PATNA: With the overall improvement in Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country, railways has decided to give 50% subsidy to farmers to transport their perishable agricultural products outside Bihar by parcel cargo Kisan Rail air- conditioned (AC) express trains.
These special trains are running from different places falling under the jurisdiction of the East Central Railway (ECR) to Maharashtra, New Delhi and other places enabling farmers to transport their agricultural products like vegetables, fruits, flowers, fish, meat, milk and other products outside the state.
Railways had launched Kisan Rail scheme last year to provide opportunities to farmers to send their agricultural products outside the state to fetch better price of their products and explore market outside the state for their perishable or imperishable food products .
