News: The Union Minister for Railways announced the RailTech Policy and the complete digitisation of the Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) under Indian Railways’ flagship “52 Reforms in 52 Weeks” initiative.
About Rail Tech Policy, Portal and e-Railway Claims Tribunal
About Rail Tech Policy
- It is designed to enable massive and systematic induction of technology into the Railways.
- Aim: To engage innovators, startups, industry and institutions to promote innovation in Indian Railways.
- It provides a user-friendly interface, increases the scale-up grant more than three times and doubles the maximum grant for prototype development and trials.
About Rail Tech Portal
- It is a dedicated portal for innovation and will function through a completely digital, end-to-end process.
- Objective: To simplify the system of vendor selection and create a simplified, innovation-driven framework focused on trial and adoption of new technologies.
- Features:
- Innovation challenges can be initiated by any innovator or department via a single detailed proposal.
- Key innovation areas include: AI-based Elephant Intrusion Detection System and fire detection, drone rail monitoring, sensor-based VPU load devices, solar coaches, AI cleaning and fog detection, and AI-driven pension/dispute systems.
About e-Railway Claims Tribunal
- The e-Railway Claims Tribunal enables end-to-end computerisation and digitisation of the Railway Claims Tribunal.
- Beneficiaries: It will particularly benefit claimants, advocates, Railways and the Tribunal by enabling easy tracking, improved scheduling and data-driven decision-making.
- Features:
- Anywhere Access: It will transform the filing, processing and adjudication of claims by making the process faster, more transparent and accessible from anywhere in the country.
- Single Platform: It will connect all 23 Benches on one platform, enabling paperless courts, digitised case management, online filings and notices, online orders and judgments, and hybrid hearings.
- Key Modules of e-RCT: E-Filing, Case Information System (CIS), Documents Management System (DMS)
About “52 Reforms in 52 Weeks” Initiative
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