(a) Whether to cope up with the WTO regime, where multinational corporations have started entering the market in a big way, mango growers and exporters from southern States have urged the Railways to allocate ventilated rakes to transport mangoes without damage;
(b) if so, whether the Railways have accepted their demand;
(c) if so, the extant to which additional ventilated rakes have been allocated to these States including Andhra Pradesh;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the other steps proposed to boast exports of fruits without damage in Railway godowns by arranging for proper preservation like clod storages, etc.?