On Wednesday, the Parliament decided not to bring back the railway ticket concession for senior citizens rule. The railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw clarified that the railway is facing a lot of losses due to this rule. He also shared a whole list of losses incurred by the department in previous years.
This is all right, we can understand the circumstances. But how would he justify the special treatment that the railway offers to MPs? According to the reports, the ministry spends a huge amount of money on them.
Here’s the full report on it.
Railway Refuses to Get Back Ticket Concession for Senior Citizens
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Before covid-19, there was a 50% discount on railway tickets for women above 58 years and 40% for men above 60 years. But when covid hits our economy, the Indian railways took that thing away from senior citizens to recover losses.
On 20th July, the railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw denied bringing that rule back and ended it forever. He said the Indian railway was facing losses for so many years because of this rule.
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Ashwini stated that the railway wore a 1491 crore loss in 2017-2018, 1636 crore loss in 2018-19 and 1667 crore loss in 2019-2020 due to ticket concession. He also added that they have generated 3400 Crore revenue by removing this rule.
However, the Indian railways continued the concession for the disabled people, different categories of patients and students.
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How Much Does Indian Railway Spend on MPs?
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Railway continued the special treatment and free travel for MPs. They spend almost 60 to 65 crore rupees every year on the comfort of MPs. So, the point is that if the railway can’t spend money on the elders of our country then how can they spend it on MPs.
Do you think it is right to use public money on ministers but not for the public itself?