New Delhi - A plan to increase rail container freight flows to the hinterland will be developed by NITI Aayog. To increase the percentage of container movement via railroads, a government think tank has called for expressions of interest (EoI) for research that will identify regulatory constraints and provide appropriate solutions.

It is anticipated that the national freight ecosystem will have 6,366 MT of total commodity volumes in 2026, of which 411 MT will be container traffic. Thirty percent of non-bulk freight is transported by rail or rail-intermodal, whereas sixty-six percent is transported by . . .