New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Many reports suggested that Indian Railways is planning to roll out a pilot project at key railway stations across India to regulate baggage policy and boost revenue of the stations.

The move, according to the reports, was aimed at regulating baggage policy across railway stations, mirrors the one already in place in airports.

But Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called all these reports 'absolute fake news'. During an interview with a news channel, Vaishnaw said that the luggage rules existed in railways for decades.

"Someone picked the already existing rules and did stories on it. It is absolute fake news. The rules have been there for decades," Viashnaw said in the interview.

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