Consider the following statements about the Indian Railways rsquo corporate train model This is a ne...........

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Consider the following statements about the Indian Railways’ corporate train model

This is a new model being actively pushed by Indian Railways to outsource the running of regular passengers trains to its PSU, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
The Kashi Mahakal Express is the country’s second corporate train after the Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express train.

Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

Explanation:

The Kashi Mahakal Express is the country’s third corporate train after the two Tejas Express trains between Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad started over the past few months.
About the model

This is a new model being actively pushed by Indian Railways to outsource the running of regular passengers trains to its PSU, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
This has been dubbed an experiment as a natural extension of this model is to lease out 100 routes to private players to run 150 trains.