SUPPLY ORDERS FOR JESSOP

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The Government has decided to extend the present dispensation of Railways placing orders on Jessop for 36 numbers of AC EMU coaches per year and such number of wagons that would constitute 8% of the quota reserved for public sector units in each year for two years after disinvestment. In case of other PSUs, such dispensation would be decided on case to case basis.

BIFR sanctioned rehabilitation schemes of Jessop, BSCL and Braithwate did not envisage such dispensation. In actual practice, central PSUs have been receiving a fair share of wagon orders from the overall wagon orders being released by the Railways every year.

This information was given in the Lok Sabha today by Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in a written reply to a question by Shri B.K.Parthasarathi.