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ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CAP: The Minister for Railways, Mr Lalu Prasad, receiving the IT users award from the Nasscom Preisdent, Mr Kiran Karnik, in the Capital on Monday. — Ramesh Sharma

New Delhi June 25 The Railways proposes to spend $1.5 billion over the next five years in IT, including ERP, commercial portal and integration of various software platforms.

"There is a lot of scope for IT in the Railways. India is doing good work in IT and companies should focus on bringing the benefits to the common man in far-flung areas," said Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, accepting Nasscom's IT Transformation Award for the Railways for use of technology by it.

According to Mr Sudhir Kumar, OSD to the Minister, the Railways plans to multiply investment in IT by five times over the next five years.

"We spent Rs 1,000 crore on IT in the 10th Plan. We are proposing to spend at least $1.5 billion in the next five years," he said.

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