Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 16:30
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday presented his maiden Rail Budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 ruling out privatisation of the nation's economic lifeline and any hike in passengers' fare.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 7, 2015, 12:06
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Saturday made it clear that as of now there is no proposal to hike rail fares.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 20:24
After increase in passenger fares twice in the current financial year, railways on Wednesday ruled out any fresh hike till the next rail budget in July.
Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 15:07
The ticket rates of Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains will go up further by about Rs 25 to Rs 27 with an upward revision in food tariff, a senior Railway Ministry official said.
Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 14:22
While the passenger fare hike would be effected from October 7, a parallel hike of about 2 percent in freight would also be revised from October 10 under the fuel adjustment component.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 15:02
A proposal to increase rail fare is under examination and a decision will be taken shortly, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 14:16
A decision on possible hike in passenger fares will be taken by the Railways in October when it will review the fuel adjustment component (FAC) in the wake of rising fuel and energy cost.
Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 16:50
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday made it clear that there will be no further hike in the near future in reservation or cancellation charges, though cross subsidy from freight to passenger segment has touched Rs 25,000 crore.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 18:35
With the rise in diesel price putting an additional burden of Rs 3,300 crores on Railways, its Minister PK Bansal on Thursday did not rule out another round of hike in passenger fares.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 10:31
Railway minister last October, had announced about 21% hike in passenger fares across-the-board last month.
Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 09:20
The fare hike is expected to mop up an additional Rs 6,600 crore annually for the government. This is the first increase in rail fares in a decade's time as the last was during Nitish Kumar's tenure as railway minister.
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