FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES ON RAILWAYS
LOK
SABHA
The sale prices
of food items are fixed uniformly for departmental and private
licensee. During the last four years there has been an increase
of sale price of standard meals in June 1999 and an increase of
price of tea/coffee in September 2000. However, the tariff of
a-la-carte items are fixed on the zonal railways and reviewed
from time to time.
This information
was given by the Minister for Railways Shri Nitish Kumar in a
written reply to a question from Shri Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi
in the Lok Sabha today.