Option for food in all trains necessary like is to be in engine-less train
It refers to media-reports that first engine-less train in India to be introduced as a prime train on a prime route will have option to have tickets without food-cost also. But such a system already introduced in Rajdhani Express should be in all trains including Shatabdi and Duranto where food-cost is compulsorily charged with ticket-cost. Most domestic airlines have already replaced food-serving by selling variety of packaged food-items according to choice of passengers.
Compulsory charging of food-cost in rail-tickets unnecessarily penalizes those who do not wish to avail train-food due to various reasons including peculiar food-choice like without onion and garlic or not taking sweet-dish for being diabetic etc, It may be recalled that optional sweet dish of hot Gulab-Jamun was decide...








