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GENERAL RULES FOR CONCESSION

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Topicconcessions

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3.(a) Break of journey en-route shall not be allowed on a concession ticket for a journey for a specific purpose viz.

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GENERAL RULES FOR CONCESSION
The detailed rules, procedures, entitlement, purposes, etc for grant of concession are contained under different serial numbers in IRCA 
Coaching Tariff, Part I (Vol. II) which can be purchased from the General Secretary, I.R.C.A., Chelmsford Road, New Delhi. For any 
complaints or clarifications, the General Manager or the Chief Commercial Superintendent of the concerned Zonal Railway Administration 
should be approached. The important general rules for concession, in reference to the above mentioned Tariff, are as under: 
 
1.(a)All concessional fares shall be calculated on the basis of fares for Mail/Express trains irrespective of the type of train, i.e. Mail or 
Express or Passenger, by which the passenger travels.  
 
(b)Concession shall not be granted for any journey the cost of which is borne by the Central or State Government or a local authority or a 
Statutory body or a Corporation or a Government Undertaking or a University. 
 
However, the students participating in the tournaments held or recognized by the schools or universities will be eligible to the concession. 
 
(c)Concession shall be admissible only in respect of basic fares. No concession is admissible in respect of other charges, viz. superfast 
sucharge, reservation fee, etc. However, in cases where concession has been allowed in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi trains, the 
concession shall be admissible in the total charges (including catering) of these trains.  
 
(d)The concessions will be admissible subject to the minimum distance of 300 Kms, except in the case of students, blind, orthopaedically 
handicapped/paraplegic persons, TB and Cancer patients, Kidney patients, non-infectious leprosy patients, mentally retarded persons, 
thalassamia major disease patients, Heart, Hemophilia Patients, War Widows, Widows of IPKF, Widows of martyrs of operation Vijay 
1999 (Kargil), Widows of defence personnel killed in action against terrorists & extremists, National Awardee Teachers, Shram Awardee 
Industrial Workers, Widows of Policemen killed in action against terrorists & extremists, Senior Citizens, Allopathic Doctors, parents 
accompanying the National Bravery Awardee child, Police Medal Awardees, Dronacharya Awardees coaches, sportsmen, Unemployed 
Youths for attending interviews for jobs, and their escorts, wherever admissible under the rules, in whose case the above mentioned 
distance restriction will not apply. However, the distance restrictions otherwise applicable to general public for travel in each individual 
train will apply for issue of concessional tickets also.  
 
2.Only one type of concession is admissible at a time at the choice of passenger and no person is allowed two or more concessions 
simultaneously. 
 
3.(a) Break of journey en-route shall not be allowed on a concession ticket for a journey for a specific purpose viz. a student travelling 
to/from an examination Centre, a Cancer patient travelling to/from a hospital, a professor travelling to/from a Conference, etc. It is allowed 
only where a break of journey is a natural event.  
 
(b)Passengers breaking their journey are required to have their ticket endorsed from the Station Master where journey is broken.  
 
(c)Passengers terminating journey en route, must surrender their ticket at the station where the journey is terminated. Refund for the 
untravelled portion on such tickets will not be allowed.  
 
4.Except Senior Citizens, concession on Indian Railway will be admissible on production of the requisite certificate from the concerned 
Person/Organization in India and the documents issued by persons/organizations in other countries shall not be valid for the purpose of 
concession.  
 
5.In the case of Senior citizens, no proof of age is required at the time of purchasing tickets. Concession tickets are issued on demand 
made through the option in reservation form. However, they are required to carry some documentary proof showing their age or date 

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