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East India (Railway Committee 1920-21). Report of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for India to enquire into the administration and working of Indian Railways Report

1921

(In considering the question of the Indian Railway the Committee will take note of the decision' to remove the man tit that railway to India which was arrived at when the comet with the present' Company :wag extended on the amended terms in 1919.) Origin of Committee. [...] Terms of Reference."4 (2) To examine the functions status and constitution of the Railway Board and the system ocontrol exercised by the Government of India over the railway administration and trecommend such modifications if any as are necessary for the adequate disposal of the railway business of the Government. [...] (3) To consider arrangements for the financing of railways in India and in particular the feasibility of the greater utilisation of private enterprise and capital in the construction of new lines. [...] 3. By a letter dated the llth November 1920 from the India Office the Committewere authorised to read the first line of the reference as To consider more especially as regards the railways owned by the State. " ; and to understand the phrase " the Government of India" in its widest meaning and not in the technical sense of the Governor-General in Council. [...] It has been mentioned that the present enquiry was the direct outcome of the consideration of the case of the East Indian Railway necessitated by the approaching termination—in December 1919.—of the contract ; but it is clear that in any case the Lime had arrived for a general examination of the whole Indian railway situation.
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I.Introductory
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Chapter II.Present Situation of the Indian Railways
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Chapter III.Finance and Financial Control
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Chapter IV.The Constitution Status and Functions of the Controlling Authority
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Chapter V.Relations Between Railways and their Customers
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Chapter VI.Miscellaneous Cognate Questions
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Chapter VII.Management and Finance
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Chapter VIII. Summary of Recommendations and Conclusion
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Reservation
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Appendices
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