MAKE IN INDIA INITIATIVES of Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in the year 2016
1.0Contract Awarded for the setting up of Electric Locomotive Manufacturing Factory at Madhepura in Bihar and Deisel Manufacturing Factory at Marhowrah in Bihar.
1.1 GE, the lowest bidder for the Marhowrah diesel locomotive factory, is expected to manufacture the 1,000 locomotives over 10 years.
1.2 While 100 will...
more... be imported, the rest will be manufactured in Marhowrah.
1.3 There will be two types of diesel locomotives—4,500 horsepower (HP) and 6,000 HP—manufactured by GE.
1.4 Alstom, the lowest bidder for Madhepura Electric locomotive factory, will manufacture 800 high-power Electric locomotives in next 10 years.
1.5 It will manufacture 12,000 HP electric locomotives to be used for heavy haulage.
1.6 According to the contract,while 5 diesel loco will be imported, and remaining 795 will be manufactured in Madhepura.
1.7 “This infrastructure project is further evidence of India’s position as a growth engine for Asia,” said GE chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt.
2.0 Rail Coach Factory set up at Kanchrapara,West Bengal in the year 2016.
3.0 Electric Loco Assembly & Ancillary Unit of CLW set up at Dankuni in West Bengal in the year 2016.
4.0 LHB Bogie Manufacturing Factory set up at Budge Budge, West Bengal.
5.0 Foundation stone laid for Rolling Stock Component Factory at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.