Bharat Gaurav Scheme

Bharat Gaurav Scheme

News: To tap the huge potential of tourism, the Railways has announced the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ Scheme.

Bharat Gaurav Scheme
• Under this Scheme, theme-based tourist circuit trains, on the lines of the Ramayana Express, can be run either by private or State-owned operators.Till now, the Railways had passenger segments and goods segments.
• Now, it will have a third segment for tourism under the Bharat Gaurav.
• The scheme has been developed after extensive stakeholder discussions and a lot of State Governments, including Odisha, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, have shown interest.
• Service providers, who can be an individual, company, society, trust, joint venture or consortium will be free to decide themes/circuits.They will offer an all-inclusive package to tourists including rail travel, hotel accommodation and sightseeing arrangement, visit to historical/heritage sites, tour guides etc.
• They have full flexibility to decide the package cost.The service providers will also be able to design/furnish the interior of the coaches based on the theme and put branding or advertising inside and outside of the train.