- Business
- Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a Navratna public sector undertaking under India's Ministry of Railways, specializes in the development, execution, and implementation of rail infrastructure projects along with financial resource mobilization services; headquartered in New Delhi and founded in 2003, the company undertakes new railway lines, doubling, gauge conversion, electrification, workshops, mega bridges, metro projects, hilly terrain rail works, cable-stayed bridges, track renewal, safety systems, traffic facilities, road overbridges, signaling and telecommunication systems including train control, electronic interlocking, and networks, project management consultancy encompassing feasibility studies, detailed project reports, planning, and quality assurance, civil engineering, solar energy installations, electricity transmission apparatus, underwater cables, ports, marine construction, dams, tunnels, irrigation systems, canals, transmission lines, and operation-maintenance of railway facilities primarily for Indian Railways, government ministries, departments, and public sector undertakings across India with expanding international operations. RVNL operates through subsidiaries like HSRC Infra Services Limited for high-speed rail and turnkey solutions, and engages in rail coach manufacturing notably as part of a consortium for 120 Vande Bharat Sleeper trains with partners JSC Metrowagonmash and JSC Locomotive Electronic Systems via Kinet Railway Solutions; it maintains a substantial order book exceeding ₹1,010 billion as of August 2025 supporting diversification into telecoms, solar, irrigation, highways, metro, data centres, and overseas bids. Recent developments include signing a ₹13,253 crore Project Implementation Agency agreement in a consortium with HFCL and Aerial Telecom for BSNL's BharatNet rural broadband expansion in February 2025, forming a joint venture with Texmaco by December 2025 to advance rail modernization, exports, automation, AI, and green technologies using manufacturing units across India, securing a ₹178.64 crore contract from IRCON in August 2025 for signaling and telecom upgrades plus intermediate block systems in Chhattisgarh, establishing Kyrgyzindustry-RVNL joint venture in 2022 for rail, road, and infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan with pursuits in Uzbekistan roads, Armenia tunnels, Ethiopia power projects, and Mozambique jetties alongside Container Corporation and Indian Oil, and winning three international contracts from 10 bids over the past year while targeting revenue doubling to around ₹40,000 crore by 2030.