The Indian Government has said that it is contemplating to make Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID)
card
mandatory to avail rail concession
, and an announcement is likely to be made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the first combined General and Railway Budget on February 1. The move will help the government in better targeting of benefits and check misuse of the facility.
The Railways provides concession on tickets to more than 50 categories of passengers which include senior citizens, students, research scholars, teacher, doctor, nurse, patients, sports people, unemployed youth, Arjun awardees among others. At present, Railways is running a pilot project for senior citizens who are entitled to rail concessions.
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