New Railway minister reverses fare hike, other decisions of Trivedi
March 22, 2012
New Delhi, 22 March 2012
New Railway Minister today rolled back the hike in fares for second class suburban and non-suburban, Sleeper, AC Chair Car and AC 3-tier proposed by former Railway Minister Shri Dinesh Trivedi in his budget. However the increase of 15 paise per km and 30 paise per km respectively in passenger fares in AC 2-tier and AC-I announced by his predecessor Dinesh Trivedi in the Railway Budget last week will continue.
Replying to the debate on the Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha, Roy also put on hold Trivedi’s proposal of setting up a committee to examine whether there should be an independent tariff regulatory authority.
He scrapped Trivedi’s proposal to expand the Railway Board.
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