Question : Salient Features of DFCs

(a) the main objective and salient features of Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs) along with its present status;
(b) the details of the States and districts covered through DFCs in the country, particularly West-Bengal;
(c) whether DFCs are designed to benefit business generation and create job opportunities in different parts of the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND
CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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