Former Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has said Indian Railways generates enormous non-classified data that can be monetised to create "tens of thousands of crores." Stressing that the national transporter must adopt a holistic, long-term strategy to drive reforms. Prabhu made the remarks virtually at Railway Conclave 2.0, organised by the Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Prabhu said the Railways holds massive datasets that could unlock unprecedented revenue if utilised smartly. "If you do data monetisation, railways generate huge data... not possible, data, not classified data, all the data monetised. Tens of thousands will come if you actually have food for 8.5 million people. So 8.5 million footfalls, and you can see the eyeballs, and you can imagine the amou

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