Government approved the constitution of the Rail Development Authority (RDA) in April, 2017. The role/mandate of RDA inter-alia includes providing expert advice to Government to make informed decision on:-
Pricing of services commensurate with costs;
Measures for enhancement of non-fare Revenue;
Protection of consumer interests, by ensuring quality of service and cost optimization;
Promoting competition, efficiency and economy;
Creating positive environment for investment;
Providing framework for non-discriminatory open access to the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) infrastructure and others in future;
Suggesting measures to absorb new technologies for achieving desired efficiency and performance standards;
Suggesting measures for human resource development to achieve any of its stated objectives, etc.
