Vinod Kumar Yadav assumes charge as Railway Board Chairman

New Delhi: Vinod Kumar Yadav on Wednesday assumed charge as Chairman Railway Board, a day after he was given an extension of a year by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC). According to Railway Ministry officials, Yadav assumed the charge as Chairman on Wednesday morning at the Rail Bhawan here. Yadav, an IRSEE 1980 Batch officer assumed the charge in the rank of ex-officio Principal Secretary to the government. The ACC has approved the re-employment of Yadav as Chairman, Railway Board for a period of one year from January 1 to December 31, 2020. The extension of services of Yadav comes in the wake of the Union Cabinet's decision to restructure the eight services into one. In a major move to reform the 150-year-old railway board of the Indian Railways, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved to restructure the apex body of the Indian Railways by trimming its strength to half and unifying its eight railways services into a central service called the Indian Railway Management Service. (IANS)

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