GENERAL RULES FOR AVAILING CONCESSION IN RAILWAYS

The detailed rules, procedures, entitlement, purposes, etc for grant of  concession are contained under different serial numbers in IRCA Coaching Tariff,  Part I (Vol. II) which can be purchased from the General Secretary, I.R.C.A.,  Chelmsford Road, New Delhi. For any complaints or clarifications, the General  Manager or the Chief Commercial Superintendent of the concerned Zonal Railway  Administration should be approached. The important general rules for concession,  in reference to the above mentioned Tariff, are as under:


1.(a)All concessional fares shall be calculated on the basis of fares for  Mail/Express trains irrespective of the type of train, i.e. Mail or Express or  Passenger, by which the passenger travels.


(b)Concession shall not be granted for any journey the cost of which is borne by  the Central or State Government or a local authority or a Statutory body or a  Corporation or a Government Undertaking or a University.


However, the students participating in the tournaments held or recognized by the  schools or universities will be eligible to the concession.


(c)Concession shall be admissible only in respect of basic fares. No concession  is admissible in respect of other charges, viz. superfast sucharge, reservation  fee, etc. However, in cases where concession has been allowed in  Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi trains, the concession shall be admissible in the  total charges (including catering) of these trains.


(d)The concessions will be admissible subject to the minimum distance of 300  Kms, except in the case of students, blind, orthopaedically  handicapped/paraplegic persons, TB and Cancer patients, Kidney patients,
non-infectious leprosy patients, mentally retarded persons, thalassamia major  disease patients, Heart, Hemophilia Patients, War Widows, Widows of IPKF, Widows  of martyrs of operation Vijay 1999 (Kargil), Widows of defence personnel killed  in action against terrorists & extremists, National Awardee Teachers, Shram  Awardee Industrial Workers, Widows of Policemen killed in action against
terrorists & extremists, Senior Citizens, Allopathic Doctors, parents  accompanying the National Bravery Awardee child, Police Medal Awardees,  Dronacharya Awardees coaches, sportsmen, Unemployed Youths for attending  interviews for jobs, and their escorts, wherever admissible under the rules, in  whose case the above mentioned distance restriction will not apply. However, the  distance restrictions otherwise applicable to general public for travel in each  individual train will apply for issue of concessional tickets also.


2.Only one type of concession is admissible at a time at the choice of passenger  and no person is allowed two or more concessions simultaneously.


3.(a) Break of journey en-route shall not be allowed on a concession ticket for  a journey for a specific purpose viz. a student travelling to/from an  examination Centre, a Cancer patient travelling to/from a hospital, a professor  travelling to/from a Conference, etc. It is allowed only where a break of  journey is a natural event.


(b)Passengers breaking their journey are required to have their ticket endorsed  from the Station Master where journey is broken.


(c)Passengers terminating journey en route, must surrender their ticket at the  station where the journey is terminated. Refund for the untravelled portion on  such tickets will not be allowed.


4.Except Senior Citizens, concession on Indian Railway will be admissible on  production of the requisite certificate from the concerned Person/Organization  in India and the documents issued by persons / organizations in other countries  shall not be valid for the purpose of concession.


5.In the case of Senior citizens, no proof of age is required at the time of  purchasing tickets. Concession tickets are issued on demand made through the  option in reservation form. However, they are required to carry some documentary  proof showing their age or date of birth and produce it if demanded by some  Railway Official during the journey. Any document issued by any Government  Institution/ Agency/Local Body, like Identity Card, Ration Card, Driving  Licence, Pass Port, Educational certificate, certificate from  Panchayat/Corporation/ Municipality, or any other authentic & recognised  document, is acceptable for this purpose. The Pass Port issued by foreign  countries is also valid.



6.The holder of a concession ticket is not permitted to change the ticket to a
higher class even by paying the difference of actual fares. However, the
categories of persons eligible for concession in first class (and not in AC
2-tier) can purchase tickets for AC 2-tier sleeper also on payment of the first
class concessional fare plus difference of actual fares of AC 2-tier sleeper &
first class.



7.Save as otherwise specifically provided, concession is not admissible in
season tickets, circular journey tickets and prestigious trains like Rajdhani
Express, Shatabdi Express, etc. which have separate all inclusive fare
structure. Concession is admissible to any one in Garib Rath Express trains.



8.In case where concessional Single/Return Journey Tickets or Season tickets or
Circular journey tickets are to be issued for two or more persons, the
concessional fare shall be calculated separately for each person.



9.All the concessions are to be granted across the counters at Stations/
Reservation Offices/Booking Offices only. If some person enters the train
without ticket or without proper ticket or extends journey on concession ticket
or changes the concession to higher class, etc., he shall not be granted any
concession in train, even if he is otherwise eligible for it under the rules.