Question : Which of the following fact regarding agreement between Coal India and CRIS are correct ?
(a) Agreement aims to monitor freight movement
(b) Agreement aims to monitor passenger movement
(c) Agreement aims to negotiate the disputes of Railways subsidiaries
(d) None of the above
Ans.(a)
Related facts
- Coal India has recently(February 2021) signed an agreement with Railways’ CRIS.
- Agreement aims to monitor freight movement.
- CRIS – stands for Centre for Railway Information Systems.
- It is an arm of Ministry of Railways, for frieght monitoring and data sharing.
- About the agreement(MoU)
- Under this agreement CIL will get access to the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) of Indian Railways, to help the coal miner monitor movement of coal rakes and coal despatch activity.
- The first of its kind data sharing offers CIL a bouquet of benefits that helps it in rationalizing the entire coal supply matrix through rail mode.
- It provides precise details of loading, weighment and unloading details along with turnaround time of rakes.