Lifeline of the Economy: Indian Railways

400 passengers traveled from Mumbai to Thane in 1853 on the first-ever rail of India. Since then, millions of us have traveled with the Indian Railways and made countless memories in our journeys.

Today, India's railway system is moving towards modernization at an accelerated pace. But how so?

We at Samagra, launched The Governance Matrix to explain the gap between the expectation of perfect outcomes and the reality of an imperfect system. It is a tool that can be used to assess the readiness of a government to implement initiatives successfully.

We launched a poll to know your perspective on the governance transformation journey of Railway Modernisation and this is what you shared with us!

Poll Results

Samagra Point of View (POV)

At Samagra, we also agree that, the governance system with respect to railway modernization is moving from being a 'Sleeping Giant' to 'Battle Ready'. The 'Political Salience' for modernizing railways - electrification of tracks, redevelopment of stations, introduction of state-of-the-art coaches and focus on passenger experience - has gone up in recent years. This has been on top of existing decent 'System Capacity' built over the decades - the extensive network, large and trained manpower, and presence of citizen-facing technology in ticketing, etc.

For more understanding of the Governance Matrix, refer to this video explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HICuohFyA

Let us know what you would like to hear more and stay tuned for our next poll!