Express News Service
The Railways has generated a record-high income of over Rs 1900 crore from the cancellation of e-tickets additionally realizing some fastened quantities as comfort price. The cancellation or clearage cost is levied by railway on cancellation of ticket as per Railway Passengers Rule 2015 on each e-tickets and the tickets issued by the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters.
According to a current written reply of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to a Parliament query, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) realizes comfort price from the passengers, who e book on-line reserved e-tickets via IRCTC e-ticketing platform. A complete of Rs 1,949.98 crore has been generated by the railway from the cancellations of tickets together with the e-tickets between 2019-2020 and 2022-2023(until December). The railway minister knowledgeable the House that the railway had generated the best income of Rs 694.08 crore within the monetary 12 months of 2021-22 from the cancellations of each the counter and e-ticket. In the outgoing monetary 12 months of 2022-23(until December), the railway has generated Rs 604.40 crore from the cancellations.
According to the railway minister’s reply, the railway expenses Rs 30 on the ticket of air-conditioned class in case the ticket is booked through the use of web banking or debit-credit card per ticket and Rs 20 per ticket if booked via UPI. For non-air conditioned lessons, the railway expenses of Rs 15 per ticket booked via the Net banking or debit or bank card and Rs 10 per ticket for those booked utilizing UPA. He knowledgeable the home that the comfort price just isn’t charged to passengers on the cancellation of tickets. The cancellation or comfort expenses are collected by IRCTC primarily based on directions issued by railways now and again.
At current, the railway has a capability of reserving round 25,000 tickets per minute. “The target is to upgrade it to 2.25 lakh per minute and to ensure this technological improvement are being made and software is added”, the Railway minister had not too long ago informed the media at briefing held over allocations within the current funds. The minister has additionally mentioned that the railway can even work to boost the capability for attending enquires from 40,000 enquiries per minute now to 4 lakh per minute in coming days.
The Railways has generated a record-high income of over Rs 1900 crore from the cancellation of e-tickets additionally realizing some fastened quantities as comfort price. The cancellation or clearage cost is levied by railway on cancellation of ticket as per Railway Passengers Rule 2015 on each e-tickets and the tickets issued by the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters.
According to a current written reply of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to a Parliament query, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) realizes comfort price from the passengers, who e book on-line reserved e-tickets via IRCTC e-ticketing platform. A complete of Rs 1,949.98 crore has been generated by the railway from the cancellations of tickets together with the e-tickets between 2019-2020 and 2022-2023(until December). The railway minister knowledgeable the House that the railway had generated the best income of Rs 694.08 crore within the monetary 12 months of 2021-22 from the cancellations of each the counter and e-ticket. In the outgoing monetary 12 months of 2022-23(until December), the railway has generated Rs 604.40 crore from the cancellations.
According to the railway minister’s reply, the railway expenses Rs 30 on the ticket of air-conditioned class in case the ticket is booked through the use of web banking or debit-credit card per ticket and Rs 20 per ticket if booked via UPI. For non-air conditioned lessons, the railway expenses of Rs 15 per ticket booked via the Net banking or debit or bank card and Rs 10 per ticket for those booked utilizing UPA. He knowledgeable the home that the comfort price just isn’t charged to passengers on the cancellation of tickets. The cancellation or comfort expenses are collected by IRCTC primarily based on directions issued by railways now and again.
At current, the railway has a capability of reserving round 25,000 tickets per minute. “The target is to upgrade it to 2.25 lakh per minute and to ensure this technological improvement are being made and software is added”, the Railway minister had not too long ago informed the media at briefing held over allocations within the current funds. The minister has additionally mentioned that the railway can even work to boost the capability for attending enquires from 40,000 enquiries per minute now to 4 lakh per minute in coming days.