During the general elections campaign in 2013-14 Narendra Modi has raised the issue of  pathetic conditions in  India’s rail network and vowed to modernized it if he elected as the prime minister. Now since last 3 years he is at the helm of affairs but  the condition of Indian railway has not shown much improvement. The recent report of  CAG ( Comptroller and Auditor General of India) on the condition of railway  tells us why railway is not exactly on track. As per the CAG report in 2017 the catering and clothing provided for the passengers is extremely poor. The food that railway serve is not fit for human consumption. The trains are running late and infrastructure suffer from poor hygiene conditions.

Interestingly  after swearing-in as prime minister of India Modi put Suresh Prabhu, know for his efficiency and honesty, in-charge of Railway ministry. But despite best of his efforts Suresh Prabhu failed to tackle the issue of safety of passengers in the railway. Suresh Prabhu was also unable to break the nexus between corrupt railway officers and contractors who were milking this institution since decades. During his tenure 259 peoples were killed and 973 injured in 28 major train accidents. The deaths tolls from derailments in 2016-17 was highest in last one decade. Modi government failed to allocate requisite funds for the  railway passengers safety and to fill the 1.42 lakh vacant post in the railway.

Now the horoscope of Indian railway and the foundation chart of country shows that there will be massive changes in the railway in next few years which might involve the entry of private companies in this sector. Astrologically the privatization of Indian railway and Indian airlines looks possible in next few months. The maha dasha of 3rd lord Moon in the foundation chart of India and the anter dasha of Rahu placed in the ascendant is an indication of the entry of new technology in the area of public transport.

We will come to the foundation chart of India later but first see the horoscope of Indian railway given below. I got this chart from my astrologer friend Mr.Sunil Dutt who noted the time of the inauguration of India’s first passenger train from the website of BBC.

Foundation Horoscope of Indian Railways

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Venus 12 years 4 months 13 days

In the book ‘Indian Railway History Time line’ written by R.P. Saxena (Retired Railway officer from Western Railway Engineering Department) at page number 33 it has been mentioned that “central advisory committee of railway approved the regrouping of all the railways into six zonal systems with effect from 1^st of April 1950”. Thus in 1951, the Indian Railways was established by the amalgamation of 42 different railway companies operating in the country, spanning a total of 55,000 km (34,000 mi) with effect from 1^st of April 1950.

So, for the astrological purposes the foundation horoscope of Indian Railway is set for the 1^st of April 1950 at 00:00 hours at Delhi.

In the foundation horoscope of Indian Railway there is a very good conjunction of 7^th lord Venus and 5^th lord Jupiter. Since these two planets are in mutual aspect with 4^th lord Saturn and the 9^th lord the Moon so it is a Raja Yoga. In year 1956 during Venus Dasha and Saturn Anter Dasha (June 1955 to August 1958) in the horoscope of Indian Railway a major event happens. Indian Railway started its first AC train between Delhi and Howrah. In the Maha Dasha of the Moon (August 1968 to August 1978) the first premium train Rajdhani Express was started from Delhi to Howrah in year 1969.

In the foundation horoscope of Indian Railway the 12th house of losses get the 8th aspect of Mars and 3rd aspect of Saturn which is a yoga for major losses due to accidents. Also notice that Taurus and Libra both the sign ruled by Venus are afflicted by the aspect of natural malefic planets. Thus Venus the natural significant for the vehicles or public transport is afflicted badly and is also associated with Saturn in Navamsha in the 8th house of destruction.

Also notice here that lagna and 6th (accidents) lord Mars is in mutual aspect with the 8th lord (mishaps) Mercury which is a bad yoga in the foundation horoscope of Indian Railway given above. At present Vimshottari Dasha of Jupiter and Anter Dasha of Rahu is running in 2018 which is not good. Rahu is in the 5th house in association with 8th lord Mercury and 6th lord Mars which shows more mishaps.

Hindu New Year Horoscope 2018 for India

Chaitra Shukla Pratipada or Pisces New Moon 2018

17 March 2018 at 18:41 hours , Delhi

In In the  horoscope of Hindu New Year 2018 see the placement of Saturn and Mars in the 4th house in Rashi chart. The 4th house in mundane astrology signifies public transport, law and order situation, agriculture, government buildings, etc. The Saturn here is the lord of 6th house and Mars is the lord of 8th house. The conjunction of these two at the 4th house shows disastrous accidents of public transport like railway, buses and airplane. Mars as the third lord shows the rail and road network. Mars and Saturn are conjoined in fiery sign Sagittarius which also shows huge fire accident and air-crash killing hundreds of people. During the operation of this horoscope, which is the period from March 2018 to March 2019, there will be record accident in the public transport system in India which will force the government to change its policies putting ‘safety first’ measures in the area of public transport.

In the Navamsha of the Hindu New Year horoscope the Mars is in the 4th house receiving the aspect of Saturn. In the months of March and April in 2018 there will be dangerous rail and air accident killing hundreds of peoples.

Foundation Horoscope of India

15 August 1947 at 00:00 hours , Delhi

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Saturn 18 year 0 months 25 days

The maha dasha of 3rd lord Moon is in operation from September 2015 to September 2025 in the foundation horoscope of India. The Moon as the 3rd lord in Taurus lagna horoscope is signifying communication systems, rail , road and air traffic etc. The Moon is in good Gaja Kesari yoga as it is in Kendra from Jupiter. During the dasha of Moon there will be great development in India’s communication network and public transport. Sun the lord of 4th house i also with Moon in a cluster of planets at the 3rd house. This dasha of Moon will give India tremendous improvements in public transport system, telecommunication, digital technologies, satellite communication, space technology etc.

At present Moon-Rahu period is running from February 2017 to August 2018. The Rahu is specifically seen for latest technological advancements, space technology, telecommunication etc. Rahu also shows significant foreign investment. So a strong Rahu in Taurus here is going to bring foreign investment in the public transport system. Astrologically it is highly likely that Indian government might open railway for foreign investment now any time before August 2018.

The services of some foreign and private companies will be taken to manage many of the operations of Indian railway. This action of allowing private players involvement in the Railway will be opposed by many unions. The railway unions will conduct strikes across the country to oppose the privatization. These railway strikes are likely to happen from March 2018 to August 2018 as per the study of above given charts. However, the government will not take any step backward on its policy of outsourcing job works in railway. Majority of the ‘group D’ jobs vacant in the Indian railway is likely to be filled by private contractor in coming months.

The BJP government had last year allowed 100% foreign direct investment in the aviation and defence sector. Now the results of this policy will start becoming visible during the remaining maha dasha of Moon till September 2025. By the end of this Moon maha dasha India will be able to develop its railway network at sufficient level to meet the demands of its huge population.