- The Minister of Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal launched a web portal www.railsahyog.in. (Rail Sahyog).
- The web portal will provide a platform for the Corporates and PSUs to contribute to creation of amenities at/near Railway Stations through Corporate Social Responsibility funds.
- Based on the principle of first come first serve, the requests will be shortlisted and selected applicants will be intimated to deposit the funds with Railways/nominated agencies like RITES/RAILTEL etc. The nominated agency will get the work executed thereafter.
- The activities identified to be funded through CSR are :
- Construction of toilets
- Providing free Wi-Fi at stations
- Provision of Benches at station Platforms
- Bottle crushing machines
- Dustbins at all stations
Points to remember:
- Name of the portal launched for CSR purpose?