January 8, 2017 11:06 AM

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Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu to launch non-fare revenue policy

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will launch the non-fare revenue policy, a first in Railways, offering various schemes for revenue yielding activities of about 2,000 crore rupees.<br/><br/>Quoting a senior Railway official, news agency PTI said, these schemes include train branding, advertising spaces in trains, level crossings and areas along tracks. It said, Railway ministry is also planning to set up about 2400 ATMs at platforms of major stations across the country.<br/><br/>According to the official, currently railway earns less than 5 per cent of its total revenue through non-tariff sources and its aim is to raise it substantially through concrete offers.

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