Railways doesn't maintain separate profitability records of Vande Bharat, RTI response revealsThe Railway Ministry in India has not maintained separate revenue generation records for Vande Bharat trains, the country's first semi-high...
16 Apr, 2024, 05.05 PM IST
Indian Railways offering 55% concession on train fares to every passenger: Ashwini VaishnawEvery train passenger will receive a 55% concession on their fare, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. When asked about the res...
12 Jan, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
11.5 crore PAN cards deactivated after missing PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline; Here is how to check PAN-Aadhaar linking statusIn response to a Right to Information (RTI) request, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) revealed that 11.5 crore PAN cards were deact...
11 Nov, 2023, 11.43 AM IST
Revised child travel norms: Railways earned over Rs 2,800 crore more in 7 years, says RTI replyIndian Railways has seen an increase in revenue of over Rs 2,800 crore in the last seven years from child travellers due to revised fare no...
20 Sep, 2023, 09.11 AM IST
About 2.74 lakh posts vacant in Indian Railways, over 1.7 lakh in safety category: RTI"Total number of sanctioned, on roll and vacant posts in safety category of Group-C (including Level-1) on Indian Railways, as available in...
28 Jun, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Almost 45 % of railways' earning from passenger fare came from special train services in 2021-22: RTI replyAccording to the reply to an RTI application filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways said that in the pre-pandemic year of 2019-2020, i...
16 Oct, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
Former, sitting MPs' train travel bill Rs 62 cr in past 5 years, Rs 2.5 cr in Covid-hit 20-21: RTIIn the response to a Right to Information query filed by Madhya Pradesh-based Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said it has r...
30 Jun, 2022, 06.09 PM IST
Railways cancelled almost 9,000 train services this year, over 1,900 due to coal movement: RTIIn a reply to a query under the Right To Information (RTI) filed by Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railways has said that it cancelled 6,995 tra...
05 Jun, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
Surge in ticketless travel in first 9 months of 2021-22; railways nabs 1.78 cr passengersSources indicated that one of the major reasons for such a surge in ticketless travel is the fact that even now, when most of the Covid res...
20 Feb, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
In pandemic-hit 2020-21, Railways earned over Rs 500 crore from Tatkal, premium Tatkal ticketsIn the 2019-20 financial year, when there were no restrictions in train operations, the national transporter earned Rs 1,313 crore from dyn...
02 Jan, 2022, 03.06 PM IST
Railways registers 113 per cent jump in earnings from passenger segment in Q2: RTI replyThe railways' earning from the passenger fare had remained in the red during 2020-21 when all its regular services were temporarily suspend...
11 Oct, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
Railways introduced 813 new trains in last five years: RTI replyTo query made by Madhya Pradesh based Chandra Shekhar Gaur, the Railway Board in its RTI reply said no new trains were introduced in 2020-2...
03 Oct, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
PNB earns Rs 170 crore in FY21 by levying charges on non-maintenance of minimum balanceThe quarterly average balance (QAB) in the April-June period of 2020-21 stood at Rs 35.46 crore (both on savings and current account); whil...
20 Sep, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
An RTI finds 1.78 crore rail tickets cancelled in five months due to the virus pandemicThe first three months of this financial year, when the Railways had to suspend all its regular passenger services, the national transporte...
23 Aug, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
PNB collected Rs 268 cr as ATM transaction charges, annual maintenance fee in FY20Punjab National Bank collected around Rs 268 crore as ATM transaction charges and annual maintenance fee on debit cards during 2019-20 fisc...
10 Jun, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Indian Railways' revenue from passenger fare down by Rs 400 crore in Q3; income from freight up by Rs 2800 crore: RTIA reply to an RTI query, filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, revealed that in the first quarter (April-June) of fi...
27 Jan, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
'Make In India' logo designed by foreign firm, says RTILogo of PM Modi's Make in India initiative, which aims to brand India as a manufacturing hub is designed by a foreign company's Indian arm.
18 Jan, 2016, 03.51 PM IST