The Government has issued the Draft Final Report of the National Rail Plan and the same is available on the official web site of Ministry of Railways.

National Rail Plan aims at providing a long term perspective planning for augmenting the Railway Network. Suggestions and inputs from all stakeholders including Ministries, departments, sectors, customers etc. are being incorporated in the Plan. All possible financial models including Public Private Partnership model are being considered to achieve the objectives of National Rail Plan.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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