Guwahati, March 29 (MExN): The Indian Railways has laid down policy guidelines recently to assign carbon saving points, termed as Rail Green Points, to freight customers, an official release informed.
It will be applicable only to the freight customers, who are registered on e-RD portal of Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) starting April 2022, stated the release from the CPRO, Northeast Frontier Railway.
The module for Rail Green Point will be developed by CRIS/FOIS.
On the portal, customers placing demand online for freight services would be prompted by a ‘Pop up’ giving details of the expected saving of carbon emission called Rail Green Points, it said.
Once RR (Rail Receipt) is generated, the saving of carbon emission will be credited to customer’s account in the form of Rail Green Points and the cumulative points will also be shown in his/her account on Freight Business Development portal, it informed.
Downloadable certificate displaying points may be provided in the system, it added.
While the points can’t be claimed by any customers for any benefit from Railways, the ‘Feel Good Factor’ that customers would get from this information will motivate them to transport more by train, the release maintained. Moreover, the corporate customers may like to mention it on their website, in their Annual Reports as their contribution towards protection of environment, it added.
