Government to ensure coal availability to power plants: Piyush Goyal

He also said that the government had no plans to privatise the Indian Railways

Union minister of railways and coal Piyush Goyal on Monday said the government had no plans to privatise the Indian Railways. However, a rail regulator is on the anvil with the government kicking off the process of recruitment.

Addressing a press conference on the four years of the government, Goyal said, “We are not going to privatise railways and there are no plans too.” This comes almost a month after the railways opened up the doors for private sector investment in rail cars that can move multiple commodities, which does not require any special approval, through general purpose wagon scheme.