Lok Sabha on December 13 passed the The Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Bill seeks to repeal the Indian Railway Board Act, 1905 and incorporate its provisions into the Railways Act, 1989.
Key points
The new Bill will simplify the law by integrating the Railway Board (1905 Act) into the Railway Act.
This will reduce the need to refer to two laws.
The Bill amends Section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989, and inserts a new chapter IA which pertains to the Railway Board.
It makes provision to provide certain powers to the Railway Board “as prescribed by the Central Government”.
The Chairman and members of the board appointed under the 1905 Act shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act as well.
The Railway Board is already in existence, and the Bill does not propose to create any new Board or body.
