Rakesh Mohan, senior fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and distinguished fellow, Brookings India has said that while scrapping the separate Railway Budget is a positive move, the government has not yet clarified what it plans to do to make the railways more efficient. In an e-mail interview to Udit Misra, Mohan said little improvement has taken place over the years despite there being no dearth of information on what needs to be done. Excerpts:
In your 2001 report you had remarked “From the point of view of investment strategy, the most undesirable feature of the annual Budget exercise
In your 2001 report you had remarked “From the point of view of investment strategy, the most undesirable feature of the annual Budget exercise

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