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23
November 2016
The Indian Railways on Tuesday announced
that it would waive off service charges for E-tickets and I-tickets booked
through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) in a bid to
encourage cashless transactions from November 23 to December 31, officials
said.
"Now the passengers won't have to
pay the service charges on booking E-tickets and I-tickets through IRCTC from
November 23 to December 31," railway Spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena told
IANS.
He said the decision was taken at a
meeting here between the senior officials of the railways and IRCTC to
encourage cashless transactions following the government's move to demonetise
Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes. The
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Currently, the railways charge Rs20 as
service tax for booking Sleeper class and Rs 40 as service tax for booking AC
class tickets through IRCTC. The Total
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On November 8, the government spiked
Rs500 and Rs1,000 bank notes to curb black money and corruption. The Total Investment & Insurance
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However, the government also announced
that the higher notes will be accepted till November 24 midnight for booking
tickets at the railway stations and buying food items in trains and on railway
station premises.The Total Investment
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