Bankruptcy to Billions

How the Indian Railways Transformed

Kumar, Mehrotra

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English

OUP India
02 April 2009

Economic history; Railway transport industries

With around 1.4 million employees and 1.1 million pensioners, one of the world's largest railway networks (over 63,332 kms of routes) running approximately 15,000 trains each day, the Indian Railways is one of the world's largest state-owned, single-management enterprises, second only to China's.

This book is a case study of how the Indian Railways were transformed in three years, counter intuitively, under the leadership of Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, the current Minister of Railways. Defining and assessing the existing policy approach to reforming large state-owned enterprises that provide economic infrastructure, the book explains in depth why the prescriptive approach to reforms was not applicable to the Indian Railways. It shows how through an unconventional, egalitarian approach the railways transformed from near bankruptcy to a US$ 5 billion annual surplus while retaining state ownership. This case study helps to distil lessons for other state-owned enterprises whereby they can improve infrastructure services in developing countries. This book will prove indispensable for policymakers, management professionals, academics, as well as general readers interested in knowing the real story behind the sea change that Indian Railways has undergone in recent years.

By: Kumar, Mehrotra
Imprint: OUP India
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9780198060857
ISBN 10: 0198060858
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 02 April 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shagun Mehrotra is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Columbia University, New York. He has done research on infrastructure, economic development, and urban poverty in South-East Asia, China, and India. He has worked with the World Bank, and his advice has been sought for the United Nations Human Development Report (2006) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. Sudhir Kumar, IAS, is Officer on Special Duty to the Minister of Railways. Kumar's most significant contribution in the recent transformation of the railways is his pioneering work in assisting the Minister in crafting a reform strategy for the railways that does not burden the poor consumers. A student of Delhi School of Economics, he belongs to the 1982 Bihar cadre.