Still developing 80-90's technology. So the answer to my original question is 'No. We don't have indigenous engines in our railways'
And the buffoon who called me a troll for no reason, please be rest assured that Bullet Train Technology is extremely complex technology. It will take us 6-10 years (only development without testing) to make the technology from scratch.
We seem to be miles behind is almost every sector. Smaller nations like South Korea (half the size of Gujarat) are making tremendous progress. I'm wondering if our PSU's are to blame for this. Surely privatizing them can solve the problem.
Mate, I had been following your Posts..Your Questions are indeed valid ones..
Yes there are few critical parts such as traction Motors in Railways which were outsourced from foreign sources..
But the Point here is that, These sort of technological advancements do require a very important fundamental requirement called as "Need".
All the nations which developed them were in need of them and hence they developed by investing in their R&D..But those nations which are developing, they had the privilege of using the technology already developed by developed nations and use them which could be even more economic for them..Hence may Developing nations such as ours invested only in those areas where the technology is very costly to buy or not available and developed only those systems..
for example we developed our Own PSLV and GSLV Launchers which were the most critical techs to be developed by any nations so far..All the nations which reached this feat today had spent Billions of Dollars in R & D..Where as we developed them on our own and yet with lot less money spent on R & D compared to other nations..That is why ISRO is hailed as one of the best in the world by NASA..
We developed it in our own country, not some foreign engineers and scientists from France or Russia..Similarly Nuclear reactor tech and Plutonium enrichment, We developed them, because they were of prime importance at that period..
Our railways research centres at various locations have got very limited resource to work with..
yet they have come with many successful variants which were even exported to many nations and in turn generated millions of revenue to our country..
But at various circumstance some critivcal techs prove to be painstaking to develop in house for the first time and due to the need of the hour we outsource them..That doesn't mean that we can't develop it..It just means that to develop such technology we don't have the liberty of spending huge money on R&D where more demanding projects are there without funding..
As simple as that...
This is the hard cold fact Accept it or not..So before bashing your country, try to analyse its developments from an Indian's point of view..We came from nothing to this level..Isn't it commendable..??
Privatisation is fine but it is upto the government to decide because railway is a service..When the private companies comes in, it won't be service it will be business..Though our railway could do far better, can't u see millions of middle class people's livelihood based on this railways everyday??what happens when it is privatised???
Criticism is fine, but it should be healthy..
your's is not healthy..
PS : And By the way, Even USA outsource some products for its critical components from India and many other countries..
Doesn't mean that they can't develop it, but they don have to because it is not the need of the hour for them..
I myself gave some consultancy service for a problem encountered by a company which exports high speed cylinder blocks for GE diesel engines made of critical SG Iron composition..
Once we have money we should purchase it from India.
