Piyush Goyal winds up Prabhu's pet schemes

The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT plan and the transformation cell

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is changing the tracks set by his predecessor, Suresh Prabhu.

After overhauling the Rs 1-lakh crore station redevelopment plan, Goyal has now spiked two pet schemes and directorates set up by his predecessor. 

The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT (information, communication and technology) plan and the transformation cell.

Prabhu had set up four directorates during his tenure as the railway minister — mobility, non-fare revenue, One ICT and the transformation cell. The One ICT directorate was created to set up an integrated software that would have brought various