Kisan rail
- October 3, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Schemes
Context:
Kisan Rail started to function
Concept:
- Mango special, Banana Special, Onion Special, Sapota Special are some of the routes of Kisan Rail
- Thesespecial seasonal trains identified by the government for farmers to send fresh fruits, vegetables and other perishable goods to buyers across India.
- Rail and Agriculture ministries are working to institutionalise these “corridors”, or dedicated routes, to make them season-specific to a fruit or vegetable. The plans also include carrying fish and meat in refrigerated containers at some point in the future.
- Kisan Rail shall be trains with multi commodities, multi-consignors and multi consignees. These trains shall run between fixed Origin–Destination pairs with en-route stoppages, and loading/ unloading shall be permitted at any of the en-route stoppage.
- The Origin–Destination pairs, routes, stoppages, and frequency of the train shall be decided jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Ministry of Railways