{"id":3892,"date":"2013-02-27T09:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2014-06-17T12:17:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T06:47:55","slug":"how-railway-budget-2013-14-impacts-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apnaplan.com\/how-railway-budget-2013-14-impacts-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How Railway Budget 2013-14 impacts you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rail Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal presented his annual rail budget 2013-14<\/strong> in the parliament on February 26, 2013. The opposition slammed it as populist and political budget while the ruling party termed it as the best Rail budget. But we could anyway predict these reactions much before the rail budget was presented.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief summary of the rail budget from the perspective of people like you and me.<\/p>\n

Railway Budget – Direct Impact on Passengers:<\/h3>\n
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  1. As announced earlier there has been no direct hike in rail passenger fares. The rail fares were hiked a month back<\/a> and any further hike would have opened Pandora\u2019s Box.<\/li>\n
  2. There were indirect hikes in the passenger fares by hiking the reservation fee, tatkal charges and cancellation charges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The table below shows the increase in Reservation fee and cancellation charges across classes.<\/p>\n

    \"Railways
    Railways Extra Charges<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    The table below shows the revised Tatkal charges across classes.<\/p>\n

    \"Railway
    Railway Tatkal Charges<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Taking the above increase in effect the rail fares would increase by Rs 127 for 2nd AC and Rs. 67 per ticket for 3rd AC for a superfast train between Delhi \u2013 Mumbai. Here is the calculation:<\/p>\n

    \"Increased
    Increased Railway Fare<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Rail Budget \u2013 Amenities and Convenience:<\/h3>\n