#AacheDin: Railway passenger fare hiked by 14.2% with effect from June 25th

Indian railway today increased passenger fare was by 14.2 per cent in all classes while freight charge was hiked by 6.5 per cent with effect from today.

I have signed the orders,will come to effect from 25th- Sadananda Gowda, Railway Minister on Rail fare hike pic.twitter.com/az9TAZD81E
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014

The decision of the Railways today restores an announcement of May 16, the day Lok Sabha election results came, when the same hike was effected but immediately put on hold.

The Railways had then issued a notification effecting hike in passenger fare by 14.2 per cent across the board and freight charges by 6.5 per cent from May 20. This was followed up with an official press release.

They should have proposed this in the Rail budget,Ye ache dino ka agaaz to nhi hai- Nitish Kumar on Rail fare hike pic.twitter.com/K7MUyQTSnj
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014

We strongly condemn this,shows hypocrisy of the Govt,will be a huge burden on people,we demand its reversal- Brinda Karat on Rail fare hike
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014

Same ppl opposed previous govt for any imp economic decision on grounds of burdening common people,ironical- Manish Tewari on Rail fare hike
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014

Ache din ka sapna dikha kar desh ko gumraah karne wali sarkar ne pehla top chalaya hai- Lalu Yadav on Rail fare hike pic.twitter.com/bR9IVixJEv
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014

রেল বাজেটের আগেই ভাড়া বৃদ্ধি - এটা কি সুপার রেল বাজেট? সংসদকে সম্পূর্ণ উপেক্ষা করেই! সাধারণ মানুষের ঘাড়ে আরও বোঝা চাপিয়ে দেওয়া হল: ডেরেক
— AITC (@AITCofficial) June 20, 2014

They have rewarded ppl who voted for them this way, Congress strictly condemns this- Ajay Maken on Rail fare hike pic.twitter.com/6iA20ZcaEK
— ANI (@ANI_news) June 20, 2014