Indian Railways earned Rs 403 crore from Tatkal ticket fees during 2020-21 during the Corona Pandemic. At the same time, earned Rs 511 crore from Dynamic Fair.
Often railway passengers book tickets in Tatkal tickets by paying some extra money at the last minute. But do you know how much the Railways has earned in the last one year from Tatkal and Premium Tatkal tickets? In fact, in the last one year, during the Corona period, the Railways has earned more than 500 crores only from Tatkal tickets.
Earned more than Rs 511 crore
Indian Railways earned Rs 403 crore from Tatkal ticket fees during 2020-21 during the Corona Pandemic. At the same time, earned Rs 511 crore from Dynamic Fair. In an RTI reply, the Railways informed that the Railways has earned a tremendous amount in the Corona epidemic. The Railways has earned extra especially from booking Tatkal tickets, while the Railways has earned this despite the normal services of trains being closed during the Kovid period. 119 crore has been earned from Premium Tatkal. In the year 2020-21, the Railways has earned Rs 511 crore from Dynamic Fair.
Tatkal tickets are expensive
Passengers book tickets in Tatkal, Premium Tatkal and Dynamic fare when they have no other option. If the passengers have to go somewhere in an emergency and do not get a ticket or do not get a confirmed ticket, then the passengers take the help of Tatkal. Similarly, it happens in dynamic fair also. In dynamic fare, as the seat gets filled in the train, the fare for the rest of the seats becomes expensive. This premium is charged, because in an emergency, passengers have no option but to buy expensive tickets.
Railway gave information in response to RTI
Chandrashekhar Gaur of Madhya Pradesh had asked a question to the Railways in this regard through RTI. In response to this, the Railways said that till September 2021-22, Railways has earned Rs 240 crore from dynamic fare, Rs 353 crore from Tatkal tickets and Rs 89 crore from premium Tatkal charges. Whereas there was no hindrance in the operation of trains in the year 2019-20, because the corona epidemic did not spread then. During that period, Railways earned Rs 1,313 crore from dynamic fare, Rs 1,669 crore from Tatkal and Rs 603 crore from premium Tatkal tickets.
The issue has also been raised in the parliamentary committee
Actually, this figure has been released by the Ministry of Railways after a comment by the Parliamentary Committee. The Standing Committee of Parliament had said that it is unfair to charge passengers for Tatkal tickets, because in this adverse situation, financially weak people travel more. In Corona, such people were forced to travel in emergency. Such people had to pay more money even for short distance travel, this committee suggested that the fare should also be charged according to the distance.
This system was started in 2014
It was started in 2014. This system is only in few trains. 50% of Tatkal quota tickets are sold through dynamic fare system. In the first six months of the current financial year, there were 52 lakh passengers who were included in the waiting list, but after the seat reservation, their tickets could not be confirmed and due to Corona, waiting passengers were prohibited from traveling.
