Indian Railways transporting FMCG is good. But it has on-ground challenges to address

Over four decades, the railways has made impressive gains in freight volumes, emphasising the movement of bulk commodities across long distances, while the share of non-bulk traffic is merely a portion. The National Rail Plan 2020 has indicated different scenarios of traffic share that the railways could be handling by 2051, estimating a significant increase in the share of balance (other goods) and Export-Import container traffic, while a decline in the share of other bulk commodities, especially coal.