India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
With the objective of bringing about improvement in quality and hygiene of food in trains, Ministry of Railways issued instructions vide Commercial Circular No.24 of 2023. It is envisaged to award contracts for clusters of trains in place of an individual train. Emphasis has been placed on infrastructure development and fixing end-to-end accountability of food production and services onboard.
IRCTC formed route-wise clusters of trains along with identified locations for commissioning of Base Kitchens for supply of meals in trains under the framework of extant policy guidelines. Contracts of clusters of trains have been awarded by IRCTC through a transparent proces...