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Indian Railways Tatkal booking rates: According to Indian Railways the aim of raising rail ticket prices is to improve passenger revenue collections. The software will be changed by CRIS to adjust the new Railways fares, according to authorities. Here is all you wanted to know about the most recent Indian Railways move in 5 points:
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1. Indian Railways Tatkal booking rates: The Indian Railways Tatkal ticket booking prices have been hiked and will come into effect from December 25, 2015.
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2. Indian Railways Tatkal booking rates: While a passenger has to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal booking of Sleeper class instead of Rs 175, for AC-3 the maximum revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum is Rs 300 instead of Rs 250, according to the Railway notification. In Sleeper class minimum Tatkal charge was Rs 90 which has been hiked to Rs 100.
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Rail budget 2016: Currently AC fares are already on higher side. If AC fares are raise, then they could even surpass the fares of low-cost air carriers in some sectors. Similarly, freight rates are also at a high level and loading of steel, cement, coal, iron ore and fertiliser is on a down slide that rules out any further increase in this area.
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4. Indian Railways Tatkal booking rates: In Executive Class, the the minimum Tatkal charge has been hiked to Rs 400 from Rs 300 and maximum Rs 500 from Rs 400.
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5. Indian Railways Tatkal booking rates: However, the Tatkal booking for Second Class sitting has not been changed and remain same at Rs 10 and Rs 15 as minimum and maximum charge respectively depending on the distance.
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