151 Trains to be privatised.
Also, Rail Minister talks of local rail manufacturing to promote Make in India.

Dear RM,

A list of Indian factories is posted here
13 of these are PSUs
All created before 2014
Make in India is here since 1947
Your govt. wants to sell these PSUs
1/n
Hindusthan Engineering & Industries Ltd 1947
Chittaranjan Locomotives Works 1950
Integral Coach Factory Chennai 1955
Diesel Locomotives Works, Varanasi, 1961
Golden Rock Railway (Wagon), 1962
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, 1964
Diesel-Loco Modernization Works, Patiala 1981
2/n
Rail Wheel Factory 1984
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 1986
Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli 2012
BEML 1964
SAN Engineering & Locomotive Co Ltd 1969
Bombardier Transportation 1974
Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd 1939
BESCO Limited (Wagon Division 1922
Braithwaite & Co. Ltd 1913
3/n
Burn Standard Co Ltd (Nationalised 1976)
Bharat Wagon & Engineering Limited 1978
Medha Servo Drives Pvt ltd 1984
Titagarh Wagons 1998
Alstom, Sricity 2013,
Airflow Equipments India Pvt Ltd 1998
Amtek Railcar Industries Pvt Ltd 2008
4/n
Wabtec Corporation (approved Jan 2014, operational 2019)
Electric Locomotive Factory, Madhepura (approved Jan 2014, operational 2017)
5/n
Most of the Locomotive and Coach factories are govt PSUs, who have been the foundation of India's self-reliance (आत्मनिर्भर भारत)

FM announced on 18 May that all PSUs in non-strategic sectors will be privatised.

Selling these Pride of India for आत्मनिर्भर भारत?
6/n
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