Indian Railways has generated revenue of Rs 1,230 crore in the last three years through canceled waiting list tickets.
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Vivek Pandey, an activist from the state of Madhya Pradesh, sought some information from the Indian Railways under the Right to Information Act. To this, the information received through the reply given by the Indian Railways:
Between 2021 and 2024, a revenue of Rs 1,230 crore has been generated through canceled waiting list tickets.
In January this year alone, 43 crore rupees have been earned through the cancellation of 45.86 lakh tickets.
During Diwali last year, 96.18 lakh tickets were cancelled. Out of which the waiting list tickets are 47.82 lakh,
In which year how much revenue did Indian Railways earn?
2021-2.53 crore ticket sales, revenue for canceled tickets 242.68 crore profit. 2022- 4.6 crore ticket sales, 439.16 crore revenue per canceled ticket. 2023- 5.26 crore ticket sales, 505 crore revenue per canceled ticket.
Nov 5-17 96.18 lakh ticket sales, revenue for canceled tickets 10.37 crore profit. Jan 24 45.86 lakh tickets sold, revenue for canceled tickets 43 crore profit.
10.37 crores earned through total cancellations during Diwali alone.