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The Ministry of Railways is looking at a complete redesign of coaches and even procurement of full train rakes from foreign suppliers, provided they set up their facility here to comply with the ‘Make in India’ policy. At a high-level meeting chaired by Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal, Members of the Railway Board and top suppliers of rolling stock/propulsion systems held in New Delhi, it was informed that the Railways would be willing to start import of complete train sets from foreign suppliers if they agreed to establish the coach manufacturing facility in India. To meet global standards, the Railways would evolve standard eligibility criteria for propulsion systems as was done by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs that operates the Metro Railway.
