Senior Citizen Concession: Big relief to senior citizens, this much discount will be available in rail fares
Senior Citizen Concession: Lakhs of people travel by trains across the country. But the Railway Department has started a special facility for senior citizens in which senior citizens will get such discount in railway fares. This is going to provide great relief to senior citizens. Let us know in the news below -
Haryana Report, Digital Desk- New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has recommended to the government to restore exemption for senior citizens in rail travel.
A committee of Parliament has asked the Railway Ministry to consider restoring the relaxation given to senior citizens during train travel.
This has been said in the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railway Ministry headed by BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh. The report was presented in both houses of Parliament on Monday.
Senior citizens used to get exemption
According to the report, Indian Railways used to give 40 percent discount in fare to men aged 60 years and above. Its minimum age for women is 58 years.
That means women above 58 years of age were given 50 percent relaxation. This discount was given for all classes in Mail, Express, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto group trains.
'Senior Citizens Leave Concession' initiative was started
It said the ministry had launched the 'Senior Citizens Concession Waiver' initiative. In this, senior citizens who want to contribute to national development were given the option to book their tickets without discount.
Concession is not available from 20th March 2020
According to reports, the exemption option for senior citizens was withdrawn on March 20, 2020, to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the committee feels that the Corona restrictions have now ended.
Railways has achieved normal growth. The Committee further requested the Ministry to consider sympathetically the relaxation given to senior citizens in sleeper class and 3A class. Efforts should be made to restart it as soon as possible.