Attention Train Passengers..! Subsidy on railway tickets too..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Attention train Passengers..! Subsidy on railway tickets too..!?
Indian Railways is one of the largest transport networks not only in the country but also in the world. Railways are the only important means of transport for most people in the country. For long-distance travel after the flight, most people choose railways. Traveling by train is economical and convenient. But not many people know that the Ministry bears more than half of your travel expenses.
Railways subsidize more than half of the travel cost while traveling by train. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that Railways is offering more than 55% concessions on passenger fares. He also said that this year alone, Rs 62,000 crore has been given as a subsidy in railway fares. The Railway minister was in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh on tuesday to inspect the railway station.
Railway minister informed that subsidy is provided to all the passengers by Railway Ministry. It is about 55 percent. In other words, where the railway spends Rs.100 on any route, the passengers are charged only Rs.45. He also said that the Railways had given a total subsidy of Rs 62 thousand crores to various categories of passengers last year.
When the Railway minister was asked about which new trains are going to be run by the Railway Department, he said that EMU trains are going to be run on indian Railways under construction. An EMU train does not have an engine. It works like Metro. electricity is received in the second and third coaches of these trains and the train is powered by the energy obtained from it. The same system will be present in EMU vehicles.
The Railway minister informed about the launch of the 5g service in the country by bharat sanchar nigam limited (BSNL). He said that the 5g service from bsnl will be launched by October. The target is to launch this service in five major cities of the country in the next 500 days. The government has provided Rs 1 lakh 64 thousand crores to strengthen BSNL.

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