get a commission Current Affairs :The East Coast Railway has chosen to draw in ticket booking specialists at little stations in its purview, authorities said on Thursday. The choice was taken in the setting of the railroads’ need on security related duties of Assistant Station Masters, who presently sell tickets at the little stations, an authority said. The operators will sell open tickets through the modernized framework, the authority stated, including that they will get a commission. The quantity of specialists at a station will be chosen by a board of trustees and individuals of the territory where these stations are found will be given inclination, he said. The automated open ticketing framework will be furnished by the railroads with support offices and power alongside free space...

Venture Highway raises $78 mn to fund early-stage tech companies in India With portfolio companies such as Meesho, Sharechat, Moglix, and Cars24, the early-stage investment firm has so far invested in 20 start-ups Current Affairs :Beginning time funding firm Venture Highway on Thursday said it has raised $78.6 million for its subsequent store concentrated on innovation seed interests in India. The new raise will be utilized for new interests in 30 beginning time organizations over the life of this store. Sponsored by famous financial specialists from Silicon Valley, the normal check size for this store is relied upon to be $1 million. “We are amazingly energetic about exhorting innovation business visionaries construct their organizations with our neighborhood and worldwide systems,” said Samir Sood, Founder, Venture Highway. Sood, who is a previous top Google official, established the Delhi-headquartered subsidize with Neeraj Arora, previous Global Business Head at Wh...

Railway recruits to be inducted through UPSC in 5 categories says Chairman Chairman, Railway Board, who will also be the CEO of the national transporter, will be an officer of Indian Railway Service and not from any other service Current Affairs :Every single newcomer in railroads will be drafted through the UPSC common administrations tests under five specialities, Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav said on Thursday, days after the Cabinet affirmed the merger of its eight administrations into one – the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). He said simply like hopefuls to the Union Public Service Commission, up-and-comers seeking to get into railroads should show up for their prelims after which they will demonstrate their inclination for IRMS under five specialities – four of them building specialities for ‘specialized’ tasks including common, mechanical, telecom and electrical, and one ‘non-specialized’ claim to fame which will enroll officials for records, work force ...

Passenger rail corridors on Delhi-Mumbai leg may foster private trains On these routes, the train speed would also be increased to above 160 kilometers per hour Current Affairs  :- In an exertion that may prepare for battle for getting private-run prepares in the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah extends, Indian Railways is presenting the idea of devoted traveler passageways in the nation. On these courses, the train speed would likewise be expanded to over 160 kilometers for each hour (kmph) throughout the following four or five years by redoing the whole flagging, tracks and fencing. Likewise as a wellbeing measure, Railways has arranged an arrangement to take out all the kept an eye on level intersections. All unmanned level intersections were killed during the last money related year. A draft Cabinet note has likewise been drifted to take out every one of the 2,565 kept an eye on level intersections on the whole brilliant quadrilateral and inclining courses inside fou...

Soon, use Railways’ plastic bottle crushers and get free mobile recharge Railways have issued directions that from October 2 this year, single-use plastic will not be used on its premises Current Affairs  :- Travelers going on IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will get a free rail travel protection of Rs 25 lakh each, offer of gear carried from their homes to seats at an expense and even have select parlors to unwind, as indicated by plans drafted by the railroad backup which will run its first train from one month from now. The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express prepares will be the primary trains to be controlled by the IRCTC, a railroad auxiliary, getting to be experiments for Indian Railways’ transition to hand over specific trains to private administrators. “Travelers of IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel protection. The travelers of this train will likewise be given the office of utilizing resigning rooms at ...

No tatkal, free insurance of Rs 25 lakh: IRCTC’s many firsts for Tejas The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains will be the first trains to be run by the IRCTC Current Affairs  :- Travelers going on IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will get a free rail travel protection of Rs 25 lakh each, offer of gear carried from their homes to seats at an expense and even have select parlors to unwind, as indicated by plans drafted by the railroad backup which will run its first train from one month from now. The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express prepares will be the primary trains to be controlled by the IRCTC, a railroad auxiliary, getting to be experiments for Indian Railways’ transition to hand over specific trains to private administrators. “Travelers of IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel protection. The travelers of this train will likewise be given the office of utilizing resigning rooms at Lucknow i...

Avail 25% discount on select train tickets from September 1, details here The scheme shall be applicable for AC chair car and executive chair car accommodation like in Shatabdi, Gatimaan, Tejas, Double Decker, Intercity trains among others, the railways said Current Affairs :- The railroads on Wednesday said that the plan presenting to 25 percent concession on trains with AC seat vehicle and official class sitting will be executed from September. The plan will be material for AC seat vehicle and official seat vehicle convenience like in Shatabdi, Gatimaan, Tejas, Double Decker, Intercity trains among others, the railroads said. Just prepares with month to month inhabitance of under 50 percent in the earlier year are qualified for the markdown, it said. Commercial Controlled BY PLAYSTREAM On Tuesday, PTI had revealed that railroads had arranged the plan to expand income just as inhabitance as it faces firm challenge from roadways and minimal effort air passages. T...

How much did Railways make fining ticketless travelers in 3 yrs? Rs 1377 cr As many as 8.9 million passengers were caught without tickets in the first 10 month of the current financial year Current Affairs :- Railroads’ income from fines on ticketless explorers has gone up by around 31 percent over the most recent three years, a RTI has found. Endeavors to check ticketless travel have brought about the Indian Railways acquiring an income of Rs 1,377 crore in fines somewhere in the range of 2016 and 2019, it said. In 2018, a Parliament Railway Convention Committee, which examined the railroads’ money related report of 2016-17, had communicated worry over the loss of income because of ticketless travel. Following this, the railroad load up guided its zonal rail routes to strengthen the drive against ticketless travel the nation over and fixed yearly focuses for each TTE. As indicated by the RTI documented by a Madhya Pradesh-based lobbyist, in 2016-2017, the railroads ...

Railways increases lower berth quota for senior citizens, women passengers In Rajdhani, Duronto and other fully air-conditioned express trains, the quota of reserved seats is seven SENIORCITIZENSDAY :- Railroads has improved the joined reservation quantity of lower compartments for senior residents and female travelers in mail, express trains and in Rajdhani and Duronto trains, an official request said Thursday. At present 12 lower compartments are reserved in sleeper, AC-3 level and AC-2 level classes for senior residents, female travelers – 45 years old or more – and pregnant ladies. In Rajdhani, Duronto and other completely cooled express trains, the share of saved seats is seven. “The issue has been evaluated and it has been chosen that the joined reservation share of lower births reserved for senior natives, female travelers 45 years old or more and pregnant ladies might be upgraded,” the request by the railroad board said. For mail express trains having single ...