Dedicated freight corridor prioritisation to accelerate time bound delivery using innovative financing and PPPs.
Priority designation for expansion of freight rail infrastructure is announced for three Dedicated Freight Corridors (Delhi-Chennai; Kharagpur-Mumbai; Kharagpur-Vijayawada), to be advanced on a high priority basis with structured planning, time bound award and implementation and use of innovative financing including public-private partnership. The announcement commits to imminent large scale civil works contract awards within the fiscal year and links corridor development to freight growth and economic and environmental benefits.

Non-fare revenue expansion to reach world average through station redevelopment, land and asset monetisation, advertising and parcel reform.
Indian Railways will pursue non-fare revenue diversification through station redevelopment, leasing land along tracks for productive uses including solar, monetizing passenger and operations data and IRCTC e-commerce opportunities, expanding advertising exploitation, liberalising the parcel business to serve sectors such as e-commerce, and increasing productivity and market orientation of manufacturing to generate targeted annualized revenues.

Reorganization of Railway Board to empower the Chairman and create cross functional directorates for commercial and operational focus.
Proposed Reorganization of Railway Board to align Indian Railways with a corporate objective by restructuring the Board along business lines, empowering the Chairman for unified leadership, and creating cross functional directorates focused on non fare revenue, speed enhancement, motive power and information technology; additionally, exploring cadre unification for recruitment and strengthening the PPP cell to improve ease of doing business.

Rail connectivity expansion advances with broad gauge conversions and tunnelling progress improving access to remote regions.
Better rail connectivity to the North Eastern States and Jammu & Kashmir is a priority, with broad gauge expansion and gauge-conversion projects integrating remote regions. The Lumding-Silchar broad gauge section is operational, Agartala is connected by broad gauge, and gauge-conversion works for Mizoram and Manipur are nearing commissioning. In Jammu & Kashmir the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla link shows substantive tunnelling on the Katra-Banihal section and decongestion and bridge-doubling works are progressing on the Jalandhar-Jammu line to improve capacity and access.

Disabled friendly stations and services expanded: accessible toilets, one-time disability registration, online wheelchair booking and Braille coaches.
Station redevelopment must deliver disabled-friendly infrastructure under the Accessible India Campaign, including at least one disabled-friendly toilet on each platform of A1 class stations; one-time registration for persons with disabilities to claim ticket concessions; online wheelchair booking; and introduction of Braille-enabled coaches, together with increased lower-berth quota for seniors and women and reserved middle bays for women.

Transparency in railway operations through e-procurement and paperless contract management to strengthen accountability and audits.
The Railways commits to comprehensive transparency by migrating recruitment, procurement and contract management onto e-platforms and piloting a paperless electronic contract lifecycle; it also delegates tender powers to Zonal Railways with defined Key Result Areas and MoUs for performance targets, and revamps internal audit through specialised teams and IT-based audit training to detect inefficiencies and strengthen accountability.