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Container train operations : introducing competition (A) / G. Raghuram, Rachna Gangwar, Sebastian Morris, Ajay Pandey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: London : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2010Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526440082 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.403
Online resources: Container train movement was the monopoly of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Railways (IR). The decision to allow the entry of other players was announced by the Minister of Railways in his budget speech of February 2005. To prepare guidelines for such a policy, RITES, another subsidiary of IR, was awarded the study. RITES submitted its final report in September 2005. The recommendations of the report included entry requirements, classification of routes into various categories based on existing and anticipated traffic volume, regulating entry for each route and minimum traffic commitment by the operators.Subsequent to RITES recommendations, a number of interministerial deliberations took place involving Ministry of Railways (MoR), Planning Commission (PC), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Ministry of Shipping. Various aspects of the RITES report were discussed. Main concerns were the entry barriers, level playing field and incumbent resistance. A final policy statement was released on 5th January, 2006. Fourteen parties subsequently bought licences to run container trains.A next round of meetings was held to finalize the Concession Agreement (CA) between the MoR and container train operators. CA is a legal document that outlines the detailed terms and conditions between parties for the duration of the concession period.Case A focuses on what the contours of the policy statement should be, given the RITES recommendations and other background information to all the stakeholders participating in the meeting of 5th October, 2005 (which was organised to finalise the policy statement).
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Originally published in Raghuram, G., Gangwar, R., Morris, S., & Pandey, A. (2010) Container Train Operations: Introducing Competition (A). CIPR0007(A). Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Container train movement was the monopoly of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Railways (IR). The decision to allow the entry of other players was announced by the Minister of Railways in his budget speech of February 2005. To prepare guidelines for such a policy, RITES, another subsidiary of IR, was awarded the study. RITES submitted its final report in September 2005. The recommendations of the report included entry requirements, classification of routes into various categories based on existing and anticipated traffic volume, regulating entry for each route and minimum traffic commitment by the operators.Subsequent to RITES recommendations, a number of interministerial deliberations took place involving Ministry of Railways (MoR), Planning Commission (PC), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Ministry of Shipping. Various aspects of the RITES report were discussed. Main concerns were the entry barriers, level playing field and incumbent resistance. A final policy statement was released on 5th January, 2006. Fourteen parties subsequently bought licences to run container trains.A next round of meetings was held to finalize the Concession Agreement (CA) between the MoR and container train operators. CA is a legal document that outlines the detailed terms and conditions between parties for the duration of the concession period.Case A focuses on what the contours of the policy statement should be, given the RITES recommendations and other background information to all the stakeholders participating in the meeting of 5th October, 2005 (which was organised to finalise the policy statement).

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