Indian Railways on Green Track As Focus Shifts to Freight – BS

Close on the heels of other companies pushing for greater awareness on climate change, the Indian Railways is introducing a rating system, allotting rail green points (RGPs) to companies that choose railways over road transport to ferry goods, as the latter leads to carbon emissions which is 4X that of railways, Business Standard reported.

While India’s national transporter is not offering any monetary rewards in exchange for these green points, it hopes to wean most companies away from using road transport.

Read the full report: Business Standard

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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