Railway Ticket Concession: The Ministry of Railways can once again give great news to the passengers traveling in the train. Yes, the Railways is going to start once again the senior citizen concession i.e. senior citizen ticket exemption which was closed since the Corona period.
There were speculations about this for many months. However, now many changes have been made on this. Along with this, the eligibility criteria has also been changed. After this change, the railway department is once again implementing the exemption given to senior citizens.
Age limit will change:
According to information received from media reports, Railway Board is planning to change the age limit for senior citizens. Apart from this, the concessions available on tickets will be limited to only a few categories. On the other hand, if we talk about earlier, earlier people of all categories used to get concessions.
Rules will be made soon:
The Railway Board said that it is planning to give concessions to senior citizens, in which the idea is to reduce the cost of these concessions while retaining the subsidy for senior citizens. As of now, no terms and conditions have been decided yet.
Get 53 percent discount:
According to the information received from the Ministry of Railways, all the citizens traveling in the train get an average discount of 53 percent on the fare. Along with this, Divyangjans, students and patients get many types of concessions apart from this exemption.
In which class will the discount be given?
In the Lok Sabha, the Railway Minister was asked about the Railway Concession, whether the Railways will again give the facility of discount on train tickets. On this, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that in 2019-20, Railways has given a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore on passenger tickets. Apart from this, the Standing Committee attached to the Parliament has suggested giving concession in train tickets to senior citizens traveling in slipper and third AC.
