Indian Railways levies Rs 5.13 crore in catering penalties over three years
Indian Railways has fined catering service providers Rs 5.13 crore over food-quality complaints and unhygienic pantry cars. Serving about 58 crore meals a year, the network is adding base kitchens, CCTV monitoring and digital POS payments to tighten quality control and pricing transparency.
Indian Railways fined catering providers Rs 5.13 crore over three years following food-quality and pantry-hygiene complaints. It serves about 58 crore meals annually and is expanding base kitchens, CCTV monitoring and digital POS payments to improve catering quality and pricing transparency.
Why this matters
The catering crackdown extends Indian Railways' service and logistics upgrades, following its 145 km/h freight Vande Bharat test for parcel cold chains and planned online luggage booking for reserved passengers.
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