Railways can generate 1 mn jobs but the system is slow: Piyush Goyal at WEF

Over the years, the system that has been created is slow to move, said Goyal at World Economic Forum

While the Indian Railways is already one of the country’s biggest employers, the scope of creating one million jobs is immense, said Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal at the World Economic Forum’s India summit on Thursday.

“We have the potential to create no less than a million jobs around railways if we can provide an enabling environment,” said Goyal. 

Giving an example, he said: “There are 2,000 railway stations that don’t have a booking office. So, rather than having a ticketing office, why not encourage a local entrepreneur from the village to book tickets and earn a