SATHEE: Railway Board Members

Railway Board Members

Item	Details
1. Highest policy-making body	Railway Board (under Ministry of Railways)
2. Chairman & CEO (as on 25 Dec 2025)	Shri Satish Kumar (CRB-cum-CEO)
3. First Chairman, Railway Board	Sir Thomas Raleigh (1905)
4. First Indian Chairman	Shri F. A. Nazir (1947)
5. Present composition (Dec 2025)	1 Chairman + 6 Members (Financial, Rolling Stock, Infrastructure, Operations & BD, HR, Safety)
6. Headquarters	Rail Bhawan, 1, Raisina Road, New Delhi – 110001
7. Financial Commissioner (FC)	Smt. Anjali Garg (as on 25 Dec 2025)
8. Member (Rolling Stock)	Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha
9. Member (Infrastructure)	Shri Vinay Kumar Singh
10. Member (Operations & Business Development)	Shri R. K. Jain
11. Member (HR)	Dr. Meenakshi Gupta
12. Member (Safety)	Shri A. K. Lahoti
13. Board’s parent Act	Railways Act, 1989 (Section 6)
14. Budget preparation responsibility	Railway Board (sent to Finance Ministry & Parliament)
15. Cadre controlling authority	Railway Board for all Group ‘A’ services (IRSE, IRSEE, IRSME, etc.)
16. Railway Board re-organised (latest)	2019 – merged 8 cadre-specific posts into 5 functional Members
17. Appointments approved by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by PM
18. Term length	2 years (extendable up to 5 years or co-terminus with superannuation)
19. Secretary to Board	Additional Member (Coordination) – Shri M. K. Rao
20. Digital dashboard launched	“RB-360” portal for Board-level performance monitoring (2024)

Railway Board functions under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India.
Chairman & CEO is the ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India.
Financial Commissioner (FC) is the only Member drawn from the Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS).
Safety Member post was re-created in 2022 after the 2019 restructuring.
Board prepares the annual Railway Budget & White Paper on Indian Railways.
All policy letters (B letters) are issued under the signature of CRB or designated Member.
Board is the cadre controlling authority for all 10 technical & 3 non-technical Group ‘A’ services.
Zonal Railway General Managers report to respective functional Members.
Board approves all works costing >₹300 crore (2025 delegation).
“Mission Raftaar” & “Mission 3000 MT” are monitored directly by the Operations Member.
Board is the final authority for accident classification (Category A–D).
Rail Bhawan has a 24×7 Crisis-Management Cell under the Safety Member.
Board meets every Tuesday; decisions are circulated as “Board Orders”.

1. Who is the current Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board as on 25 Dec 2025?

Shri Satish Kumar

2. The Financial Commissioner on the Railway Board belongs to which service?

Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS)

3. How many functional Members (excluding Chairman) are there in the Railway Board in December 2025?

4. Where is the headquarters of the Railway Board located?

Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

5. The post of Member (Safety) was re-created in which year?

2022

6. Who approves the appointment of Railway Board Members?

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

7. Which Act empowers the constitution of the Railway Board?

Railways Act, 1989

8. Which Member is responsible for “Mission Raftaar” monitoring?

Member (Operations & Business Development)

9. Who was the first Indian Chairman of the Railway Board?

Shri F. A. Nazir

10. What is the maximum tenure (in years) that a Member can serve on the Board?

5 years