Corruption in Railways - Solutions
Based on your inputs related to solutions for corruption in railways, below is a summary of key solutions.
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We will be compiling the whitepaper shortly and will be submitting it to the Railway Ministry for actions.
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Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Corruption in Railways – Solutions
1. The authority given to the railway employees should be curtailed
2. Salaries of the railway employees should be bought at par with private sector
3. A turn-around-time should be set for every process
4. Railway policies should be simplified so that a common man could understand it
5. A proper complaint redressal mechanism should be set up
6. Daily working of the railways should be computerised
7. Manual interaction from the tendering process should be minimised
8. Managers should keep a keep a tight tab over the employees to churn out optimum performance
9. Railway employees should undergo performance reviews every year
10. Railway should be run professionally as a separate commercial corporation with latest HR procedures
11. Railway recruitment should be computerised
12. The goods transport department should be streamlined
13. Only authorised vendors should be allowed in the trains/on the stations
14. Controls of the top brass should be tightened so that sincerity and uniformity flows down the ladder
15. Bring transparency and device procedures in transactions so that one cannot indulge in corrupt means
16. VIP quota in trains should be abolished
17. Extra compartments should be added to trains on busy routes
18. IRCTC website should be updated with latest technology after regular intervals
19. Railway should be run professionally as a separate commercial corporation with latest HR procedures
20. Agents and touts should be banned
21. Officials caught taking bribes should be severely penalised. more