<h1>Railway Board governance centralised under amendment, prompting autonomy concerns and calls for parliamentary committee scrutiny.</h1> The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 integrates the Railway Board into the 1989 Railway Act, making the central government responsible for appointment, qualifications and tenure of the Chairman and Board members, and establishes an independent regulator for fare oversight. Proponents argue the Bill confers legal sanction, strengthens the Board and delegates powers to zones and divisional managers; opponents assert it centralises governance, erodes the Board's functional autonomy, calls for committee scrutiny and stresses concerns about fares, safety, staffing and decentralisation.