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30 September 2016
The
Indian Railways on Thursday introduced a sub-quota of 33 per cent for women in
allotment of each of the reserved catering units and also launched a new 'Train
at a Glance' and time table effective from October 1.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Railway
Minister Suresh Prabhu said: "The introduction of new policy providing
sub-quota of 33 per cent to women in catering units is a step towards women
empowerment and their increased participation in the railways." The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
He
also said that the Railways will continue to introduce such new reformative
steps.
Apart
from these, the Railways also liberalised station-to-station special freight
rates policy, launched policy giving preference to local domicile holders for
commercial licenses at stations, and introduced new system of allocating vacant
berths after final charting to wayside stations.
According
to the ministry, 33 per cent sub-quota reservation for women shall ensure
allotment of minimum 8 per cent stalls to women at A1, A, B and C category rail
stations and minimum 17 per cent at D, E and F category stations.
The
highlights of the improvements planned in the new time table -- that will come
into effect from October 1 -- include the specifics of the four new brands of
train products.
"In
this timetable, we have reduced the journey times in 350 existing trains, 75 of
which have made it to the superfast category," said Prabhu.
"We
have converted 240 operational halts into commercial stoppages and have for the
first time provided in the time table, train connectivities to the
north-eastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram," he added. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Also
incorporated in the time table are 36 new services, some of which have been
introduced in this financial year. Some of these will be coming soon, like the
10 up and down Humsafar trains, seven Antyodaya, three Tejas and three UDAY
trains, besides a number of other mail express trains, extensions, increase in
frequency, diversions etc.
"The
Humsafar would be the fully-AC service with optional catering; Antyodaya, the
long distance unreserved superfast train for common man; Tejas will have all
modern on board features like entertainment, WiFi and local cuisines etc; and
UDAY will be an AC doublecker train on the busiest routes," it added.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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