Allowing private investment in Rail infrastructure - S.O. 2113(E) - Indian Law

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22 nd August, 2014 S.O. 2113(E).- In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 29B of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Industry, erstwhile Department of Industrial Development, number S.O. 477(E), dated, the 25th July, 1991, namely: In the said notification in Schedule-I relating to the proposed list of industries to be reserved for the public sector, for the item number 8, the following shall be substituted, namely: 8. Railway operations other than construction, operation and maintenance of the following: (i) suburban corridor projects through Public Private Partnership; (ii) high speed train projects; (iii) dedicated freight lines; (iv) rolling stock including train sets, and locomotives or coach manufacturing and maintenance facilities; (v) railway electrification; (vi) signaling systems; (vii) freight terminals; (viii) passenger terminals; (ix) infrastructure in industrial park pertaining to railway line or sidings including electrified railway lines and connectivities to main railway line; and (x) mass rapid transport systems . [F. No. 7(2)/2014-IL(IP)] SHUBHRA SINGH, Jt. Secy. Note: The Principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, vide number S.O. 477(E), dated the 25th July, 1991 and last amended vide number S.O. 1881(E), dated the 30th July, 2010.