According to Railway Ministry officials, with the pilot project of allowing to carry the e-commerce consignments, the parcel business of Indian Railways will get a major boost. In a statement, the railways said: "Indian Railways started a pilot project, allowing e-commerce consignments on its EMU services in non-peak hours." It said as part of innovative pilot project, carrying of e-commerce consignment of Amazon in EMU services commenced from Sealdah to Dankuni in EMU local (suburban services) managed by Eastern Railways. The national transporter said that the pilot project will be done for a period of three months where total 7 metric tonnes of consignment per day has been allowed to be carried. "Upon success of the pilot project, other routes may also be taken up by Amazon and other e-commerce companies may also be interested," the ministry added.

Source: Mint October 21, 2019 16:52 UTC