Every day in India, lakhs of people travel by Indian Railways. Passengers also have to face many problems during the journey. However, now Indian Railways has decided to sell flour and rice under a pilot project at the railway station itself for the convenience of passengers. Today we will tell you about this project.
What is this project
According to the information, passengers will be given flour and rice at the station itself. To provide this, Indian Railways has joined hands with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. According to the initial project, with this initiative of Indian Railways, people going to Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal will be able to buy cheap flour and rice from the station itself. At present, this pilot project has been launched for 3 months. According to Railways, if this plan is successful, it will be implemented forever. Railway Board Executive Director Neeraj Sharma has also written a letter to all the regional managers regarding this pilot project. Through this letter he has given guidelines for selling flour and rice. Apart from this, this system will be monitored by the Executive Director and Chief Commercial Manager. Apart from this, the responsibility of selling will be handed over to an agency. This agency will work for 3 months.
What will be the rate
According to the information, this project will Sale of flour and rice will be allowed from a single mobile van at every station. This service will be for only 2 hours in the evening. After this the mobile van will leave the station premises. This flour and rice will be made available by the government at cheap prices. The government has fixed the rate for flour at Rs 27.50 and for rice at Rs 29. Let us tell you that such cheap flour and rice will be of great convenience to the common people. Not only this, it will benefit the employees working near the station.
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