Tatkal Quota was installed by Atal Govt for passengers with *Medical emergency* or *Govt Emergency* or *Students with Govt test/exam emergency.*
But Lalu used it to create world`s largest Government fraud!!! On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Mahek Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > [Attachment(s) <#121dc5ba7a8bbc87_TopText> from Mahek Shah included > below] > > > My calculations are based on what i could access from internet... they > might not be accurate...but they will surely raise some eyes ...(( PICS > attached )) > > ___________________________________ > > > Every year in railways budget, Mr. Laloo prasad, railway minister had > been claiming that they haven't increased fares at all. > * > > What he has been hiding is that they have used a false method of > calculation to show fares haven't increased.* > > > Here are the calculations for Hyderabad to Chennai... > > Normal Ticket for Hyderabad to Chennai - Rs. 297/- > > So considering, 13 bogies and 72 passengers per bogie, amount earned by > railways would be = 297*13*72 = *2,77,992.* > > And hence the railways has been claiming that fare has remained 297 for > ages now. > > But here is the flaw. * > > Tatkal quota.* > > Recently tatkal quota has been undergoing lots of changes and for most > trains it stands a *minimum* at 10% tatkal. > > (I am not sure but in trains between metros it is considered to be much > higher as people can pay tatkal amount easily - My friend had heard that > tatkal quota becomes 50% in peak season) > > Tatkal amount charged is available here @ > http://www.indianrail.gov.in/tatkal.html > > Now this extra *non-refundable* Rs. 150 for tatkal is added for say 10% of > passengers which amounts to = 297*13*72 +150*10%*13*72 = 2,77,992 + 14,040 > = *2,92,032.* > > *So average fare is not 297 for this journey but (292032/(13*72)) = 312.* > > So, In name of tatkal the government is hiding the average fare from *Rs. > 312 to Rs. 297*, *a healthy 5% more *than what is being said *for this > journey.* > > *5% is huge increase in fare as far as i know. Also it would be different > for different locations and journeys. > > The biggest loser in this process is people who book ticket normally and > not through tatkal.* > > *The perfect example for that is given in the picture where for a > hyd-chennai journey we have 250 odd tickets available in railways in tatkal > quota and waiting list in general quota. > * > Also, for sleeper class tatkal amount is 150 and A/c its upto 300.(Rs. 150 > = half of journey fare --> ridiculously true) > > Maybe my calculations are not perfect but surely they make sense. Something > which railways has been hiding. > > You can do your own calculations any day for any journey. I found this > trivia for both my hyd-chennai and hyd-mumbai journey. > > *Ideally I have no problem with tatkal quota, but I have problem with the > wrong fare being displayed by Ministers. > > > > *_____ > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > > http://mahek.m.shah.googlepages.com/home > -- > Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Save Paper - Save > Environment > -- > Mahek > >
