Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited

New Delhi, India

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is a joint venture company responsible for the planning, implementation, operation, and maintenance of the Delhi Metro network. It plays a pivotal role in transforming urban transportation in Delhi and its surrounding regions.

CCI Score

-31.03

0.02% April 18

Latest Event

DMRC CCTV Surveillance Expansion

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited's installation of over 14,600 CCTV cameras across its network, while aimed at improving passenger safety, raises concerns about extensive surveillance capabilities that could be misused for repressive purposes in an authoritarian context.

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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited is currently rated as a Toadie.

-30 to -44 CCI Score

Companies scoring in this range actively seek to please authoritarian regimes. They offer proactive support and assistance in exchange for preferential treatment, compromising ethical standards for business gains and political favor.

Latest Events

SEP

10

2024

DMRC CCTV Surveillance Expansion
-18.83

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited's installation of over 14,600 CCTV cameras across its network, while aimed at improving passenger safety, raises concerns about extensive surveillance capabilities that could be misused for repressive purposes in an authoritarian context.
-20

Provision of Repressive Technologies

September 10

The massive installation of CCTV cameras, though intended to enhance safety, poses potential risks of enabling wide-scale surveillance which can lead to repressive oversight and invasion of privacy. From an anti-fascist perspective, such an extensive surveillance network may be seen as contributing to authoritarian practices, despite its safety rationale.

With massive CCTV network, Delhi Metro one of the safest means of travel: DMRC
JUL

25

2024

DMRC Deploys AI-Driven Surveillance in the Metro System
-37.17

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) is integrating AI-powered facial recognition and CCTV surveillance technologies to enhance crowd management and support driverless train operations. While presented as an efficiency measure, this deployment raises concerns among anti-fascist observers about potential abuses in mass surveillance and civil liberties.
-40

Provision of Repressive Technologies

March 17

DMRC's implementation of AI-driven facial recognition and CCTV surveillance, although aimed at improving operational efficiency and crowd management, can be interpreted as facilitating an infrastructure of mass surveillance. From an anti-fascist perspective, such measures can contribute to authoritarian control and the erosion of civil liberties, representing complicity with repressive state practices.

Facial recognition and AI monitoring to be used in Indian railways
JUL

17

2024

Adoption of AI for Crowd Control by DMRC
-37.09

DMRC's Phase-IV project will integrate AI technologies, including facial recognition and CCTV surveillance, intended for train maintenance and crowd control. This move raises concerns over potential use of repressive surveillance measures, potentially aligning with authoritarian practices.
-40

Technology and Services Impact

March 17

The decision by DMRC to incorporate AI-driven crowd control measures, such as facial recognition and enhanced CCTV surveillance, while aiming to improve operational efficiency, opens the door for potential misuse in suppressing dissent and invasive monitoring. Such technology can facilitate a repressive surveillance environment, contributing to authoritarian methods of governance.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to use AI for phase-IV project