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Download Solution PDFWho has been appointed as chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board on 1 Jan, 2023?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Anil Kumar Lahoti
Key Points
- Anil Kumar Lahoti:
- Anil Kumar Lahoti has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Railway Board.
- He will be taking over the chairmanship from Vinay Kumar Tripathi on January 1,2023.
- Lahoti belongs to the 1984 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).
- His appointment is part of an overhaul of the top management of the railway board.
Additional Information
- Lahoti was appointed as the general manager of Central Railway in July 2021, before which he worked in several key positions in both zonal railways and the railway board in Delhi.
- He reportedly also worked on developing the public-private partnership model for station redevelopment, along with important infrastructural interventions leading to decongestion in stations in Delhi during his tenure with Northern and North Central Railways.
- He will be taking over at a time when the railway board looks to turn things around for the national transporter.
- From earlier being infamous for delayed execution and poor capacity planning, the railways aim to execute more capital expenditure and bettering freight and passenger services in the run-up to the FY24 Budget.
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