The move comes in the backdrop of reports that there was a huge congregation of people at major railway stations despite travel advisories that the number should be restricted to contain the spread of the virus.
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R. Ragu
The Railways provides travel concessions to 51 categories of people
In a first, the Ministry of Railways has withdrawn concessions for all categories of passengers, except students, persons with disabilities and patients, to discourage non-essential travel.
Citing a health advisory issued to control the spread of COVID-19, the railways said as a special case, no concessional general and computerised reservation tickets