Nagpur Division of Central Railway under the able leadership of Smt. Richa Khare, DRM is continuing its momentum in awarding innovative contracts to generate additional ‘Non Fare Revenue’ for Indian Railways.
Nagpur Division which is number one over Indian Railways in implementing innovative contracts to value add the passenger / customer amenity and generate Non Fare Revenue putting all out efforts to monetize from the idle assets.
Nagpur Division awarded 3 new NFR contracts in the month of Jun 2021 by ensuring augmentation of annual NFR of Rs. 4.5 Lakhs per annum with a contract value of Rs. 13.5 Lakhs. All these three contracts are a value added amenity for freight customers.
The pandemic situation has severely impacted the advertisement industry which is a major part of ‘Non Fare Revenue’ for the Indian Railways, but the Division explored many non-traditional NFR ventures and successfully converted it into commercial earning sources.
Many of these contracts monetized the assets of Railways, added value to the customer amenities and generated commercial ventures in this tough time.
The contract for provision of Photocopier center at Nagpur parcel shall help the parcel customer submit photocopies of their required documents at the time of  booking and delivery at Nagpur Parcel office. The Goods shed staff canteen contracts at Dhamangaon Goods shed and Betul Goods shed of Division shall provide an amenity to the freight customers.
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The Commercial team led by Shri Krishanth Patil, Sr. DCM & NFR team consisting of Shri Vijay C Thool, ACM(Cog) and Shri. Tara Prasad Acharya, CCI(NFR) are putting efforts in mission mode to boost the Non Fare Revenue generation for Indian Railways. Â