Railways Earned Over Rs 2,800 Crore From Revised Child Travellers In 7 Years
NDTV
The data shows that in these seven years, over 3.6 crore children travelled paying half fare without opting for a reserved seat or coach.
Indian Railways has earned an additional revenue of more than Rs 2,800 crore from child travellers in the last seven years by revising child travel fare norms, an RTI response has found.
The response from the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) under the Right to Information (RTI) Act further indicates that the financial year of 2022-23 alone earned Rs 560 crore due to the amended norms making it the most profitable year.
CRIS, an organisation under the Ministry of Railways, provides IT solutions in core areas such as ticketing and passengers, freight services, train traffic control and operations, among others.
