India, April 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Every day, Indian Railways moves over two crore passengers across one of the world's largest and most complex rail networks, running more than 25,000 trains daily across 14,000-plus passenger services. For decades, the public conversation around railways centred on expansion and connectivity. Since 2014, however, a fundamental policy reset placed safety at the core of all operations. The results, now visible in hard data, reflect a transformation that is structural, technological, and financial in equal measure.
The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, writing in a national publication, noted that globally, railway safety is measured through fatalities o...