(a) the number of stalls and trolleys being run by the
Catering Department of the Indian Railways, zone-wise;
(b) the number of commission vendors employed in these
catering stalls/trolleys at present;
(c) whether it is a fact that the Railways have been incurring
huge financial loss due to these departmental catering units;
(d) if so, the details of financial loss to the Railways due to
these departmental catering units during each of the last three
years and the current year and zone-wise; and
(e) whether some of the said catering units have been closed and
the reasons for not closing departmental catering units which are
incurring losses in all the zones?