Provision of on Board Housekeeping Services(OBHS) by Railways
Presently around 570 train pairs are provided with On Board Housekeeping Services (OBHS) facilities across Indian Railways. OBHS is being provided on identified Mail/Express trains satisfying laid down parameters such as journey time/period, coach type etc. Zonal Railways identify additional trains for provision of OBHS scheme, as per requirements, which is an ongoing process.
As per the revised criteria, all important Mail/Express trains excluding purely overnight journey trains (running between 2200 hrs to 0600 hrs) are now eligible for coverage under this scheme.
Issue of notification of above revised eligibility criterion is the fresh step taken by the Government to facilitate Zonal Railways to provide OBHS facility on all important Mail/Express trains.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
