Category-wise data on revenue foregone due to concession being given in passenger fare to each categories of passengers is not maintained. However, as per data captured by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the revenue foregone due to concession being given to some of the major categories of concessional passengers during the year 2015-16 is as under:-
| Category | Revenue Foregone (Approximately)(` in Crores) |
| Physically challenged persons | 107.13 |
| Patients | 81.66 |
| Senior citizens | 1285.99 |
| Izzat MST | 9.47 |
| Others | 118.69 |
| Total | 1602.94 |
Concessions to some of the categories in Railway fare were given even before 1950. However, the details of some of the major categories are as under:-
| Sl No. | Category | Year from which concession is given |
| 1. | Orthopaedically handicapped | 1961 |
| 2. | Deaf and Dumb | 1985 |
| 3. | Paraplegic persons | 1985 |
| 4. | Press correspondents | 1986 |
| 5. | Heart patients | 1986 |
| 6. | Mentally retarded | 1987 |
| 7. | War widows | 1987 |
| 8. | Thalassemia patient | 1987 |
| 9. | Awardee teachers | 1988 |
| 10. | Prime Minister Shram Awardees | 1988 |
| 11. | Ostomy patient | 1988 |
| 12. | Widows of IPKF | 1988 |
| 13. | Senior citizen | 1989 |
| 14. | President Police Medal for distinguished Service | 1999 |
| 15. | Widows of Martyrs of Kargil War | 2000 |
| 16 | Kidney patients | 2003 |
| 17 | Allopathic Doctors | 2003 |
| 18 | Haemophilia | 2004 |
| 19 | Widows of Defence Personnel killed in action against Terrorists & Extremists | 2004 |
| 20 | AIDS patient | 2008 |
| 21 | Izzat MST | 2009 |
| 22 | Film Technicians | 2010 |
| 23 | Aplastic Anaemia | 2012 |
| 24 | Sickle Cell Anaemia | 2012 |
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