Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Switzerland

Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Switzerland on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector

  • On 4th October, 2017 the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Railways, Government of India and the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector.
  • The MoU was signed on on 31st August, 2017.
  • The MoU will enable technical cooperation in the following areas:-
    1. Traction Rolling stock
    2. EMU and train sets
    3. Traction Propulsion Equipments
    4. Freight and Passenger Cars
    5. Tilting Trains
    6. Railway Electrification Equipments
    7. Train scheduling and operation improvement
    8. Railway Station modernization
    9. Multimodal transport
    10. Tunneling technology

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171372