Medilytix bureau: The Indian Railways may consider restoring senior citizen concessions for general and sleeper classes. The national transporter incurs a huge burden of around Rs 2,000 crore every year due to over 50 types of concessions it offers to various kinds of passengers.The senior citizen concession amounts to around 80 per cent of the total discounts given by it.
However, the Railways will limit the concessions to non-AC travel only. This includes changing the age requirements for concession fares to include individuals over 70 instead of the previous 58 for women and 60 for males is also in the works. apart from this railway will introduce premium Tatkal skim. Under the Premium Tatkal Scheme, Railways reserves a few seats with a dynamic fare pricing. This quota is for the convenience of last-minute travelers willing to shell out a little extra.The Premium Tatkal fare is the basic train fare in addition to Tatkal charges.