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Govt May Make Aadhaar Must For Rail Concession In Budget 2017
The government is planning to make Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) card mandatory to avail rail concession.
The government is contemplating to make Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) card mandatory to avail rail concession, and an announcement is likely to be made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the first combined General and Railway Budget on February 1.
The move will help the government in better targeting of benefits and check misuse of the facility, sources said.
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The Railways provides concession on tickets to more than 50 categories of passengers which include senior citizens, students, research scholars, teacher, doctor, nurse, patients, sports people, unemployed youth, Arjun awardees among others.
100 crore Aadhaar cards
At present, Railways is running a pilot project for senior citizens who are entitled to rail concessions. The concessional tickets cost the Railways about Rs. 1,600 crore in 2015-16, with the bulk being accounted for senior citizens. As per the government data, over 100 crore Aadhaar cards have been issued so for covering the bulk of India's population.7 Benefits You Lose If You Do Not Link Your Aadhaar Number
Railway budget 2017
The government has decided to end the 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate Railway budget and merged it with the General Budget. Mr Jaitley, according to sources, will contribute few pages of his Budget to programmes and schemes related to Indian Railways. Although there will be a single budget, the Railways will continue to have autonomy as the commercial undertaking and the existing financial arrangement will remain. 7 Benefits Of Aadhaar Backed EPF UAN
Exemptions for railway in budget
The Railways is expected to get the exemption from payment of dividend to the Union government, a move which will help to strengthen its finances. The organization will also get budget support to meet part of its capital expenditure and will be allowed to raise extra-budgetary resources.
Separate statement for railway budget
According to PTI, Railways would continue to bear the expenditure on social and public service obligations. It is also expected that Mr Jaitley will present a separate statement of budget estimates and demand for grants for Railways in the General Budget. There will also be a single Appropriation bill, including the estimates of Railways, to the Parliament. Aadhaar App On Your Mobile: How To Get It?
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