Pl end discrimination in fare concession to senior citizens for Tatkal tickets.

Pl end discrimination in fare concession to senior citizens  for Tatkal tickets. Though senior citizens get 50% concession of tickets for female passengers and 40% for male, the same sops are not granted in basic fares while buying a Tatkal ticket.

  Tatkal is not a fare but a charge levied by the railways for additional berth quota it makes available. "The railways levy Tatkal charge for special quota but why senior citizens are not granted concession in basic fare,".

Senior citizen concession can be availed even on premium trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto for all classes but when it comes to tickets under Tatkal, they have to pay full fare.

Take for example Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express, senior citizens pay around Rs526 extra per ticket for journey under Tatkal between Nagpur and Mumbai.For travel between Nagpur and Mumbai (AC-III) ticket, general passengers pay Rs1,165. Under Tatkal, they pay Rs1,490, which includes Rs312 Tatkal charge. As per railway reservation rules, if a senior citizen is granted fare concession, the same ticket will cost him Rs964. However, they are paying same as general passengers.

 

Tatkal charge may be justified for extra quota but why there should be discrimination in basic fare concession. "While booking e-tickets under Tatkal the reservation system has disabled the column of concession to senior citizens,"

religious conversation is only a fall out of multiple factors

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• There has been lot of hue and cry over the issue of religious conversion. It is a fact well admitted that the Hindus were converted to other religions under pressure/temptation. Our country was ruled by foreign powers for a very long time. They tried and succeeded to some extent to thrust their religion on our people. This situation prevailed for a very long time with the result that a vast population of our country got converted under pressure/threat and temptation.

 

• However, it is important to think as to why we remained under foreign powers for such a long time? Why we could not through them out ?We must find answers to this question ?Then only we can save our country from facing similar situation in future. India was divided in very small units and each unit was like an independent nation. They used to fight with each other for  small things  and invited even foreigners to destroy their neighbours.
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• Has this situation changed now? The answer is big NO. We continue to fight with each other for small things. We do not have a united voice even on national issues. We need to think a lot over our day to day activities.

 

• The religious conversation is only a fall out of multiple factors social, economical and political. The Hindu society has greater danger from its own weaknesses than anything else. Why cannot we care for our poor fellows so that  they do not fall prey to small temptations .It is more important to undertake positive actions for improving the pathetic situation of the poor People .If this happens ,there will be little scope of conversions in the future.

Pl stop migration to cities.

 

As we are aware, most of the people living in villages migrate to cities once they get a chance.

 

This is happening mainly because of want of basic amenities/facilities in villages. There is very poor health care and medical facilities are almost nil. Anybody falling sick has, therefore, to rush to nearby towns even for routine check up. The possibility of getting  gainful employment in rural areas is also not good.The result is that the people who go to cities in search of jobs hardly return to their roots..

 

They get employment,and facilities for a comfortable life in cities and ultimately do not return to their villages as they get used to them. There is, therefore, constant rise in population of cities whereas  village population is depleting day by day.

 

It is important that the State as well as Central Governments are able to formulate policies which should  be village centric .The recent scheme of adopting a village by a Member Parliament is a good step  in the right direction but we need to do more. The people have to make sincere efforts to make their villages a place where all modern facilities like internet, phone,etc should be easily available.

No more Mandal and Kamandal.

 The Congress Party is, too, busy protecting Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Mr Rahul Gandhi following huge setback due to unprecedented defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.In order to protect herself and her son Mrs Sonia Gandhi can go to any length and action against Mr Tharoor is only an example. The Congress Party lost in the Lok Sabha elections because of poor performance by the UPA Government which was immersed in corruption .Instead of learning from the past, the Congress leadership believes to regain the lost ground just by criticizing Mr Narendr Modi and his government. Whatever the Central Government does, the Opposition parties start criticizing. They are ,too, crazy to prove that the Modi government has not come to people’s expectations and that the promises made by the BJP during election campaign are all false. But how that is going to help the Opposition? The people of India are wise enough to understand their gimmicks and that is why they lost the Lok Sabha elections. The false propaganda in the name of secularism and casteism could not bring dividends .the slogan Kisan and Musalman raised recently by an Opposition leader is only reflective of the same mentality. Youths aspirations need to be understood. They want progress,they want jobs and no more Mandal and Kamandal.

why senior citizens are not granted concession in basic fare for Tatkal tickets?,"

The Railway Minister should end discrimination in fare concession to Senior citizens for Tatkal tickets. Though senior citizens get 50% concession of tickets for female passengers and 40% for male, the same concession are not granted in basic fares while buying a Tatkal ticket.

Tatkal is not a fare but a charge levied by the railways for additional berth quota it makes available. "The railways levy Tatkal charge for special quota but why senior citizens are not granted concession in basic fare?,"  All concessions & facilities to Senior Citizens are also as``Respect to Elders`` and not exclusively for financial relief, as such concessions are admissible to Ambanis, Tatas etc also. Each Public Authority has to take effective steps to improve the quality of life of all Elders, strengthen their legitimate place in society and help them to live their last spell of life with purpose, dignity and peace. Keeping this Mandate in view, Ministry of Railways must reserve some quota for Senior Citizens in Tatkal Tickets also and give concession, as for other tickets. Moreover, concession in fares is for all classes of all trains and Tatkal Tickets are also for these trains and not for any Special/Superior trains like local or passenger trains for which concessions are not given!! One more action of Ministry of Railways to give 40% to males & 50% to females is discriminatory and causing divide in the Society! Definition of Senior Citizen does not discriminate between males & females and as such fare concession should be same for all Senior Citizens.