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Cheaper rail tickets through IRCTC! Twitter abuzz, Jaitley gets thumbs-up

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Budget 2017: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has won Twitteratti's approval by lowering the cost of railway tickets. During the budget speech, Jaitley got the social media buzzing by announcing that all e-tickets booked through the IRCTC website will get cheaper. Giving a major push to digital economy, he said that no service charge will be levied on tickets booked through the IRCTC website.

"Railways and roads are the lifeline of the country. Feel proud to present the first combined budget,” said Jaitley. He announced that the setting up of a Rs 1 lakh crore special fund, Rashtriya Rail Sanrakshan