Not only this, the issue of discount in rail fare was also raised by the opposition MPs in the Parliament. But now the government has taken a decision regarding this. According to the news published in Dainik Bhaskar, the discount given to passengers in rail fare will not be restored.

Decision after considering the demand

It was told in the news that many organizations and committees have taken this decision after considering the demands made by the people. After this, it was decided by the Railways that except in some special cases, no passenger will be given exemption in railway fare. The Railways’ argument behind not reinstating the discount is that the fare subsidy will continue as before. But it will not be possible to give additional relaxation.

Ticket worth Rs 100 for Rs 55:

Recently, the Railway Minister had also said during a program that Railways is providing tickets worth Rs 100 to the passengers for Rs 55. He had said that Railways is already giving subsidized tickets. After this, it has become clear that the concessions given before 2020 to other categories including senior citizens will not be started in future also. Before Corona, till March 2020, fare concession was given to women above 58 years of age and men above 60 years of age.

This discount was stopped by the Railways from 2020. On this, parliamentary committees, different organizations and MPs had recommended restoring the exemption. However, it has been decided by the Railways that passengers suffering from some serious diseases like cancer etc. will continue to get fare concessions. Railways says that the facilities will be increased in the coming times. Like elderly people and women will get lower berths on priority basis without paying extra fare.

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Apart from this, a tremendous increase was also recorded in the revenue from passenger fare and freight. In this sequence, information was given by the Southern Railway that an increase of about 80 percent was recorded in the revenue. It stood at Rs 6,345 crore in the passenger segment during the financial year 2022-23. This is the highest ever revenue.

64 crore passengers traveled in 2022-2023

Southern Railway earned a revenue of Rs 3,539.77 crore during this period of the last financial year. Earlier, the highest revenue earned by Southern Railway was Rs 5,225 crore in the financial year 2019-20. In the official release issued by the Southern Railway, it was said that in the year 2022-2023, about 64 crore passengers traveled. This is 88.5 percent more than the 34 crore passengers of 2021-22.

Demand to restore exemption

Southern Railway has also achieved many achievements in the freight segment. This includes highest ever loading of cargo at 4.05 MT, highest ever loading of 5.2 MT of petroleum and 3.23 MT of food grains. After the tremendous earnings for the Railways, there is a demand again to restore the concession given to senior citizens on tickets.

Let us tell you that in March 2020, during the Corona period, the exemption given to senior citizens on rent was stopped by the Railways. The concession on passenger fare was not resumed even after all the facilities were regularized by the Railways. There is a continuous demand from the passengers to start this facility again. On this, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said that 55 percent discount is already being given to the passengers by the Railways. But now on the increase in revenue, it is expected to resume the exemption in rent.

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