Indian Railways Deploys Advance AI & Machine Learning Devices to Enhance Safety and its Operational Efficiency by Adopting Smart Monitoring

• Indian Railways (IR) under the Ministry of Railways is rolling out a suite of AI/ML-based smart monitoring systems — TRI-Netra, WILD, OMRS, MVIS, ITMS, drone thermal scans — to shift from time-based to predictive, condition-based maintenance.
• A new Rail Tech Policy (adopted 26.02.2026) and portal (railtech.indianrailways.gov.in) institutionalise the AI-innovation pipeline with startups and R&D bodies.
• Examinable for GS-III (Sci-Tech, Infrastructure) and as a current-affairs anchor for railway safety post-Balasore (2023) and the Kavach rollout.