New Delhi: Railways earned Rs 403 crore from Tatkal ticket fee, Rs 119 crore additional from premium Tatkal tickets, and Rs 511 crore from ‘Dynamic’ fares during 2020-21 as compared to Rs. Most of its operations remained suspended for most of the time. This information has been received from the Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The ‘Dynamic’ fare system in Railways is the system in which the fare is fixed according to the demand. This fare system is applicable in trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, and Duronto trains. These three categories of passengers are usually last-minute travelers who avail these services by paying premium charges.
In response to an RTI filed by Chandrashekhar Gaur, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, the Railways said that it has collected Rs 240 crore from ‘dynamic’ fares, Rs 353 crore from Tatkal tickets, and Rs 89 crore from premium Tatkal charges in the financial year 2021-22 till September.
In the financial year 2019-20, when there were no restrictions on train operations, the Railways earned Rs 1,313 crore from ‘dynamic’ fares, Rs 1,669 crore from Tatkal tickets, and Rs 603 crore from premium Tatkal tickets. This figure of the Ministry of Railways comes a month after the comments of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways.
The committee, in its remarks, had said that the charges levied on Tatkal tickets are “somewhat unreasonable” and put a huge burden especially on those passengers who are financially weak and need to travel on Tatkal to visit their relatives and relatives. are forced to. The Committee desired that the Ministry should take measures for a fare proportionate to the distance traveled.
