Going one step further to privatise the largest employer in India – The Indian Railways, the Modi government is all set to hand over 50 origin-destination routes to private operators in the near future.

A meeting in this regard was held by the Railways Board - the apex body under the Ministry of Railways on Friday.

According to sources, it was decided in the meeting that private players would be given permission to introduce/run “modern” trains also in order to increase the revenue of the Railways.