Indian Railways generate Rs 1500 cr from suspension of ticket concession for senior citizens, RTI reveals
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Since March 2020, the railways have generated additional revenue of over Rs 1,500 crore from senior citizen travellers in two years, when the assistance was suspended after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, an RTI response has found. In its reply to a Right to Information query filed, the Railways said that between March 20, 2020, and March 31, 2022, the Railways did not offer concessions to 7.31 crore senior citizen travellers.