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Indian Railways must diversify its freight portfolio, says report

Another key proposal is to allow private players to run trains on the dedicated fre­ight corridors

Indian railways
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Speaking at the event, he said, “Freight trains are part of a new table that will be coming out.”

Twesh Mishra New Delhi
The Indian Railways will ha­ve to diversify its freight portfolio to meet the goals of having a larger share of the total goods movement in the country.

According to a joint report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and CRISIL Risk and Infras­tructure Solutions, the Indian Railways should focus on capturing new fre­ight opportunities in the tran­sport of cement, steel and automobiles, among others.

Another key proposal is to allow private players to run trains on the dedicated fre­ight corridors. As per the institutional arrangement envisaged for operations of DFCs, IR will be the sole customer for

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