I agree with you. but the railway authorities are very indeferent to it. there plea is that they have to claim the amount from the ministry of welfare where they have to furnish the copies of the concession forms. Ngo's in this regards should take up the matter with the appropriate office. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aruni Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [AI] booking rly tickets on line
> As far as making provisions for internet booking for various categories > of concessions is concerned, there will be no problem. It may be noted > that the senior citizens are allowed to book concessional tickets > through internet. The condition is that they carry a valid certificate > of the age proof. The same yardstick can be applied to the visually > impaired also. It can be made easier if the railways themselves issue > concession certificates. This will bring additional benifits as we > often face problems at the booking counters with officials raising > objections on one or the other pretext. > Another solution can be that the railways can return the exta fair > charged after varifying the concession documents. One can book the > ticket at normal rates and get the extra money back later. It is > actually we who require this facility the most as it can save us the > hassles of traveling and getting the forms filled up. It is for the > railways to find out some solution and nothing is impossible in this > world. > > regards, > Aruni. > Ph: +91 522-4042921, 3232550. mob: +91 933-584-4700 > C-103, sec H, Aliganj Lucknow--24. > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > yahoo: aruni100 > skype: aruni_sharma > > > > Sanjay Prasad wrote: >> We are not the only people availing concessions there are Freedom >> fighters, Senior citizens, Students and so on. The rates also vary >> from category to category of beneficiaries. They also have different >> proformas of Concession certificates. >> Therefore at present, it is not feasible for Indian Railways to do >> that. Unless the railways have a reliable database of all the people >> who avail concessions which I believe is not possible in the >> foreseeable future, we cannot expect online reservation with >> concessional rates. >> Thank you all, >> >> SANJAY PRASAD >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
