The Indian Railways Report 2001 : Policy Imperatives for Reinvention and Growth (3 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I : Executive Summary : 1. Key issues facing Indian Railways. 2. Rail restructuring : global experiences and their implications for Indian Railways. 3. The demand for and supply of railway services : trends and prospects. 4. The future of Indian Railways : investment requirements 2001-2016. 5. Financing Indian Railways (2001-2016). 6. Financing plan for the strategic high growth scenario. 7. Railways restructuring : using information technology for greater efficiency. 8. Reinventing Indian Railways.

Vol. II : The Main Report : Part I : I. Key issues facing Indian Railways : 1. The Indian Railways: background. 2. Current activities. 3. Role of the railways. 4. Organisation. 5. Finance. 6. The new economic context. 7. Issues facing Indian Railways. 8. Indian Railways: purpose. 9. Proposed purpose statement. II. Rail restructuring : global experiences and their implications for Indian Railways :1. Introduction. 2. Why restructure? Reasons for changing track. 3. How to restructure : approaches to change. 4. Was restructuring worth the effort? 5. Implications for Indian Railways. III. The demand for and supply of railway services : trends and prospects : 1. Introduction. 2. Trends in freight and passenger traffic. 3. A general analysis of underlying factors. 4. GDP growth, household incomes and the potential for railway traffic. 5. Price sensitivity of freight and passenger traffic. 6. Simulations of revenue growth. 7. Strategic imperatives. IV. The future of Indian Railways : investment requirements 2001-2016 : 1. Introduction. 2. Five decades of planning in Indian Railways. 3. Recent investment patterns 1985-2000. 4. Railways resources : trends and prospects. 5. Planning systems and processes. 6. Investing for growth. 7. Scenarios for Indian Railways 2001-16. 8. Summary and conclusions. Annexes : 1. Basis for assessment of common items in all three investment scenarios. 2. Investment scenario : business as usual low growth. 3. Investment scenario : business as usual medium growth. 4. Investment scenario : strategic high growth.

Vol. II : The Main Report : Part II : V. Financing Indian Railways (2001-2016) : 1. Introduction. 2. IR’s financial structure and accounts. 3. The need for recasting accounts. 4. The capital restructuring exercise. 5. Building IR’s future : three growth scenarios. 6. Comparison of the three scenarios : value drivers. 7. Strategic high growth : sensitivity analysis. 8. Summary. Appendices : 1. Indian Railways balance sheet. 2. IR profit and loss account. 3. Nominal prices and price-of-today. 4. Financial model of IR. VI. Financing plan for the strategic high growth scenario : 1. Introduction. 2. Strategic high growth financing plan. 3. Perspective of the strategic high growth plan. 4. Summary. Appendices : 1. Glossary of financial terms. 2. Schedule of preference capital from GOI. 3. Multilateral financing plan. 4. Break up of market borrowings into deep discount bonds, zero-coupon bonds and medium term notes. 5. Balance sheet of reorganised IR. 6. Financial and credit ratios. Annexes : 1. Present domestic debt market. 2. Alternative means of raising finances. 3. Railways pension fund. VII. Railways restructuring : using information technology for greater efficiency : 1. The need for IT in Indian Railways. 2. Using information technology to increase efficiency and support organisational changes. 3. Current state of key IT systems in Indian Railways. 4. Information technology initiatives needed. 5. Organising for managing new initiatives. VIII. Reinventing Indian Railways : 1. Situation assessment : a great institution in a great industry. 2. The choice : to repair or to reinvent. 3. International lessons learned : their relevance to IR. 4. Design principles. 5. A sharper vision. 6. Recommendations. 7. The railways in 2006. Annex : profiles of members of the proposed Indian Railways executive board. Statistical appendix.