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Posted: Dec 21 2016 (12:56)

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Dec 21 2016 (12:50)   Govt may hike train fares after Budget to check its mounting losses

Jayashree^   51390 news posts
Entry# 2098518   News Entry# 289288         Tags   Past Edits
The government might hike rail passenger fares and freight rates after the budget to stave off mounting losses, a top official said on Tuesday, as finance...

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Dec 21 2016 (14:32)
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Difficulties in increasing non ac fares:
(1) Today hyperactive opposition is questioning each and every move/step/decision/policy of govt whether good or bad, whether liked by people/ rest of the world or not. Opposition wants country to be governed by UPA-2 policies in auto mode, the policies which had been summarily rejected by the Indian electorate in 2014.
(2) Almost every political party is ready to go to any extent to appease the huge chunk of vote bank i.e. the so called poor (about two third population having BPL cards and not paying income
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(3) Political game played in the name of cheap travel for poor since last 15 years, by not increasing non ac fares for 10 years in a row in spite of severe inflationary pressures. It has made non ac rail fare increase, a taboo.
(4) Prolonged pampering has resulted in a situation where the so called poor thinks that classification as a poor, or having a BPL card entitle them to get every thing almost free. Any govt increasing non ac fare shall certainly suffer in the forthcoming elections, as for majority of population getting maximum subsidies/ freebies matter most and good governance, sound financial/military/technological developments etc matter lesser.
(5) After sacking of a an efficient RM just for increasing non ac fares by his own party has created a situation, where increasing non ac fares is considered as a political sin.
(6) Mr Prabhu intended to increase non ac fares after introducing better facilities/ amenities to paxs. But even then fare increase is very difficult, thanks to hyper active opposition & subsidy addicted majority of public..
(7) non ac fares have to be reasonably increased at some point of time, some one have to bell the cat or have to drink poison for the sake of IR/ India just like lord Shiva did for humanity in the legendary tales.

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