After wheat, iron ore, Railways raises wagon registration fee for all goods

Months after it hiked wagon registration charges of wheat and iron ore to curb exports, the Ministry of Railways has now made a fourfold increase in these charges for all goods, a circular by the ministry said.

The registration charges to book a wagon have been revised to Rs 6,000 per wagon, as against Rs 1,500 earlier. Moreover, the charge for booking an entire rake, or goods train, has been revised to Rs 100,000 from the earlier Rs 50,000.

“Following up on the previous rate increases on specific commodities, we decided to hike it for all commodities since the rates had not been changed for 10-12 years. It was necessary to adjust these rates against inflation,” an official at the railways ministry said.