- The Director (Electrical) DMRC, Om Hari Pande, and the Director (R&D) BEL, Manoj Jain, signed the agreement at Metro Bhawan, New Delhi.
- The project will be jointly carried out by DMRC and BEL, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
- The primary objective of this partnership is to indigenously build signaling systems in the country in line with the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” initiative.
- The indigenous Communication-Based Train Control (i-CBTC) system will enable unmanned operations of metro and trains in India.
- Prior to this agreement, the DMRC and BEL jointly developed an indigenous Automatic Train Supervision (i-ATS) system, which is currently under implementation.
- DMRC is a rapid transit system in the Delhi-NCR region and was established in 2002 with its headquarters in New Delhi. The current Chairperson of the DMRC is Vikas Kumar.
Question:
Q.1 DMRC and BEL will develop an indigenous Communication-Based Train Control (i-CBTC) system under the?a. Ministry of Railways
b. Ministry of Home Affairs
c. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
d. Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
