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Ticket cancellations earned railways Rs 1,400 cr in FY17, reveals RTI reply

Indian Railways is also earning revenue through cancellation of unreserved tickets

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Press Trust of India Indore
The Indian Railways collected Rs 1,400 crore  through cancellation of reserved tickets on the request of the commuters in FY 2016-17, registering a 25.29 per cent rise over previous year's earning under this head.

This information was revealed by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Railways, in response to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) by activist Chandrashekhar Gaud.

"In its reply, the CRIS informed that earnings through ticket cancellation has gone up to Rs 14.07 billion during fiscal 2016-17, from Rs 11.23 billion in 2015-16. The earnings