Indian Railways to appoint two new members to its board

The challenge of making railway system more safe, modern and efficient demands for more resources, which needs to be identified. For this purpose two new board members will be inducted in the Railway Board, said railway minister Dinesh Trivedi, announcing the budget.

The new board members will hold the responsibility of further enhancement of safety. The minister has said that efforts will be made to fill up vacancies in order to increase operational and safety performance of the organization.

More than one lakh persons would be recruited in the 2012-2013 timeperiod, including the backlog vacancies of SC/ST/OBC, and physically challenged persons.