The discussions in Joint Working Group focused on Freight and Passenger Cars, Railway Electrification Equipment, Multimodal transport and tunneling technology.
MoU between Railways and DFID in green energy field approved by Cabinet
As part of its obligations & commitment to reduce carbon footprints, Indian Railways is taking several initiatives in the field of Green Energy to achieve the same. Complete electrification of Railway network has been approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs which will reduce its carbon footprint and will also improve its finances through a reduction in fuel cost. In line with this, a MoU was signed between the Ministry of Railways, & Department for International Development, the United Kingdom on 2nd Dec 2019 for collaboration on energy and sustainability.
Notifications/Consultation Papers/Recommendations/Policies and Directives
- Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (Meity) has released “Guidelines for Procurement of Cloud Services”
- Consultation Paper on Cloud Services
- Draft Telecommunication Consumer Education and Protection Fund (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019
- Recommendations on Allotment of spectrum to Indian Railways for Public Safety and Security services
- The Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019
- TRAI releases The Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2019