6th March, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


MISUSE OF TRAVEL CONCESSION GIVEN TO MPs


LOK SABHA

A few cases of misuse of reservations made on the basis of Identity Cards issued to Members of Parliament have come to notice during the course of ticket checking but no separate statistics or details are maintained for the same. Besides, the normal checks on trains, additional checking is undertaken by the various squads of Commercial and Vigilance Departments to prevent misuse of various kinds of travel authorities.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Shri K.E. Krishnamurthy in the Lok Sabha today.