From handing over the ports & airports to corporates to the discrepancies in highway construction costs. From the duopoly in the skies to premium tatkals and Vande Bharats in railway. Transport infra is being sold off and made unaffordable for the poor.
This longish report is the thirteenth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through and highlight a few of the claims and reality of the government’s performance across various sectors from a financial and economic lens. While the divisive and jingoist hyperboles in the media facilitate a collective amnesia, the report card is an attempt to brings back the question of accountability.
Read and Download the Report Card here: Report Card on Transport 2014-24