MoC & MoU between Indian Railways and Government of Russian Federation

Question: On 5 Oct 2018 Indian Railways entered into Memorandum of Cooperation & Memorandum of Understanding with which of the following country?
(a)Russia
(b)Denmark
(c)Spain
(d)Israel
Ans: (a)
Related Facts:

  • On 5thOctober, 2018 Ministry of Railways of the Republic of India and the Joint Stock Company ‘Russian Railways’ signed Memorandum of Cooperation( MoC). The MoC intends to carry forward the activities taken up under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries on 24thDecember, 2015.

The Memorandum of Cooperation includes:

  • Implementation of speed up gradation project of Nagpur-Secunderabad section




  • Setting up of single traffic control centre for managing mixed traffic at local level
  • Best practices in freight cargo operation
  • Development of multi modal terminals and
  • Exchange of best technologies being practiced by the two countries.




  • Training and advanced qualification improvement of Indian railway employees with the involvement of Russian railway-related higher education establishments.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU):

  • A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation for development of cooperation in transport education.




  • The MoU aims at providing organizational and methodological support to higher educational institutions implementing joint projects in the field of transport education of both countries.
  • It also envisages cooperation between Russian University of Transport and the National Rail Transportation Institute, Vadodara, to jointly organize educational transport seminars, including participation in shaping their themes, facilitating the search for partners, and also to organize mutual visits and preparation of methodical and regulatory documents.

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