Do students get special discounts on train travel in Railways? Know in which category you fall | News India – ..

IRCTC Student Train Tickets: Indian Railways provides fare concessions to various categories of students. With this, long distance travel can be easily done at half the fare or even for free. This includes facilities for students going for examinations, educational tours, facilities especially for girl students and concessions for other categories. The Indian Railways network is huge and millions of people travel every day, a large number of whom are students. Those who have to go to different places to take the exam. Here you can know which rules and how you can get discount in fare?

Who gets discount in Railways?

• If a student is going home, he gets 50 percent discount on second class and sleeper seat fare. There is also a 50 percent discount on Monthly Season Ticket (MST) and Quarterly Season (QST) tickets (General Category).
• ST/ST category homebound students get 75 per cent discount on second class and sleeper seat fares. There is also a discount of 75 percent on Monthly Season Tickets (MST) and Quarterly Season Tickets (QST).
• Girls studying up to graduation and boys studying up to class 12 (including Madrasa students) are entitled to free travel in second class under Monthly Season Ticket (MST) on home-to-school and school-to-home fare.
• Students studying in government schools in rural areas will get 75 percent relaxation in second class for educational tour or study tour once a year.
• Students appearing for the Civil Services Examination (UPSC) get 50 percent concession in fare when traveling in second class.
• Foreign students studying in India get 50 per cent concession in Second Class/Sleeper for attending any Indian Government program or for study work.
• Research scholars up to 35 years of age get 50 percent concession in second class/sleeper while traveling for research work.
• Students and alumni traveling for study-related work get 25 percent discount on second class and sleeper fares.