Agriculture Minister Launches Reefer Vehicle Call-In Centre (RVC)

In order to facilitate smoother transportation of perishable goods by providing redressal to issues that reefer van operators face on Indian Highways, Agriculture Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced the launch of a Reefer Vehicle Call-In Centre (RVC) here today. Launching the unique call-in- centre, he said that the cold chain sector is fast growing, and key products including fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, confectionery and pharmaceuticals are critically dependent on it. An essential link between source and markets is refrigerated transport, which face several bottlenecks and challenges. The RVC will help crate a database of bottlenecks and their types across the national highways. The response generated from this exercise will help devise long term plans and policies to alleviate bottlenecks and thus control inflation in prices of perishable goods in the country.