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Train fares hiked across the board after 10 years
Wednesday January 09, 2013 07:37:26 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Indian train
fares were hiked across the board for the first time in 10 years,
with Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal saying this was needed to
keep the world's second largest network going.
The new fares take effect from Jan 21 midnight.
The minister said he would focus on improving services and safety
from the Rs.6,000 crore expected to be earned from the move. But
he added that fares won't be touched during the annual railway
budget in February.
"There has been no revision of basic fares for 10 years, and this
has had a telling effect on railway finances," Bansal told
reporters.
"It is imperative to go for a moderate fare hike immediately."
The fare for sleeper class goes up by two paise per kilometer on
second class suburban trains, three paise per km on second class
non-suburban trains, four paise per km on second class mail
express trains, six paise per km on sleeper class, 10 paise per km
for air-conditioned chair car, and three, six and 10 paise per km
on air conditioned III, II and I class respectively.
Fares for first class and all air conditioned classes were revised
in March 2012.
Bansal said the hike was needed to maintain and improve safety
measures as well as cleanliness of trains, and to improve the
condition of railway stations.
Then railway minister Mukul Roy of Trinamool Congress had rolled
back a hike announced in the 2012 buget in general passenger
categories by his party colleague Dinesh Trivedi.
Bansal said besides a slowdown in the economy, a likely reduction
in the railway's Plan size to Rs.51,000 crore from the estimated
Rs.60,000 crore, and lower freight targets by 13 million tonnes
forced the fare hike.
Increasing input costs was another factor, he said.
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