Quota for Railway Employees
A limited number of berths/seats have been earmarked in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto Express Trains in all classes and in air-conditioned class of Jan Shatabdi Express Trains as Duty Pass Quota against which serving/retired railway employees can book berths/ seats against Duty/Privilege/Post Retirement Complimentary passes. In these trains, booking of passengers who hold complimentary passes is also done against the Duty Pass Quota. This restriction is not applicable to other Mail/Express Trains.
With a view to providing enhanced accommodation and increasing the availability of berths/seats, various steps are taken which include augmentation of the composition of existing trains, increasing frequency of trains and introduction of new trains subject to operational feasibility.
The above report has been submitted as written reply to a question in the Parliament by the Minister of State for Railways Shri.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on 25th April, 2013.
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