Prelims: Current events of national and international importance
Why in News?
Recently, the Railways Minister said that Indian Railways is rapidly emerging as a major exporter of bogies, coaches, locomotives, and propulsion systems under the "Make in India, Make for the World" Vision.
- India's Leadership - India is leading 27 and supports 40 more signaling projects worldwide.
- Driving innovation - Through supporting 120+ projects worldwide, focusing on next-gen signaling using IoT, AI, blockchain, and cybersecurity by Bangalore’s Digital Experience Centre.
- Rising India’s Rail Products exports - Including
- Metro Coaches - Exported to Australia, Canada
- Bogies - Shipped to UK, Saudi Arabia, France, and Australia
- Propulsion Systems - Supplied to France, Mexico, Romania, Spain, Germany, and Italy
- Passenger Coaches - Delivered to Mozambique, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
- Locomotives - Exported to Mozambique, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the Republic of Guinea
- Critical Rail Components exports - Savli Unit, Driving the Vision to “Design, Develop, and Deliver for the World” has successfully exported over 3,800 bogies to countries including Germany, Egypt, Sweden, Australia, and Brazil,
- more than 4,000 flatpacks (modules) supplied to Vienna, Austria.
- Maneja Unit has made a significant contribution by exporting over 5,000 propulsion systems to various global projects.
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Alstom's Savli Facility
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- It is in Vadodara, Gujarat a key manufacturing hub for railway rolling stock in India.
- features - Practice of designing customised solutions for each order an innovation Indian Railways could emulate
- Future programme – Proposed training With Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya through a creative and collaborative framework.
- Actively collaborating with 21 Alstom sites worldwide.
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- Potential – It can help achieving make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives
- Significance - Creating employment opportunities in India by the export of railway components to multiple countries.
- Engineers and workers are now gaining expertise in international standards, which is a major success of the Make in India mission.
Reference
PIB | Indian Railway Product Exports
