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63. Madam, every person wants to live in dignity. The journey of life also begins with dignity. Rail journey is also like the journey of life. I want that every person should travel on our Railways with dignity. I, therefore, wish to present the gift of travel with dignity to even the poorest of the poor. I, therefore, announce a new scheme called 'Izzat'. Under this scheme, a uniformally priced monthly season ticket of Rs. 25 would be available free of all surcharges for travel up to 100 kms for members of the unorganized sector
with monthly income not exceeding Rs. 1500/-. This will give lakhs of people in our country a chance to travel on rail with dignity. This scheme will be implemented with the cooperation of Members of Parliament. I would now like to read a couplet. 'Bhanwar se lado, Tum lehron se uljho, Kahan tak chaloge Kinare kinare'.
Concessions to Press Correspondents
64. Now I come to the Press. Instead of giving coupons, it is now proposed to issue photo identification cum credit card based on the certification by the Press Information Bureau and other competent State and local authorities. On production of this card the Press Correspondents would be able to get reservation done and also tickets issued from the PRS/UTS counters through this card. Facilities would also be provided to get compact accommodation for both the Press Correspondents and their family members who are not availing this concession. In addition, concession of 30% will be increased to 50% for Press Correspondents and permission to travel with spouse at 50% concession will be given for once a year.
65. Now for the student concessions. Students are our pride. The free monthly season tickets for second class travel between school and home for girl students up to graduation and for boy students up to 12th standard will be extended to students attending Madrasa, High Madrasa and senior Madrasa. I am happy to announce extension of concessional monthly season tickets available for students attending school up to Class XII, Madrasa, High Madrasa and senior Madrasa for travel in Metro rail, Kolkata. This would imply concession of 60% for students on the metro fare. Students attending recognized vocational institutions will also enjoy this concession on the metro
fare. I hope this will inspire similar concessions on other metro systems.
Only Ladies Special
66. Madam, the number of working women in our country is increase. They face considerable difficulties in travelling for work. I therefore, announce the introduction of 'Only Ladies' EMU train services in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata suburban on the pattern of Mumbai suburban. These services will run for the convenience of women passengers during office hours.
Train services
67. Yuva Trains: Madam, the young generation is our asset and we are proud of them. Due to economic difficulties poor youth are not able to travel on our trains. I will run "Yuva Trains" dedicated specially for the young generation. These trains will be introduced between major cities to ensure that the youth and low income groups can travel at low rates between these cities. The new low-priced fast train service will be started to connect youth in rural hinterlands to major metros/cities. The train will provide air conditioned seated accommodation and will run from point to point for distances ranging from 1000 km to 2500 km. The fare will be Rs 299 for distances up to 1500 km and Rs 399 for distances up to 2500 km. A weekly service will be introduced as a pilot service within three months in the following sections:
a) Mumbai to Delhi
b) Delhi to Kolkata
If successful it will be extended to other areas of the country.
68. After Izzat, Student and Press concessions, ladies special and yuva trains, I now come to a new train service called Duronto: A new train service by the name 'Duronto' with AC and non-AC sleeper will be introduced for non-stop point to point services between select cities throughout the country. For the first time in our history we will introduce nonstop trains Duronto Train services
1. New Delhi-JammuTawi Non stop (Tri-weekly)
2. Howrah- Mumbai (AC) Non stop (Bi-weekly)
3. Mumbai-Ahmedabad (AC) Non stop (Tri-weekly)
4. Chennai- Delhi Non stop (Bi-weekly)
5. New Delhi -Lucknow Non stop (Tri-weekly)
6. Delhi-Pune (AC) Non stop (Bi-weekly)
7. Howarh - Delhi Non stop (Bi-Weekly)
8. New Delhi -Allahabad Non stop (Tri- weekly)
9. Sealdah-New Delhi Non stop (Bi-Weekly)
10. Kolkata-Amritsar Non stop (Bi-weekly)
11. Bhubaneswar - Delhi Non Stop (Weekly)
12. Ernakulam - Delhi Non Stop (Weekly)
Other New Train Services
69. In view of the increasing demand of the passengers, I also propose to introduce the following train services. I am only giving a few trains as was possible in one month's budget preparation.
a) New Introductions
1. Vishakhapatnam - Secunderabad -Mumbai Superfast (Bi-weekly)
