Prabhu chairs roundtable conference on improving quality of catering services

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New Delhi : Railways minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu chaired the Round Table Conference on improving the Quality of Catering Services provided by Indian Railways. Chairman, Railway Board,  A K Mital, Member Traffic, Railway Board, Mohd Jamshed, other Railway Board Members, representatives from the Food and beverage industry, other government were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Prabhu said, “The whole idea behind Round Table Conference is to take along the experts of the field. We have the responsibility of implementing policies for which we require experts and professionals to provide best services. Railways is a big entity. All socio- economic aspects are being covered by Railways. Reach of Railways is very large from education to sports to biodiversity. The criterions of the policy are transparency, participative, durable and friendly to passengers and good quality.”  Railways should think of solutions in Indian Context and have roadmap for future, he said. Indian Railways is also open for professionals in catering sector, according to a PIB release.

Indian Railways provide about 11 lakh meals to passengers every day. The catering service in Railways is provided either through departmentally managed catering arrangements or through private licenses – Pantry Cars, Train Side Vending, E-Catering and through static units such as Food Plaza, Fast Food Units, AVMs etc. Approximately 90% of mobile unit and 96% of static units are operated through private licenses.  The licenses are given to the highest technically eligible bidders, said the PIB release.