concessions for students and unemployed youth

Saturday, February 26, 2005

The Railway Minister had announced last year that unemployed youth attending interviews for selection to Central Government jobs would be given full concession in second class on production of a certified copy of call letter and application. While presenting the Railway Budget for 2005-2006 the Minister announced extension of the same concession in second class to unemployed youth appearing for interviews of State Governments jobs also.

It is proposed to provide 75% concession in Second Class fares to Government rural school students, once in a year, for study tour.

It is proposed to give 75% concession in Second Class fares to girls from rural areas studying in Government schools for the purpose of attending national level entrance examination for medical, engineering and other professional courses in colleges.

It is also proposed to give 50% concession in Second Class fares to farmers and milk producers for travel to institutes of national level in other parts of the country for the purpose of training/learning better agricultural practices and dairy farming

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