Friday, May 07, 2010
Policy of Issuing Free Passes for Train Journey 13:34 IST Passes for free rail travel area issued to the following categories of persons as per the scheme announced from time to time by the Ministry of Railways: • Freedom Fighters (Cost borne by Ministry of Home Affairs). • Arjun Awardees/Olympic Medalists/Asian & Commonwealth Gold Medalists/Dronacharya Awardees. • Winners of Param Veer Chakra, Maha Veer Chakra, Veer Chakra (Defence personals) • Winners of Ashok Chakra, Shourya Chakra and Kirti Chakra. (Civilian awardees are not included) • Winners of President's Police Medal for Gallantry and Police Medal for Gallantry (Police Personals). • Non-official Members of Railway Hindi Salahkar Samiti • One office bearer each of the four organizations namely Kendriya Sachivalalya Hindi Parishad, Nagrik Pracharini Sabha Varanasi, Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Wardha and Akhil Bhartiya Hindi Sansthan engaged in propagation of Hindi. • Ex-Minister of Railways/Minister of State for Railways/Deputy Minister for Railways. • Bharat Ratna Awardees • Complimentary card passes under discretionary powers to Minister of Railways. In addition to the above, passes are also issued to railway employees under Railway Servants (Pass) Rules, 1986. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahamed in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.