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Permission for carriage of commodities listed in Red Tariff, exclusively in Parcel trains

FM Circular No. 16/2024 · 2024-06-19
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Circular numberFM Circular No. 16/2024
File numberNo. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04-Part(1)
Date2024-06-19
TypeFreight Marketing Circular
Topicparcel
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Summary

Permission for carriage of commodities listed in Red Tariff, exclusively in Parcel trains approved that the commodities listed in the Red tariff, may be transported in other Parcel

Text of the circular

CIRCULAR No. 19 of 2024
|73100170/2024
भारत सरकार / GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय / MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे बोर्ड / RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04-Part(1) New Delhi, dated_}2 .07.2024

The General Managers,
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Permission for carriage of commodities listed in Red Tariff, exclusively in
Parcel trains.
Ref: i. FM Circular No. 16/2024, issued vide Board’s letter no.
2021/TC(FM)/10/06, dtd. 19.06.2024.
ii. Board’s letter no. 202 1/TC(FM)/11/21, dated 17.10.2023.
iii. FM Circular No. 2/2023, issued vide letter no. 2022/TC(FM)01/02, dtd.
10.02.2023.
KRRERE
Please recall amendment to the I.R.C.A. Red Tariff No. 20 (Railway Red Tariff
Rules, 2000), issued vide Board’s FM Circular No. 2/2023, dated 10.02.2023, whereby
packing/labeling/special conditions for carriage of certain commodities, previously not listed
in the Red Tariff, were notified.

2. Further, attention is invited to Board’s letter under ref-(ii), clarifying that all
commodities mentioned in the Red Tariff are prohibited for carriage in leased parcel spaces.

3. The matter was deliberated upon, and vide FM Circular No. 16/2024, dtd. 19.06.2024,
it was decided that the commodities listed in Red Tariff, may be allowed transportation in
leased PCET. The relevant para is reproduced verbatim as under:

“Lease holder shall load only such commodities which are permissible to be
booked as ‘Parcel’, under prescribed Railway Rules. Offensive, contraband,
dangerous, explosive and any other commodities which are prohibited to be
carried by Railways or banned from time to time by other departments of
Central/State government shall in no case be allowed to be loaded in any part of
Parcel Cargo Express Train.

However, commodities listed in Red Tariff may be allowed to be loaded in Parcel
Cargo Express Train subject to compliance of all the extant guidelines
applicable for packing, labeling, marking, loading, unloading, etc. of such
commodities”.

4. In continuation to the above mentioned instructions, the Competent Authority has
approved that the commodities listed in the Red tariff, may be transported in other Parcel
trains also (which do not carry passengers) viz. ‘Joint Parcel Product-Rapid Cargo Service
(JPP-RCS)’ trains and full ‘Indented Parcel trains’.

5: Such transportation shall be subject to compliance of all the extant guidelines for

booking, packaging, labeling, loading/unloading and other precautions applicable on parcel
traffic, along with submission of declaration to this effect by the aggregator/ party.

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CIRCULAR No. !9_ of 2024
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6. These instructions shall come into force with immediate effect.

7. Zonal Railways may take necessary action accordingly.

(Ashutosh Mishra)
Joint Director Freight Marketing

No. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04-Part(1) New Delhi, dated_J2.07.2024

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:

1. The Principal Chief Operations Managers, All Indian Railways.

2. The Principal Chief Commercial Managers, All Indian Railways.

3. The Chief Passenger Transportation Managers, All Indian Railways.

4. The Chief Commercial Managers (FM), All Indian Railways.

5. Director General, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow.

6. Director, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Lucknow.
7. Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara.

8. Managing Director/CCM, Konkan Railway Corporation, Navi Mumbai

9, Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS), New Delhi
10. Managing Director, DFCCIL, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

(Ashutosh Mishra)
Joint Director Freight Marketing

No. 2022/TC(FM)/10/04-Part(1) New Delhi, dated_12 .07.2024

Copy for kind information to:

1. Chairman & CEO, Member (O&BD), Member (Finance), Member (Infra.), Member
(T&RS), DG(RPF), DG(RS) and Secretary Railway Board, New Delhi.

2. AM(Traffic), AM(C), AM(M&BD), Adv (Infra), Adv. (Vig), PED/TT(M), PED/PM,
EDTC(G)/NFR, ED/Coaching, EDTC(Rates), ED/Safety(Traffic), EDTT(S), EDTT(F),
ED(

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