Rail Neer scam: CIC pulls up IRCTC for denying RTI data on disclosure of CBI, ED cases in tenders
Public Lokpal
April 05, 2026
Rail Neer scam: CIC pulls up IRCTC for denying RTI data on disclosure of CBI, ED cases in tenders
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has pulled up the IRCTC, the catering arm of the Indian Railways, over the denial of information on an RTI plea seeking to know if companies bidding for railway tenders had disclosed their alleged links to the Rail Neer ‘scam’ and related cases probed by central agencies.
The RTI applicant had asked the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) if the bidders clearly mentioned the CBI or ED cases against their names, if any, in their tender documents.
The Rail Neer ‘scam’ was a 2015 corruption case investigated by the CBI, in which private catering companies supplied cheap bottled water instead of the mandated ‘Rail Neer’ on premium trains (Rajdhani and Shatabdi), causing the Indian Railways a loss of about Rs 19.5 crore.
PTI