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Indian Railway Undertakings and other Organizations

As many as 16 Public Sector Undertakings and other Organisations are functioning under the Ministry of Railways, as detailed below -

1. RITES ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -1974 )

Core competence - To design, establish, provide, operate, maintain and perform engineering, technical and consultancy services for development of projects/systems of all types and descriptions pertaining to Railways and Other Sectors/Industries in India and outside India.

2. IRCON ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -1976 )

Core competence - To undertake construction activities in India and abroad on turnkey basis or otherwise in various fields of infrastructure like Railways, Bridges, Roads, Highways, Industrial and Residential Complexes, Airports, etc.

3. CRIS ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -1986 )

Core competence - To provide consultancy and IT services to IR as partners to conceptualize and realize technology initiatives, to build new products or services and to implement prudent business and technology strategies.

4. IRFC ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -1986 )

Core competence - To raise funds from the market to part finance the Plan Outlay of IR.

5. CONCOR ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -1988 )

Core competence - To develop multi-modal logistics support for India’s international and domestic containerized cargo and trade.

Core competence -To utilize the surplus telecom capacity and right of way available with the IR to build nationwide optical fibre cable based broadband telecom and multimedia network.

8. IRCTC ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -2001 )

Core competence -To undertake catering and tourism activities of the Railways. Also facilitates internet ticketing through its website.

9. PRCL ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -2001 )

Core competence -To execute the Surendranagar-Rajula-Pipavav Port gauge conversion and new line projects in Gujarat

10. RVNL ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -2003 )

Core competence -To create and augment the capacity of rail infrastructure. To mobilize resources mainly through multilateral/bilateral funding agencies and also through domestic market for successful implementation of projects.

11. RLDA ( Year of Incorporation/ Inception -2005 )

Core competence -To develop vacant railway land for commercial use for the purpose of generating revenue by non-tariff measures for IR.