Senior Citizens: Many special facilities are provided to senior citizens by the Railways in the country. Recently, the Railway Minister has announced to give discount in train tickets to senior citizens. Let us know the news in detail…
New Delhi: There is great news for the passengers traveling by train. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has given important information regarding the exemption given to senior citizens.
Railways is going to restore the concession given to senior citizens (Railway Concession to Senior Citizen). Along with this, talks are also going on regarding changes in the eligibility criteria.
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. At the same time, if we talk about earlier, earlier all categories of people used to get concessions.
Rules will be made soon
Railway Board said that it is planning to provide concessions to senior citizens, in which the idea is to reduce the cost of these concessions while maintaining the subsidy for senior citizens. At present, no terms and conditions have been decided yet.
53 percent discount is available
According to the information received from the Ministry of Railways, all citizens traveling by train get an average discount of 53 percent on the fare. Apart from this, disabled people, students and patients also get many other concessions.
In which class will the exemption be given?
In the Lok Sabha, the Railway Minister was asked whether the Railways will again provide the facility of discount on train tickets. On this, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore has been given.
Apart from this, the Standing Committee attached to the Parliament has suggested giving concession in train tickets to senior citizens traveling in Sleeper and third AC.
