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Such brainstorming and large-scale planning involving all railway employees is taking place for the first time in the 163-year-long history of the Indian Railways.

With an aim to provide convenience to passengers, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday announced four new categories of trains.

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday announced four new categories of trains, one for unreserved passengers and three for reserved ones, which will be operational in the next couple of months.

We are below 9 percent now. The losses have been brought down from 53 percent when Tata Power took over in 2002.

Eight states have issued bonds worth over Rs 98,959.96 crore under UDAY Bonds scheme in 2015-16, which is aimed at improving operational and financial efficiency of state power distribution companies

Railways is gearing up to introduce a few special services with improved passenger amenities for which the regular fares will not be applicable.

Stressing that government's mission is to have 'one nation, one grid, one price', Power Minister Piyush Goyal said that electricity is available at same rate of Rs 4.40 per unit across India.

The RBI today asked market participants interested in subscribing to the special securities under UDAY scheme through private placement route to approach it by March 30

Rajasthan has issued Rs 28,455 crore bonds under UDAY scheme, meant for the revival of power distribution companies, to 26 banks at an interest rate of 8.39 percent.

Punjab has become the seventh state today to join UDAY scheme meant for the revival of discoms that will help it save Rs 5,475 crore in the next three years under the programme.

The government will retain a 70 percent stake and NTPC remains of strategic importance.

Taking aim at the government's Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY), the Consumer Unity and Trust Society International (CUTS) today said the scheme is only going to add to the woes of the electricity distribution sector already burdened with huge losses.