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| Date | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Type | Corrigendum |
| Topic | freight |
| Directorate | Traffic Commercial |
| Official PDF | indianrailways.gov.in |
(Corrigendum No.17 to Corrigendum No.97 to Rates Master Circular/PCC/CC+8
Important Policy Measures for Freight Customers_Rates Branch (Commercial Dte), Railway Board 1 Important Initiatives for Freight Customers (Indicating Initiatives taken during April 2025-March 2026) Ministry of Railways has taken a number of freight policy measures to promote movement of goods traffic through railways. List of initiatives duly referring policy circular are given below. For full details of the initiatives, customers may visit the webpage of Traffic Commercial Directorate on Indian Railway’s website. Customers may get in touch with Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager at Division level or Chief Commercial Manager(FM) at Zonal Railway level for any freight traffic related query. Customers may also visit the website of FOIS (www.fois.indianrail.gov.in) to know more about freight traffic and policies. They can get all requisite information e.g. freight class and rate for all commodities; position of indent/demand for each station; outstanding indents, shortest/popular routes, terminal handling facilities and freight calculator. Customers can track and trace their rakes while logging their accounts in FOIS. TARIFF MEASURES 1.0 FREIGHT INCENTIVE SCHEME With a view to offer a competitive Freight Rates to customers and, thereby, attracting more traffic to rail, a number of Freight Incentive Schemes have been launched by Indian Railways namely Liberalized Automatic Freight Rebate Scheme for traffic loaded in Traditional Empty Flow direction (TEFD), Merry Go Round (MGR), Concession on short lead traffic, Station to Station (STS) rates, etc. TEFD provides automatic rebate from the computerized FOIS system shall become available to customers offering traffic in inter-zonal/intra-zonal traditional empty flow direction subject to fulfillment of certain terms and conditions stipulated in this policy (refer Rates Circular No.9 of 2024 and amendments thereto). Under MGR, concession is granted on movement of coal traffic in closed circuit (Rates Circular No.7 of 2016 and amendments thereto).Under Short lead concession, graded concession is granted on movement of traffic upto 100 Kms (Rates Circular No.20 of 2016 and amendments thereto).Under STS, concession is granted on incremental traffic over benchmark NTKM(Rates Circular No.15 of 2022 and amendments thereto) Link of the Policy Circulars: Freight Incentive Schemes Initiatives taken during April, 2025 Guidelines regarding Operation of Merry Go Round(MGR) system have been extended for a period of one year i.e. upto 30.04.2025 (Rates Circular No.07 of 2025) Initiatives taken during May, 2025 Certain traditional empty flow streams originating from Western Railway for Flat & Mixed steel rakes have been included for availing the benefit of Liberalized Automatic Important Policy Measures for Freight Customers_Rates Branch (Commercial Dte), Railway Board 2 Freight Rebate Scheme. (Corrigendum No.04 to Rates Circular No.09 of 2024) Initiatives taken during December, 2025 Guidelines regarding concession in freight charges for Short lead traffic have been extended beyond 31.12.2025 upto 31.12.2027. (Corrigendum No.07 to Rates Circular No.16 of 2020) Clarification regarding grant of two or more simultaneous concession in freight rate of Non-refined iodized salt meant for human consumption have been issued. (Addendum to Rates Circular No.36 of 2012 & Rates Circular No.07 of 2008) Initiatives taken during March, 2026 The validity of the guidelines regarding liberalized Automatic Freight Rebate Scheme for traffic loaded in Traditional Empty Flow Directions(TEFD) have been extended beyond 31.03.2026 for a period of 03 months i.e. upto 30.06.2026 (Corrigendum No.05 to Rates Circular No.9 of 2024) Guidelines regarding revision in the % of rebate in freight for traffic transported in privately owned wagons have been issued, effective from 01.04.2026 and valid upto 31.03.2027. (Rates Circular No.07 of 2026) 2.0 TRANSPORTATION PRODUCT Full rake movement is beneficial
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