Revenue foregone on account of concessions provided by Indian Railways

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