patri ke is taraf ya us taraf, zindagi mein hum sab RailFan ek taraf - Ananya D'Souza

Wow! getting wait listed ticket in IIAC tickets in Mumbai/Kokata/ Chennai/ Banglore Rajdhani should be preferable over the getting a confirmed one. If there is option to get either a confirm ticket or a waitlisted IIAC tickets even if tickets are available, I bet, many passengers will opt for waitlisted one!
With the new aviation policy on anvil, Govt. is going to promote air travel to none metro cities in a big way by developing no frill airports at about 400 unused air strips in non-metro cities throughout the country. Subsidies by way of viability gap funding to connect underserved locations, abolition of service tax on regional flights (with at least one destination being a non-metro city), abolish service tax in...
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Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul activities, Reduction of VAT on Aviation fuel. Maximum fare shall be capped at Rs 2500/- for up to 1 hr flight (i.e. up to aerial distance of around 600 kms). These measures are likely to drastically increase the annual domestic air traffic from present 7 crores to 30 crores in next 6 years.
Above development is going to badly hit Indian Railways in a big way. This is high time for Rly ministry to demand withdrawal of service tax on AC tickets to prevent loosing its premium passengers to airways as the same concession is proposed for the air travel as well.