Railway Development Authority | 14 Mar 2020
- 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.
Source: PIB