This project was made to understand the latest Logistics & Supply Chain Management in Indian Railways.

1. Logistics & Supply Chain
Management
New Trends in Logistics in Railways

2. Indian Railway
 Type – Public Sector Undertaking
 Industry – Railways
 Founded – April 16 1853
 Headquarters – New Delhi, India
 Key People – D.V. Sadananda Gowda
 Services – Passenger Railway ,Freight Service ,Parcel Carrier , Catering and
Tourism Services.
 Revenue – Rs.1441.6 billion

3. Indian Rail Logistics
 The Indian Railways boasts of being the world’s 2nd largest rail network
spread over 81,511 km and covering 6896 stations.
 The freight segment accounts for roughly two thirds of railway’s revenues.
 The tonne/kilometre costs for Indian rail freight at three times that of China.
[Tata Iron &Steel].

4. Rail Freight Privatization
 Rail services have been liberalized.
 Reliance Industries, P&O ports, APL Logistics, Maersk, Central Warehousing
Corporation and Adani Logistics have shown interest in this sector.

5. Major trends in Indian Railways
 There is a rapid increase in demand for urban mass transportation systems in the country.
 Several metro rail projects are in progress to improve connectivity within cities; the Delhi
Metro has emerged as an internationally acclaimed venture.
 Indian Railways (IR) launched mobile ticketing services in August 2011 to make the ticket
issuing process more efficient. Users can directly buy a ticket from their mobiles that would be
delivered to them through a non-transferable SMS.
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6.  IR has attracted increasing investments from overseas through strategic
alliances with various countries over the last few years. Subsidiaries of foreign
companies are being set up to cater to the huge demand offered by IR.
 IR is planning to build seven high-speed rail corridors to provide faster rail
connectivity across the country. The trains will be capable of running at
speeds up to 300 kilometres per hour.

7. Thank You