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Indian Railways refuses to disclose train fare method, calls it a ‘trade secret’Indian Railways has informed the Central Information Commission that its passenger train fare calculation methods are a trade secret. The R...- Dark secrets of Mumbai local trains: Over 14,000 dead bodies unclaimed in last 15 years, reveals RTI replyA recent RTI response reveals a grim reality in Mumbai. Many railway accident victims remain unidentified. Over the past 15 years, 14,513 b...
- IRCTC has stopped paying compensation to passengers for delay in private trains: RTIIRCTC confirmed the discontinuation of the compensation scheme for delayed private trains, effective February 15, 2024. The scheme provided...
- Snuggling in for a long train journey? RTI reveals Indian Railways blankets are washed only once a monthAn RTI response from Indian Railways has disclosed that while bed sheets and pillow covers in AC coaches are washed after every use, blanke...
- Amid COVID curbs, 27 lakh caught without ticket on trains in 2020-21; cases down to 25% of 2019-20This was, however, less than 25 per cent of the number of cases recorded the previous financial year and that is attributable to the restri...
- Strong Q2 helps Railways post positive revenue in passenger segment for first time this FYIn the first quarter, for the first time in its 167-year-long history, the Indian Railways refunded a higher amount of money than what it e...
- Railways earned Rs 561 cr from ticketless travellers in 2019-20, revenue up by 38% in last 4 yearsThe Railways has earned Rs 1,938 crore through fines imposed on ticketless travellers between 2016-2020, a rise of 38.57 per cent from 2016.
- Over 160 rape cases reported on railway premises, on board trains from 2017-2019: RTIAccording to the reply to the query filed by Neemuch-based activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, there have been 136 rapes on railway premises and...
- Railways earn Rs 1,377 cr in fines from ticketless travellers in 3 years; up by 31% from 2016Efforts to curb ticketless travel have resulted in the Indian Railways earning a revenue of Rs 1,377 crore in fines between 2016 and 2019.
- Private insurance firms got Rs 46 crore premium in 2 years, paid Rs 7 crore in claims to railway passengers: RTIWhile the national transporter bore the insurance premium till August 31, 2018, the cost was transferred to passengers since and the premiu...
- 1.71 lakh theft cases reported by railway passengers in last 10 yearsThe cases of theft have reached a highest mark of 36,584 in 2018 in the past one decade.
- Now you can file complaints, appeals online in CICHome Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the two-day annual convention of the CIC on Monday, during which he will launch the 'e-Court' s...
- CIC to tell government to disclose information on select topics, 35,000 cases pendingCentral Information Commission (CIC) is all set to give fresh instructions to ministries and government departments to proactively disclose...
- Deaths due to fall from overcrowded local trains in Mumbai go up: RTIThe number of deaths and those injured after falling from trains has gone up in the last one decade, as per an RTI query.
- Deaths due to fall from overcrowded local trains go up in Mumbai: RTIA whopping 25,722 passengers fell from suburban trains in last 10 years of whom 6,989 commuters died while 18,733 survived.
- Whistleblower complaints on rise this year: RTI dataSpate of complaints to CVC reflects rising corruption in government offices as whistleblowers count shots up in current year.
- Railways the most corrupt govt department: CVC dataThe watchdog’s annual report for 2011 says it received 8,805 complaints against as many railway officials, compared with 8,330 in the previ...
- Service book of govt servant not personal: CICIn a major decision that could spark privacy versus transparency debate, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has said the service deta...
- Bid to penalise RTI activistInformation commissioner M M Ansari has directed the railways to recover the cost borne by its staff on travelling to attend hearings from ...
- Railways to introduce IT-enabled system for RTI applicationsIn an effort to bring transparency and better monitoring in handling RTI cases, the Railways have undertaken steps to introduce an IT-enabl...
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