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• v • t • e The Minister of Railways is the head of the List of Railway Ministers [ ] No. Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Political party 1 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1year, 38days 2 22 September 1948 13 May 1952 3years, 234days 3 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4years, 208days 4 7 December 1956 10 April 1962 5years, 124days 5 10 April 1962 21 September 1963 1year, 164days 6 21 September 1963 8 June 1964 261days 7 9 June 1964 12 March 1967 2years, 276days 8 13 March 1967 14 February 1969 1year, 338days 9 14 February 1969 4 November 1969 263days 10 4 November 1969 18 February 1970 106days 11 18 February 1970 17 March 1971 1year, 27days 12 18 March 1971 22 July 1972 1year, 126days 13 23 July 1972 4 February 1973 196days 14 5 February 1973 2 January 1975 1year, 331days 15 11 February 1975 23 March 1977 2years, 40days 16 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 2years, 124days (13) 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168days (15) 14 January 1980 12 November 1980 303days 17 12 November 1980 14 January 1982 1year, 63days 18 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 230days 19 2 September 1982 31 December 1984 2years, 120days 20 (Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards) 31 December 1984 24 June 1986 1year, 175days 21 (As Minister of Transport) 24 June 1986 21 October 1986 119days 22 (Independent Charge) 22 October 1986 2 December 1989 3years, 41days 23 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 343days 24 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212days 25 21 June 1991 17 October 1995 4years, 118days 26 1 Ju...

Source: Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician and former Education and work [ ] Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Vaishnaw did his schooling at St. Anthony's Convent School, Jodhpur, and at Mahesh School, Jodhpur. He graduated from After his MBA, Vaishnaw came back to India and joined In 2012, he quit the corporate sector and set up Three Tee Auto Logistics Private Limited and Vee Gee Auto Components Private Limited, both automotive components manufacturing units in Gujarat. Years in civil services [ ] In 1994, Vaishnaw joined the In 2006, he became deputy chairman of He took an educational loan to complete his MBA at the Political career [ ] Vaishnaw is currently a In 2019, Vaishnaw argued in the Parliament that the economic slowdown faced then by India was cyclical in nature and was not a structural slowdown, and that it was likely to bottom out by March 2020 and would be followed by solid growth. Vaishnaw firmly believes that the way to build the country is to put the money in investment rather than putting money in consumption. Vaishnaw also supported the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on 5 December 2019 in Rajya Sabha. He believed the step of reducing or rather rationalizing the tax structure would increase the competitiveness of Indian industry and would also develop the capital base of the Indian industry. While supporting, he further argued that the particular rationalization of tax structure would help corp...

India’s railways minister has said the country’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades was caused by an error in electronic signals that sent a train on to the wrong tracks. Ashwini Vaishnaw said the full investigation into Friday’s crash in the eastern state of Odisha, which killed at least 275 people and injured more than 1,000, was still under way but “the root cause has been identified”. Read more The impact of the collision, which took place as the Coromandel Express was travelling at 80mph, was momentous. The crash caused the engine and the first four or five coaches to jump the tracks, topple and hit the last two coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express heading in the opposite direction, causing several carriages of that train to also derail. Vaishnaw would not confirm if the human error or interference had played a role in the signalling malfunction. “Who has done it and what is the reason will come out of an investigation,” he added. The railways ministry has also sought a criminal investigation into the incident by the Central Bureau of Investigation, a government agency. Two officials of the Railway Board also confirmed that the train had been given a green signal to proceed down the loop track and had not been over the speed limit at the time of the collision. Jaya Varma Sinha, a member of the Railway Board, said failure of the track management system was the main focus of investigations. The computer-controlled “interlocking system”, which is...

Former IAS Officer Ashwini Vaishnaw has taken charge as India's new Railways Minister and IT Minister in the first major cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on July 8, 2021. Ashwini Vaishnaw is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha. He has been appointed the Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. The 50-year-old has replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad as Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and succeeded Piyush Goyal, who has been in charge of the Ministries of Commerce and Industry; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Textiles. After taking charge, the first-time Minister said that Railways is a major part of PM Modi's vision and he will work to make the vision a reality. He said that "PM Modi's vision for railways is to transform the lives of the people, that everyone - common man, farmers, the poor - gets the benefit of the railway. I will work for that vision." Railway is a major part of PM Modi's vision. His vision for railways is to transform the lives of the people, that everyone - common man, farmers, the poor - gets the benefit of railway. I will work for that vision: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw? • Ashwini Vaishnaw is an IIT-Kanpur alumnus, as he did his MTech from the institute in the industrial and management engineering department. He is a resident of Pali District Near Jodhpur, Rajastha...

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India’s railways minister has said the country’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades was caused by an error in electronic signals that sent a train on to the wrong tracks. Ashwini Vaishnaw said the full investigation into Friday’s crash in the eastern state of Odisha, which killed at least 275 people and injured more than 1,000, was still under way but “the root cause has been identified”. Read more The impact of the collision, which took place as the Coromandel Express was travelling at 80mph, was momentous. The crash caused the engine and the first four or five coaches to jump the tracks, topple and hit the last two coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express heading in the opposite direction, causing several carriages of that train to also derail. Vaishnaw would not confirm if the human error or interference had played a role in the signalling malfunction. “Who has done it and what is the reason will come out of an investigation,” he added. The railways ministry has also sought a criminal investigation into the incident by the Central Bureau of Investigation, a government agency. Two officials of the Railway Board also confirmed that the train had been given a green signal to proceed down the loop track and had not been over the speed limit at the time of the collision. Jaya Varma Sinha, a member of the Railway Board, said failure of the track management system was the main focus of investigations. The computer-controlled “interlocking system”, which is...

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• v • t • e The Minister of Railways is the head of the List of Railway Ministers [ ] No. Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Political party 1 15 August 1947 22 September 1948 1year, 38days 2 22 September 1948 13 May 1952 3years, 234days 3 13 May 1952 7 December 1956 4years, 208days 4 7 December 1956 10 April 1962 5years, 124days 5 10 April 1962 21 September 1963 1year, 164days 6 21 September 1963 8 June 1964 261days 7 9 June 1964 12 March 1967 2years, 276days 8 13 March 1967 14 February 1969 1year, 338days 9 14 February 1969 4 November 1969 263days 10 4 November 1969 18 February 1970 106days 11 18 February 1970 17 March 1971 1year, 27days 12 18 March 1971 22 July 1972 1year, 126days 13 23 July 1972 4 February 1973 196days 14 5 February 1973 2 January 1975 1year, 331days 15 11 February 1975 23 March 1977 2years, 40days 16 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 2years, 124days (13) 30 July 1979 14 January 1980 168days (15) 14 January 1980 12 November 1980 303days 17 12 November 1980 14 January 1982 1year, 63days 18 15 January 1982 2 September 1982 230days 19 2 September 1982 31 December 1984 2years, 120days 20 (Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards) 31 December 1984 24 June 1986 1year, 175days 21 (As Minister of Transport) 24 June 1986 21 October 1986 119days 22 (Independent Charge) 22 October 1986 2 December 1989 3years, 41days 23 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 343days 24 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212days 25 21 June 1991 17 October 1995 4years, 118days 26 1 Ju...

Source: Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician and former Education and work [ ] Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Vaishnaw did his schooling at St. Anthony's Convent School, Jodhpur, and at Mahesh School, Jodhpur. He graduated from After his MBA, Vaishnaw came back to India and joined In 2012, he quit the corporate sector and set up Three Tee Auto Logistics Private Limited and Vee Gee Auto Components Private Limited, both automotive components manufacturing units in Gujarat. Years in civil services [ ] In 1994, Vaishnaw joined the In 2006, he became deputy chairman of He took an educational loan to complete his MBA at the Political career [ ] Vaishnaw is currently a In 2019, Vaishnaw argued in the Parliament that the economic slowdown faced then by India was cyclical in nature and was not a structural slowdown, and that it was likely to bottom out by March 2020 and would be followed by solid growth. Vaishnaw firmly believes that the way to build the country is to put the money in investment rather than putting money in consumption. Vaishnaw also supported the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 on 5 December 2019 in Rajya Sabha. He believed the step of reducing or rather rationalizing the tax structure would increase the competitiveness of Indian industry and would also develop the capital base of the Indian industry. While supporting, he further argued that the particular rationalization of tax structure would help corp...

Former IAS Officer Ashwini Vaishnaw has taken charge as India's new Railways Minister and IT Minister in the first major cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on July 8, 2021. Ashwini Vaishnaw is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha. He has been appointed the Minister of Railways, Minister of Communications and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology. The 50-year-old has replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad as Minister of Communications, and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology and succeeded Piyush Goyal, who has been in charge of the Ministries of Commerce and Industry; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Textiles. After taking charge, the first-time Minister said that Railways is a major part of PM Modi's vision and he will work to make the vision a reality. He said that "PM Modi's vision for railways is to transform the lives of the people, that everyone - common man, farmers, the poor - gets the benefit of the railway. I will work for that vision." Railway is a major part of PM Modi's vision. His vision for railways is to transform the lives of the people, that everyone - common man, farmers, the poor - gets the benefit of railway. I will work for that vision: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw? • Ashwini Vaishnaw is an IIT-Kanpur alumnus, as he did his MTech from the institute in the industrial and management engineering department. He is a resident of Pali District Near Jodhpur, Rajastha...