INDIAN RAILWAYS – ORGANISATION SET UP

Railway Board was constituted by a resolution of Government of India on

18.02.1905. It is the chief administrative and executive body assisting the Railway Minister in the discharge of his assignment. Some important functions of the Railway Board are:-

• Policy Formulation
• Budgeting
• Project Implementation
• Inter Railway Co-ordination
• Inter Ministry Co-ordination

The Railway Board consists of –

CHAIRMAN (CRB)

Chairman Railway Board is responsible for policy decisions, intelligence, security, Vigilance, Public relations etc. CRB also advises the Government of India in the Matters of Railway policy. He is also the Ex- officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. All the members are ex-officio secretaries to the Government of India.

MEMBERS

Member Staff

Member Traffic

Member Rolling Stock

Member Electrical

Member Infrastructure

Financial Commissioner

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

SECRETARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, JOINT DIRECTORS, Dy-DIRECTORS

Attached offices to Railway Board

·         Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO), Lucknow.

·         Railway Liaison Office (RLO), New Delhi, etc.

      Subordinate offices to Railway Board.

·         Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

·         Indian Railway institute of Transportation Management,Lucknow.

·         Indian Railway institute of Civil Engineering, Pune.

·         Indian Railway institute of Signal Engineering Technology, Secunderabad.

·         Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Jamalpur.

·         Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik.

·         Railway Recruitment Board.

·         Railway Rates Tribunal.

·         Railway Claims Tribunal.

·         Railway Labour Tribunal etc.