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Catering-Revised Tariff for Tea/Coffee, Breakfast and standard meals The tariff and menu of standard Meals, Breakfast, Tea/coffee was last revised on

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No.2012/TG.I11/631/9 New Delhi, dated:

21.12.2012 The General Managers, All Indian Railways.

The Managing Director, IRCTC, New Delhi.

Commercial Circular No. 78 of 2012 Sub: Catering-Revised Tariff for Tea/Coffee, Breakfast and standard meals.

Ref:

(i) Board's letter no. 2003/TG-111/631/3 dated 30.04.2003

(ii) Board's letter no. 2006/TG-III/618/1 dated 30.03.2006 and 18.04.2006 The tariff and menu of standard Meals, Breakfast, Tea/coffee was last revised on

30.04.2003. On receipt of representations from various quarters to review the tariff and menu of standard meals/breakfast, tea & coffee, Board had also constituted a Committee to study and suggest revision of tariff and menu of standard meals. Committee's recommendations as well as suggestions from the Railways were examined in the Board's office in consultation with Finance Dte. of Railway Board and the following revision has been approved by the Ministry of Railways.

S.No.

Item Revised Tariff ** Static mobile Standard tea (150 ml) in disposable cups of 170 ml capacity

5.00

5.00 2 Tea (with tea bag) (150 ml) in disposable cups of 170 ml capacity

7.00

7.00 3 Coffee using instant coffee powder (150 ml) in disposable cups of 170 ml capacity.

7.00

10.00

7.00

10.00 4 Tea in pots (285 ml) + 2 tea bags + 2 sugar pouches 5 Coffee in pots (285 ml) + 2 instant Coffee sachets + 2 sugar pouches

15.00

15.00 6 Rail Neer/ Packaged drinking water (chilled) * 6(i) 1 litre bottle /1000 ml

15.00

15.00 6(ii) 500 ml. bottle

10.00

10.00 7 Janta Meal or Economy meal or Janta Khana

15.00

20.00 8 Standard Breakfast

Vegetarian Breakfast

25.00

30.00

a) Bread Butter & cutlet or or

d) Pongal & Vada Non-Vegetarian Breakfast

30.00

35.00 Bread, Butter and omelet Standard Casserole meals Vegetarian

45.00

50.00 Non- Vegetarian

50.00

55.00 Standard Thali Meals (only in Ref. Rooms) Meals in Thalis (veg.)

35.00 Meals in Thalis (Non-veg.)

40.00 8(i)

*The selling price of Rail neer/shortlisted packaged drinking water has been notified vide CC no. 72 of 2012 dated 22.11.2012,

** Tariff of all items inclusive of service tax @ 8.66%.

2.

Detailed Menu of each item is given at Annexure. Further following instructions are issued for compliance:

(i) Packaged drinking water: 250 ml packaged drinking water in sealed disposable glass/bottle be made available along with the meals to the passengers.

(ii) The menu and tariff of catering items should be displayed (properly fixed at prominent locations visible to passengers) in each coach. There should be a footnote that tariff cards can be obtained from the bearers on demand.

(iii) The Casseroles and other wastage arising out of mobile catering should be collected by the catering staff and disposed off as per the extant instructions without leaving them all over the coaches and vestibules or dumping them in station yards.

(iv) The equipments for pantry cars should kept in top working condition so that the food supplied to the passengers are kept warm or cold depending on the weather conditions, type of food/beverages, and the running time of the train.

(v) Vegetable supplied along with the meals should be seasonal to make it affordable and also to ensure good quality and freshness.

(vi) Menu should definitely have variety and menu for lunch and dinner for the day should never be the same. The menu should be rotated in the days of the Week.

3.

Zonal Railways should display and notify the revised tariff at stations (in Refreshment Rooms/stalls) and also through rate list in pantry cars. The waiters/bearers should also be given detailed menu cards indicating revised rates. Revised tariff may be given adequate publicity through media, both print and electronic and also through Railway time tables so that there are no complaints from any quarter in this regard.

4.

Railways may workout the amount by which the license fee may go up on account of the changes in the tariff and

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