Introducing Competition in Container Movement by Rail
Sebastian Morris (morris@iima.ac.in),
Ajay Pandey,
G. Raghuram and
Gangwar Rachna
No WP2010-02-02, IIMA Working Papers from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department
Abstract:
Container movement by rail was a monopoly of Indian Railways (IR) until recently and its subsidiary, Container Corporation (CONCOR) was the sole operator of container trains. Entry of other entities in 2007 has been driven by larger public policy concerns. In the process, issues such as resistance of the incumbent, erection of entry barriers, denial of level playing field, use of a closely held organization as a consultant, and conflicting roles of IR as licensor, regulator, service provider, and operator came into sharp focus. This paper attempts to review the process starting from the policy announcement (February 2005) to evolution of a Model Concession Agreement (January 2007) and shows how policies were influenced by the incumbent to restrict competition by creating barriers on the one hand and how an alternate view provided by external entities, like the Planning Commission and other non-IR stakeholders significantly altered the course of action leading to entry of a large number of competing players.
Date: 2010-02-08
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