Special Trains  

With a view to making distant markets more accessible to farmers, the Indian Railways has decided to run Kisan special trains
 

The Southcentral Railway (SCR) zone has so far shipped four crore litres of milk from Andhra Pradesh's Renigunta to New Delhi via "Doodh Duronto Special" trains amid the Covid pandemic

Railways has decided to use 60 per cent of the 5,200 isolation coaches meant for coronavirus-infected people to run Shramik Special trains

The Congress has sent two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and even 4-wheelers to Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government to help stranded migrants. Human resource minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said students who were unable to study abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic can now apply for JEE-Mains. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines of the day.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed the use of special trains for movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other people stranded at different places across the country amid lockdown due to COVID-19.

Close to 1200 officers and jawans of Indian Army are likely to take trains from Bengaluru to their postings in various parts of India this month
 

In order to facilitate the travel of youth participants of “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat” program, Indian Railways has decided to grant 50% concession in basic fares of Second/Sleeper Class to youths with earnings/emoluments of not more than Rs.5000/- per month for travelling from one State to another State to take part in ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ programme. This concession has been granted as a special case and it is admissible only in the normal train services and not for booking of Special Trains/Coaches.