75% fare cut for some passengers

Not only has Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav [ Images ] not increased passenger fares for any class or freight rates for any commodity, he has also proposed big concessions for some categories of passengers.

He has proposed the following:

• 75 per cent concession in fares in second and sleeper classes to widows of defence personnel killed in action against terrorist/extremist
• Escort accompanying a deaf and dumb person also to get 50 per cent concession in fares in first, second, sleeper classes and in season tickets.
• 75 per cent concession in fares in II/SL/I/AC chair car and AC-3 tier classes for severe/moderate haemophilia patients for treatment.
• Full concession in second class to unemployed youth attending interviews for selection to central government jobs to be implemented.