The government will form a committee to look into the aspect of concessions to a

s many as 53 categories, including senior citizens, sportspersons, freedom fight

ers and differently-abled among others.
Indian Railway incurs a whopping Rs 34,000 crore annually towards social service
obligations, which essentially includes cross-subsidies involving fares and fre
ight and nearly 53 types of concessions.
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RAILWAY OFFERS HUGE SUBSIDIES
It offers 43 per cent subsidy on a single train journey to its passengers.
Comprehensive data shows the railways incurred the expenditure of Rs 34,000 cror
e on 'social service obligation' for the year 2015-16. Out of this, Rs 1500 cror
e was spent on myriad concessions on train travels.