ashwini Vaishnaw

The Indian Railways will introduce 1,000 new trains in five years and aims to launch the bullet train by 2027. With massive investments, improved safety, and a push for exports, the Railways is undergoing a major transformation, says Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

In a significant stride towards bolstering India's artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, the nation's compute capacity has now exceeded 34,000 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).

Manufactured at a Rs 21,405 crore facility, the unit is expected to produce 1,200 locomotives over the next decade, each capable of hauling up to 4,600 tonnes at an average speed of 75 km/h. Indian Railways is eyeing on exporting these engines as well.

Responding to the Congress leader’s letter dated 23rd March 2025, Minister Vaishnaw wrote that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 “is in harmony with privacy principles as enshrined in the Puttaswamy judgment and the principles of transparency in public life as enacted in the Right to Information (RTI) Act.”

Lauding the punctuality of the divisions in Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “I would like to inform you with great pleasure that out of our 68 divisions, there are 49 divisions whose punctuality is more than 80%. What is even more proud is that there are 12 divisions where punctuality has reached 95%.”

“From this stage I would like to give this challenge to our big tech companies like Infosys, TCS and Wipro take up this challenge and develop the operating system for mobile,” Ashwini Vaishnaw said

I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.

In a groundbreaking development for India’s electronics manufacturing sector, Union Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated Syrma SGS Technology’s state-of-the-art MSI laptop assembly line in Chennai yesterday.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has written to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, highlighting delays in land acquisition for major railway projects in the state.

An official release said that a total of about Rs.6,000 crore has been allocated for One Nation One Subscription for three calendar years, 2025, 2026 and 2027 as a new Central Sector Scheme.