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IRCTC fines food licensees ₹5.13 crore, terminates six contracts over quality violations

IRCTC imposed ₹5.13 crore in fines, issued 54 show-cause notices, terminated six contracts and debarred licensees for food quality and hygiene violations, while expanding base-kitchen monitoring, QR-coded meal packets and food-safety supervision.

Reported figures

From the report. Source details below

  • 0.0008% average food-quality-related complaints

Other figures

  • 6 contract terminations
  • last 3 years

What to watch next

  • Share of meals carrying QR traceability and evidence that scans convert into resolved passenger complaints.
  • Changes in passenger food complaints, refund claims, social-media incidents and food-borne illness reports.

Likely next moves

Our read of what comes next — analysis, not reported by the source.

  • Expand QR-coded meal-pack coverage across premium and high-complaint routes, linking codes to kitchen, batch, vendor and grievance records.
  • Publish vendor performance or complaint-resolution metrics to deter repeat offenders and demonstrate compliance improvement.

The source

Source Read the source at The Hindu BusinessLine

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