French engineering company Alstom has won a contract worth around 200 billion rupees ($3 billion) to supply India’s railways with 800 electric locomotives and set up a local manufacturing plant, a railways spokesman said on Tuesday.
The contract is one of the largest awarded to a foreign firm since India last year opened up limited parts of its state-owned railways to 100 percent foreign direct investment, and comes as the government tries to modernise its vast but outdated rail network....
Alstom wins railway contract in India
The contract is one of the largest awarded to a foreign firm since India last year opened up limited parts of its state-owned railways to 100 percent foreign direct investment, and comes as the government tries to modernise its vast but outdated rail network....
Alstom wins railway contract in India