Lakhs of people travel everyday in railways and recently, to make the passengers happy, the railway minister has announced that these people will be given more than 50 percent discount in fare. Who comes in this list, let’s know
There is great news for the passengers traveling in Indian Railways. Just like senior citizens were given concession in trains, similarly people falling in some other categories are also given this benefit. We often travel through Indian Railways. But have you ever checked about the concession of Indian Railways, or did you know that railways gives concessions to its passengers?
Indian Railways provides travel concessions to various categories of passengers including award winners, unemployed youth, students, army personnel, disabled, escorts, tourist guides, patients, women, doctors etc.
Getting 53 percent discount
According to media reports, all the citizens traveling in the train get an average discount of 53 percent in the fare. Along with this, Divyang, students and patients get many types of concessions apart from this exemption.
Who is eligible for Railway Concession?
Till date patients who have cancer, AIDS, non-infectious leprosy, heart problem, kidney problem, thalassemia major disease, hemophilia, T.B./Lupus vulgaris, ostomy, aplastic anemia and sickle cell anemia, students and handicapped persons including Orthopedically Handicapped/ Involved. Paralyzed persons, blind persons, mentally challenged persons and deaf and dumb persons are eligible for concession on IRCTC tickets in Indian Railways.
If you are also eligible to avail railway ticket concession, you can avail the same at the time of booking your ticket. Later, you can check PNR status of train ticket online with rail apps like RailMitra to know whether your ticket is confirmed or not.
RailMitra is a train information app through which you can find train time table, train between stations, live train running stations, seat availability in various trains and order food online. Apart from this, you can also stay connected with Railmitra to get the latest updates related to Indian Railways.
