Amid Farm Protest PM Modi will Flag off Kisan Rail today!

New Delhi, 28/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal, via video conferencing today at 4:30 pm. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will also be present on the occasion.

The Prime Minister’s Office stated that the train service will carry vegetables like cauliflower, capsicum, cabbage, drumsticks, chilies, onion, as well as fruits like grapes, oranges, pomegranate, banana, custard apple, etc.  Loading and unloading of perishable commodities will be permitted at all en route stoppages with no bar on the size of the consignment. The Government of India has extended a subsidy of 50 percent on the transportation of fruits and vegetables.

Kisan Rail is currently being operated on nine routes by Indian Railways and till now 27,000 tonnes of agricultural products have been transported.