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Complimentary Card Passes issued to Arjuna Awardees

Commercial Circular No. 46 of 2012 · 2012-07-20
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 46 of 2012
Date2012-07-20
TypeCommercial Circular
Topictrain-services
DirectorateTraffic Commercial
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Complimentary Card Passes issued to Arjuna Awardees aforesaid travel facility by Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains shall be admissible only to Arjuna Awardees

Text of the circular

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

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No. 201 1/TG-I/9/P/Defence Personnel New Delhi, dated 24 .07.2012

Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways (including Metro railway, Kolkata).

(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR No. 46 OF 2012)

Sub: Complimentary Card Passes issued to Arjuna Awardees.

A copy of the instructions issued from Establishment Directorate of Board’s
Office vide their letter No. E(W)2012/PS 5-14/1 dated 20.07.2012 on the subject quoted
above is enclosed for information and necessary action.

CRIS will make necessary modification in the software, if required, and will
intimate the date of effect to all Zonal Railways as well as to this office.

DA: As above. : BSN -
( Sanjay Manocha)
Dy. Director Traffic Commercial (G)-II

Railway Board
Copy to:

MD/CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

General Manager/PRS-I, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi .

CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways.

MD/IRCTC, Bank of Baroda Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi.

ADG/PR, ED/IP, EDV (T), EDFC, DF(C), OSD/TC, F(C) & V (SS) branches

of Railway Board. '

Director General, Professor/Training & Professot/Commercial Railway Staff

College, Vadodara. .

7. The Principals, Zonal Training Centers, Central Railway/Bhusaval, Eastern
Railway Dhanbad, Northern Railway, Chandausi, NE Railway, Muzaffarpur, NF
Railway, Alipurduar, Southern Railway, Trichy, SE Railway, Sini, Western
Railway, Udaipur. .

8. General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3
Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.

9, General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State Entry
Road, New Delhi.

1]. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), Room
No.365-A, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

12. Secretary General, Indian Railway Promotee Officers Federation (IRPOF),
Room No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

13. Secretary General, All India RPF Association, Room No.549, Rail Bhawan,

New Delhi.

VP WN

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Resy, facilities Letter-2012/65

RBE No. 8W/2012

भारत सरकार Government of India
रेल मंत्रालय Ministry of Railways
रेलवे ats (Railway Board)

No, E(W)2012/PS 5-14/1 New Delhi, Dated: 20-07-2012

The General Managers (P),
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Complimentary Card Passes issued to Arjuna Awardees.

Ref: Railway Board’s letters No. E(W)95/PS 5-6/61 dated 23-02-1596 and
20-05-1999 and E(W)97/PS 5-6/34 dated 10-09-1997

As per extant policy, Ministry of Railways provides 1% Class/2™ AC Complimentary
Card passes to meritorious sports-persons who are Arjuna Awardees, Olympic Medalists, Gold
Medalists in Asian or Commonwealth Games or Dronacharya Awardees. The said Card pass
entitles them life-long free rail travel for self only in 1* Class/2™ AC over all-Indian Railways
(except Metro Railway/Kolkata) by any train other than Rajdhani/ Shatabdi trains. The policy
further prescribes that sports-person is entitled to facility of a companion in the same Class on the
aforesaid Card pass on attaining the age of 65 years. Railway Board’s letters mentioned. above
refer in this regard. -

2, It has now been decided by Ministry of Railways that Complimentary Card passes issued
to sports-persons who are Arjuna Awardees shall henceforth be valid for travel in 2 AC/3™ AC
in Rajdhani trains and Chair Car (CC) in Shatabdi trains besides being valid for travel in 1*
Class/2™ AC in other Mail/Express trains (except Duronto trains), It has been further decided
that the companion allowed at the age of 65 years shall also be entitled to travel in the same Class
_along with Arjuna Awardees in Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains. It may be further mentioned that
aforesaid travel facility by Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains shall be admissible only to Arjuna Awardees
and not to other sports-persons who are provided with Complimentary Card passes.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.

(Debasis Mazumdar)

Director Establishment (Welfare),

Railway Board

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