With Covid pandemic almost controlled across the country, the Centre on Friday decided to resume cooked meals on all trains of Indian Railways by February 14. The full catering services were suspended as a safety measure against the corona virus pandemic on March 23, 2019.
Cooked food services facilitated by railway’s catering arm Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) was restored in 80 percent of trains last month, the Ministry of Railways gave the go ahead for 100 percent on board catering services which includes all the Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi trains, Duronto, Tejas and Humsafar and all express and mail where catering existed pre covid restrictions.