South Central Railway launches Give Up Concession

Secunderabad: Gajanan Mallya, General Manager, South Central Railway unveiled the campaign poster to launch #GiveUpConcession campaign seeking the co-operation of senior citizens to support Indian Railways and partner the organisation in its growth.

Senior citizens are presently being given concession on reservation tickets for rail travel in any of the classes between any destinations, any number of times they travel. The facility entails 40% concession to male passengers over 60 years of age, while the concession is 50% in case of female passengers over the age of 58 years.

Railways are extending the concession as a measure of its concern and respect for the senior citizens in the country, although the financial burden is huge. In 2017, the Ministry of Railways introduced a 'Give up Scheme' for the concession to senior citizens as well as rationalisation of the scheme of senior citizen concession.

Based on this, senior citizens of Indian nationality have been provided an option to give up the concession granted to them. They are entitled to opt to give up either 50 % of the concession that they get or opt to totally forego 100 % of the concession, thereby paying the actual full fare. The scheme has been introduced for all reserved tickets, issued either at the reservation counters or on the internet(e-tickets).

Senior citizens can exercise the option of giving up concession by a simple tick of the appropriate column to forego 50% or 100% of the element of concessional amount, while making reservation at the counters.

On internet too, 'Forego 50% Concession' and 'Forego Full Concession' option is available under the option for senior citizen concession section of passenger details form, which can be utilised. In case, services of authorised ticket booking agents are utilised, senior citizens can keep the agents informed of their selected option.