Tata Group’s chairman Emeritus, Ratan Tata, will head a new innovative council of Indian Railways, called ‘Kaya Kalp’, formed to turn around the ailing State-run rail network. Besides Tata, the Kaya Kalp council will also have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and M Raghuvaiah.
(Ratan) Tata will head the Kaya Kalp council, while General Secretaries of All-India Railwaymen Federation and National Federation of Indian Railwaymen will also be the members of the council, according to railway spokesperson.
The spokesperson said more members would soon be inducted into the council, proposed by the Railway Minister in his Rail Budget speech to suggest ways to turn around the ailing public transporter adding that the terms and references are yet to be finalised.