Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems in the country.

• The committee will be headed by E Sreedharan (famously known as metro man of India) who is credited for changing face of public transport in India with his leadership in building Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro.
• The committee will recommend standardisation norms for various components of Metro rail systems that are currently imported.
• It look into all aspects rather that than evolving standards for each component separately.
• It will come up with uniform standards for various components that will be followed by metro rail systems across the country.