This is a summary of Unstarred Question No. 1815 in Lok Sabha, regarding the installation of bio-toilets in trains, to be answered on 10.12.2025. The Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, states that the installation of bio-toilets in passenger coaches has been taken up in mission mode to eliminate the direct discharge of human waste on railway tracks. As of 30.11.2025, 9,587 bio-toilets were fitted between 2004-14 and 3,59,247 between 2014-25. All passenger-carrying mainline coaches equipped with toilets are provisioned with bio-toilets. The cost of fitting bio-toilets in new coaches is covered in the manufacturing cost of the Coaches sanctioned under the Rolling Stock Programme.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Railways: The primary governmental entity responsible for the installation of bio-toilets in trains.
Bio-toilets: The subject of the policy, referring to the toilets being installed in trains to eliminate direct discharge of human waste on Railway tracks.
Rolling Stock Programme: The program under which the cost of fitting bio-toilets in new coaches is covered.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1815
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025
INSTALLATION OF BIO-TOILETS IN TRAINS
1815. SHRI ARUP CHAKRABORTY:
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has set any targets for the installation of
bio-toilets in trains and if so, the details thereof and the progress made
under such targets;
(b) the details of the total number of trains run by Railways along with
the number of trains fitted with bio-toilets; and
(c) the details of the funds earmarked for fitting of bio-toilets in trains
and the funds spent till date for the same?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)
(a) to (c): To eliminate direct discharge of human waste on Railway
tracks, installation of Bio-toilet in passenger coaches had been taken up
in mission mode.
The details of installation of Bio-toilets, as on 30.11.2025, are as under:
Period No. of Bio-Toilets fitted
2004-14 9,587 only
2014-25 3,59,247 (More than 34 times)
Contd.2/--2-
At present, all the passenger carrying mainline coaches equipped with
toilets are provisioned with bio-toilets.
The cost of fitting of bio-toilets in new coaches is covered in the
manufacturing cost of the Coaches sanctioned under Rolling Stock
Programme.
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