Railways fined 36 million ticketless passengers, earned Rs 2,200 crore
The Indian Railways has caught nearly 36 million passengers travelling on the wrong tickets or without a ticket in 2022-2023. It has witnessed a jump of almost ten million from the previous year, a report revealed.
According to media reports, earlier in 2019-2020, 11 million people were caught travelling either without a ticket or with a wrong ticket. In 2021-2022, the tally, however, jumped to 27 million.
In 2020-2021, when the Coronavirus pandemic broke out, the number was at 3.25 million, the report added.
Under the Right to Information Act (RTI), the Railways responded to the query filed by an activist from Madhya Pradesh. It also presented data showing the revenue that the national transporter generated from such travellers.
