Mangipudi Vasudev 124 days ago

What led or rather compelled the Govt to take this decision of privatising the monolithic Railways is that perhaps,it dawned on the Govt czars that any reforms within its present management structure is well nigh impossible. So the Govt resigned itself and desisted from any serious efforts in bringing drastic changes to make it commercially viable. So,it took the lethargic route of privatisation. But then, I understand that not so long ago ,the Railways was run by private companies even in the early 20th Century under the Agents representing East India Company (known as "kampany" by natives) ,which later became British crown ,of individual companies like Great Indian Peninsular Railway,Madras & Southern Maratha railway,East Indian Railways & many more, with their own fare and freight structures. Perhaps,it is a return to the golden past. If the individual rail "kampanies" are free to fix their fare,how would a passenger pay the fare if his journey ,who stretches over over two routes managed by two different kampanies. Would there be uniformity in pricing. Medicines or for that matter any other products with same formulations or ingredients or raw materials are are priced differently by different companies with value additions or not because a consumer has little or no knowledge about price fixing mechanism ,the companies adopt.So,,,,,,,,,?