(a) whether the Railway Technology Cell has been set
up in Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur;
(b) if so, the funds provided by the Government
therefor;
(c) whether any information regarding new technology
has been provided by Rail Technology Cell;
(d) if so, whether the Government propose to adopt new
technology; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) The Ministry of Railways have decided to set up
a Railway Technology Cell at Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur.
(b) The Railway Technology Cell will be set up with a
corpus fund of Rs. one crore to be provided by the
Ministry of Railways.
(c) to (e) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is
yet to be signed with Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur and as such the Technology Cell has not started
functioning so far.