RAIL CONCESSION IN AC CLASSES FOR
CERTAIN PATIENTS FROM APRIL
The Ministry of Railways
has issued orders granting concession in AC 3-Tier, AC Chair Car,
AC 2-Tier and AC First Class also to cancer, thalassemia major
and heart patients with prospective effect from April 1, 2003
in all Mail and Express trains except Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and
Jana Shatabadis.
The element of concession
will be 75 per cent in AC 3-Tier and AC Chair Car and 50 per cent
in AC 2-Tier and AC First Class. One escort or attendant or companion
traveling with the patient will also get the same element of concession
as applicable to patient.
The existing element
of concession in Second, Sleeper and First Class shall continue
to be 75 per cent for each such patient and his or her escort
or companion or attendant.
The Zonal Railways
have been directed to implement the orders subject to conditions
in coaching traffic rules.
The concessions
in AC Classes to patients suffering from cancer, thalassemia major
and heart ailment follow the announcement made by the Railway
Minister Shri Nitish Kumar in his Railway Budget 2003-2004 speech
in the Lok Sabha on February 26, 2003.
