Innovation Challenges was conducted by Indian Railways on Nov. 2016 in compliance to the Hon’ble Ministers of Railway’s budget speech of 2016 in 06 areas to invite ideas and to augment the pace of Indian Railways operational improvements through innovative methods. For this, NIC web platform was used for entries. 3’d and final evaluation of the entries was carried out by a Evaluation Committee set up by Railway Board on 01-11-2018.

Citizen participation plays a vital role in a vibrant democracy. Continuing its efforts to encourage citizen participation in governance, MyGov, in association with Ministry of Railways, invited ideas to be incorporated in the rail budget for the second consecutive year.