MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO HANDICAPPED
PERSONS
LOK
SABHA
For Orthopaedically
handicapped/paraplegic persons, the concession certificate is
valid for (i) five years for persons upto 25 years of age, (ii)
ten years for persons from 26 to 35 years of age and (iii) whole
life for persons above 35 years of age. For Deaf and Dumb, Blind
and Mentally Retarded persons, the certificate is valid for five
years. After these mentioned periods, fresh concession certificate
is required to be obtained.
Concessional rail
tickets are issued directly at the stations on production of a
copy of the requisite concession certificate in prescribed form
issued by the prescribed authority. The original certificate is
required to be produced for inspection if demanded at the time
of purchasing ticket and during journey.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shri Manibhai Ramjibhai
Chaudhri in the Lok Sabha today.
