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Jaya Verma Sinha : First Woman To Lead The Railway Board

Kumari Sonali

Jaya Verma Sinha : First Woman To Lead The Railway Board

Jaya Verma Sinha has become the first woman to lead the Railway Board (in the Railway Board’s 118-year history), the top decision-making body for India’s Ministry of Railways.

  • The Ministry of Railways was founded in 1905; HQ: Rail Bhawan, New Delhi
  • It functions as the statutory authority for the Indian Railways, a monopoly in rail transport.
  • The Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board leads this organization.
  • In 1901, on the recommendations of the Sir Thomas Robertson Committee regarding the administration and working of the railways, an early version of the railway board was constituted.
  • It initially had three members.

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