Indian Railways to undertake comprehensive study on generating revenues

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Last Updated : Dec 02 2014 | 2:08 PM IST

Concept Note may be prepared at the earliest, preferably by 10 December 2014

With a view to generate additional revenue, the Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has directed RITES, a public sector undertaking of Ministry of Railway, to quickly study and prepare a Concept Note, indicating ways and means for leveraging of space in coaches, wagons, trains, railway stations etc. for advertisements, publicity and other purposes.

It has later felt that Indian Railways have a lot of idle space in coaches, wagons, trains, railway stations etc which could be used for this purpose. The Railway Minister desired that Concept Note may be prepared at the earliest, preferably by 10 December 2014.

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First Published: Dec 02 2014 | 12:46 PM IST

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