It will be reduced to 150 with 50 officers of director and above level being transferred to the zonal railways. The move was part of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal's 100-day agenda and a top priority for present Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav. Restructuring of the Railway Board was also recommended by the Bibek Debroy Committee on Indian Railways in 2015. The panel said in its report that the Indian Railways' centralised structure and departmentalisation was adversely affecting the railways' work culture and narrowing its approach to department-specific goals. Restructuring of the Railway Board is just the beginning of an overhaul of the ministry, sources indicated.

Source: Mint October 20, 2019 09:33 UTC