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Railways finalises tender for Vande Bharat type train sets

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In a boost to the 'Make in India' Mission, the Indian Railways has issued the tender for Vande Bharat-type train sets. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal chaired the meeting and finalised the tender for design, development, integration, manufacture, supply, testing as well as commissioning of IGBT based 3-Phase propulsion, control as well as other equipment for 44 rakes with each comprising 16 cars.

“Indian Railways has finalised the tender for design, development, manufacture, supply, integration, testing and commissioning of IGBT based 3-phase propulsion, control, and other equipment for train sets (Vande Bharat type train sets) for 44 rakes of 16 car each on 21.01.2021. The procurement includes five years comprehensive annual maintenance contract with the supplier," said Railways Ministry in a statement on Friday

“The specifications were prepared after multiple deliberations with the industry at various levels for manufacturing the train sets indigenously. For the first time, the tender required a minimum 75 per cent local content requirement of the total value of the tender and this is expected to give a boost to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission," the statement further added.