Under its “Look East Policy”, India, training in the field of railways BIMSTEC technical personnel from countries free of charge.

This was confirmed by the Minister of Railways, Lalu Prasad presents, while the budget for 2005-06 Rail.

He said that the offer was the first meeting of railway-Chief Executive Officers of the BIMSTEC countries have September here in the past and the gesture was widely appreciated by member countries.

An International Railway Strategic Management Institute under the auspices of the International Union of Railways (UIC), founded in India and the first module during the first manager of the railway would be in Paris in May this years, “said Prasad.

The second module of the course would be the railway staff College in Vadodara in west of the Indian state of Gujarat, in November.

The World Executive Board session of the UIC in India would be this year, April, for the first time under the presidency of the Indian Railways.

Prasad said, it was a recognition of the importance of Indian Railways in the world railways community.