New Delhi, Jul 8 (KNN) In a move that will help business travellers, the Indian railways will provide workstations in select trains on payment basis and also have a computer assisted Enterprise Resource Planning Solution, Minister of Railways D V Sadananda Gowda announced today while presenting the Railway Budget 2014-15.

“In order to add best value to business travellers, the Indian Railways proposes to provide workstations in select trains on payment basis. Presenting the Railway Budget 2014-15 in Parliament today he said, a pilot project will be launched by this year,” Gowda said in his budget speech.

He said that Indian Railways is also going for a computer assisted Enterprise Resource Planning Solution, so that synergy is brought in.

Some of the other initiatives that will be taken up are – Wi-fi Services in all A1 and A category stations and in select trains; Extension of Computerized Parcel Management System; Extension of logistics support to various e-commerce Companies by providing designated pick-up centres at identified Stations etc; Mobile based Wakeup Call System and Destination Arrival Alert for passengers; paperless offices in Indian Railways in 5 years etc.

The Railways Minister has also proposed the setting up of an Innovations Incubation Centre to harness the ideas generated from the staff of Indian Railways and convert them into practical solutions to increase efficiency of the system.

He said that innovations which result in cost saving as well as revenue generation will be suitably rewarded in the form of incentive.

As part of this exercise, it has also been proposed to set up summer internships for the undergraduates of engineering and management studies. Students can intern at any of the various units of Railways i.e. Division, PSUs and Production Units.   (KNN/SD)