Railway Minister Reviews Progress of Kavach Implementation

• Kavach is India's indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system designed to prevent Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD), over-speeding, and collisions by automatically applying brakes.
• Reviewed on 26 March 2026 by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw; meeting introduced Kavach 4.0, the Universal Braking Algorithm (UBA), and the AI-based "Suraksha" centralised monitoring platform.
• High UPSC value: intersects GS-III (Infrastructure, Science & Tech, Indigenisation) and current-affairs MCQs on rail safety.