Cabinet nod to cooperation with EU commission on railway safety

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for a Science and Technology Cooperation pact between India and the US in a meeting on Wednesday. It also gave a go-ahead to some other proposals including administrative arrangement on cooperation in the field of Railways with the EU, interoperability, economic governance and financial sustainability of railways.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved administrative arrangement on cooperation between the Ministry of Railways and the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission to strengthen future technical exchanges and cooperation.

An official release said the administrative arrangement was signed on September 3.

It provides a framework of cooperation in several areas including rail safety, rail reform and regulations with particular emphasis on the impact of the EU legislative framework on safety, interoperability, economic governance and financial sustainability of railways.