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Commercial Circular No. 19 of 2004 · 2004-06-11
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 19 of 2004
Date2004-06-11
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicnfr-eauction
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Summary

Bookstall Policy न 2004 ‘PD’ Category Bookstalls: All bookstalls at non-subarban stations with annua!

Text of the circular

“आज ऊ....ऊजदउसऊ

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (ares aver)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंत्रालय)
RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे até)

No. 2000/1'G.111/464/18/Policy New Delhi, dated 11.06.2004

The General Managers
All Indian Railways

(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 19 OF 2004)
Sub: Bookstall Policy न 2004

1. PREAMBLE
The matter regarding review of policy. on bookstalls has been under consideration of
the Ministry of Railways. At present, management of bookstalls on Railway stations
is by two major bookstall chains which are M/s. A.H. Wheeler & Co. and M/s.
Higginbothams Limited, by philanthropic and social organisations like M/s. Gita
Press, M/s. Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan, M/s. Ramakrishna Mission and Other
Categories which are unemployed graduates or their cooperatives etc..

In the absence of a comprehensive policy on the subject, zonal railways have been
approaching Railway Board on various issues from time to time. In addition, certain
assurances had been given in Parliament, which have to be incorporated in the policy.

It has been decided, therefore, to issue a comprehensive policy on the subject. The

following policy guidelines are issued in supersession of all previous instructions
issued in this regard. :

2. CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKSTALLS

Booksialls at railway stations may be classified into the following five categories :

‘A’ Category Bookstalls: All bookstalls at important stations in the National Capital
and State/Union Territories namely, (I) Jammu, (ii) New Delhi, (iii) Dethi Junction,
(iv) Hazrat Nizamuddin, (v) Lucknow, (vi) Patna, (vii) Bhopal, (viii) Guwahati, (ix)
Howrah, (x) Sealdah, (i) Bhubaneswar, (xii) Chennai, (xiii) Thiruvananthapuram,
(xiv) Hyderabad, . &xy): Secunderabad, (xvi) Bangalore, (xvii) Ahmedabad, (xviii)
Jaipur,. (xix) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus/Mumbai, (xx) Churchgate, (xxi) Dadar,
(xxii) Mumbai Central (xxiii) Bandra and at all other. stations having annual
passenger earnings of more than Rs, 6 crores.

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‘B’ Category Bookstalis: All bookstalis at non-suburban staticas with annual
passenger earnings between Rs. 3 crores and Re. 6 crores. Stations of tourist
importance or very busy junction stations to be decided by the Ceseral Manager of
the zonal railway should also be included in this category

‘C’ Category Bookstalls: All bookstails at suburbs stations not mentioned
under category ‘A’ above.

‘PD’ Category Bookstalls: All bookstalls at non-subarban stations with annua!
passenger earnings between Rs. 1 crore and Rs, 2 cron

‘E’ Category Bookstalls. All bookstalls at non-suburban stations with annual
passenger earnings less than Rs. 1 crore.

3. SCALE OF FACILITIES

3.1. For providing minimum level of facilities at different class of vtations, Zonal
railways may arrange to provide the following scale of bookstall facilities on their
system. If the level of: facilities already available is morc than the minimum
» » prescribed, the sarne may be retained. In case where the facilities are iess than those
“<> prescribed and if there is need and justification which should be decided at the level
‘. of the General Manager, additional facilities may be provided subject te the condition
that the additional facilities do not add to congestion and do not hamper the free -
movement of passengers. The bookstalls/trolleys run at the station by philanthropic
societies and social organisations would be over and above the minimum facilities
-indicated below Fe

“3% - The minimum facilities at different class of stations are indicated as under:

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| Concourse PRS Office | Main Platform
(if located

away from

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1 bookstall or | 1 bookstall 1 bookstali at
table depending the center of the
upon platform — and
availability of two book-
space | tables, one each
| at the end of the
latform __
1 bookstall

Other Platforms _ |

‘A’. class
stations

1 bookstall and |
trolley on every
platform

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stations

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