new delhi oct 5 working on various areas across the railway ecosystem in india can create 10 lakh jobs within a year union minister piyush goyal said today monetising the real estate assets as well as fast tracking some of the existing investment plans would generate a lot of employment opportunities in the railways and the ecosystem around it he said my own sense is may not be directly jobs in railways but certainly through engaging people and working in variety of areas across the ecosystem not less than a million jobs can be created in less than 12 months only railways and ecosystem around the railways goyal said at the india economic summit of the world economic forum wef the governments moving aggressively on the rail track and safety maintenance programme alone would create 2 lakh jobs he added besides leveraging the amount of railway real estate by monetising those assets will help to generate resources without burdening passengers if i look at the amount of investment in pipeline and activate that it will create 225 lakh jobs in existing projects goyal said he said india has huge investment potential but a change in mindset is required to transform the country goyal said that with sectors like coal power showing turnaround its the turn of the railways now on the need for the country rebranding itself he said the narrative of india is changing over the years india was well known for yoga ayurveda cricket or bollywood narrative is changing brand india is being built india is being now recognised as a country which is honest in its dealings where technology drives growth goyal said stating that megastructures cannot be built on a weak foundation he said if india has to prepare itself for global challenges of tomorrow there is a need to develop a framework that will ensure decades of prosperity i think there is no better place in the world today to invest in no larger market than the indian market and there is no pole which is going to be more important than india he said rr jd sa