According to media reports, the Railway Board is planning to give concession on tickets to elderly citizens who are 70 years of age or more. As far as class is concerned, the benefit of concession can be given on general and sleeper class tickets.
Railways can give a good news to senior citizens traveling by train. Railways can resume concession for such passengers. Senior citizens earlier used to get concession in fare on train tickets. But during the Corona period, the government stopped this exemption. This shutdown continues till now. The matter went to Parliament and the opposition parties surrounded the government on this issue.
Now it may be possible that the rule of concession will be operational again. However, there may be some changes in the rules for this. This information has been given in a media report. According to media reports, the Railway Board is considering making some changes in the age limit to give concession in tickets. Also, the benefit of concession can be given on tickets of certain classes only.
Earlier, senior citizens were given concession in fare in every class of the train. But due to the closure of train service during the Corona period, the rule of exemption in fare was also stopped. The government’s argument was that the railway is going through a huge loss, so the concession in fare has been discontinued. What will be the rule changes According to media reports , the Railway Board is planning to give concession on tickets to elderly citizens who are 70 years of age or more.
As far as class is concerned, the benefit of concession can be given on general and sleeper class tickets. Railways says that the idea is to reduce the cost of concession by continuing the subsidy in tickets for senior citizens. However, a final decision has not been taken yet about the terms and conditions of the concession.
All the things of concession are being said on the basis of media reports. final decision yet to be made There is news quoting sources that the rules of concession are being considered and a decision will also be taken on it. The government never said that the concession for the elderly would be completely abolished, so the idea is on. Concession is of great help to the elderly, especially the older ones.
Therefore, there is no plan to discontinue it, but it can be continued till the general and sleeper classes. With this 70 percent of the passengers can be covered. These are some of the options that are being considered. However, nothing has been finalized yet. The facility was available before Corona Before the start of the corona epidemic in the year 2020, the concession for senior citizens was going on.
In this, women above 58 years of age and men above 60 years of age were given exemption in tickets. In the scheme run by the railways, women passengers used to get 50 percent concession and men got 40 percent concession in ticket fare. This rule was equally applicable for every class. After the introduction of Corona, the Railways withdrew this subsidy.
