Indian Railways gets this great news courtesy a 9,00,000 strong segment of public

Indian Railways: Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gojain told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that 9.08 lakh senior citizens have given up 100  per cent  of their railway fare concession under the 'Give Up' scheme, while 8.55 lakh such passengers gave up 50  per cent  of their concessions

Indian Railways gets this great news courtesy a 9,00,000 strong segment of public
Indian Railways: The 'Give up' concession scheme of Indian Railways was launched last year to increase the earnings. Image source: PTI
Written By: PTI
Updated: Wed, Mar 14, 2018
07:06 pm
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Over nine lakh senior citizens gave up their Indian Railways concession in passenger fare between July, 2017 to February, 2018, the parliament was informed today. Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gojain told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that 9.08 lakh senior citizens have given up 100 per cent of their railway fare concession under the 'Give Up' scheme, while 8.55 lakh such passengers gave up 50 per cent of their concessions.

The 'Give up' concession scheme of Indian Railways was launched last year to increase the earnings of the railways which in turn is pooled together to meet the revenue expenditure of the national transporter, including development of railway stations, he told the House. 

 

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