Recently, Ministry of Railways have constituted a Group of Secretaries (GoS) for development of Railway Stations to world class standards and permit private passenger train operators to operate trains with world class technology over Indian Railway network.
The Group of Secretaries consists of the following:-
1) Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog – Chairman
2) Chairman, Railway Board – Member
3) Secretary, Depart of Economic Affairs – Member Ministry of Finance
4) Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs – Member
5) Financial Commissioner (Railways) – Member
Member (Engineering), Railway Board and Member (Traffic), Railway Board are the co-opted Members for their respective projects.
The Terms of Reference of the GoS will be as under:-
i) Approval of the bidding process along with Bid Documents including RFQ/RFP and Concession Agreements.
ii) Monitor the bidding process and to take decisions to ensure the awards of projects in a time bound manner.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
