As per the Railway
Budget 2013 presented today by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Minister for
Railways, there is no fare increase in any of the classes. However there are
changes in Reservation Charge, Supplementary Charge for Superfast Trains,
Cancellation charges on Reserved Tickets, minimum and maximum Tatkal charges
and Clerkage charges which have been increased. The details are furnished in
Annexure attached as follows:
Annexure 1 –
Revision of Charges
Revised cancellation charges (Budget
2013)
(I)1stslab - More than 24 hrs in advance of
the schedule departure of the train
Minimum cancellation charges per
passenger
ClassExisting
Revised
Class Existing Revised
1AC Rs 70 Rs 120
EC Rs 70 Rs 120
2A Rs 60 Rs 100
3A Rs 60 Rs 90
FC Rs 60 Rs 100
ACC Rs 60 Rs 90
SL Rs 40 Rs 60
2S Rs 20 Rs 30
(II)Within 24 hrs and upto 4 hrs before the schedule
departure of the train – The cancellation charges per passenger is 25% of the
fare paid subject to minimum amounts specified above (Rule Unchanged)
(III) Less than 4
hours before the scheduled departure of the train – The cancellation charges per
passenger is 50% of the fare paid subject to minimum amounts specified above (Rule Unchanged)
The
Revised charges will come in to effect from 01.04.2013.