New set of Ministers for "Communications & Information Technology"

Prime Minister Sri Manmohan Singh on Sunday effected a major revamp of his council of ministers, inducting 22 faces, including seven of cabinet rank, in what is said to be the last major ministerial shuffle before the 2014 general elections.
In the reshuffle of portfolios, Sri Pallam Raju of AP was made human resource development (HRD) minister in place of Sri Kapil Sibal, who was left only with communication and IT.

Ministry of "Communications & Information Technology" :
Cabinet Minister : Sri KAPIL SIBAL
State Minister : Smt Killi. Krupa Rani (M.P of Srikakulam A.P State)
The portfolios of newly-inducted and reshuffled ministers are as follows:CABINET MINISTERS
K. Rahman Khan - Minority Affairs
Dinsha J. Patel - Mines
Ajay Maken - Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
M.M. Pallam Raju - Human Resource Development
Ashwani Kumar - Law & Justice
Harish Rawat - Water Resources
Chandresh Kumari Katoch - Culture
M. Veerappa Moily - Petroleum & Natural Gas
S. Jaipal Reddy - Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
Kamal Nath - Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs
Vayalar Ravi - Overseas Indian Affairs
Kapil Sibal - Communications & Information Technology
C.P. Joshi - Road Transport & Highways
Kumari Selja - Social Justice & Empowerment
Pawan Kumar Bansal - Railways
Salman Khursheed - External Affairs
Jairam Ramesh - Rural Development

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Manish Tewari - Information & Broadcasting
K. Chiranjeevi - Tourism
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Power
K.H. Muniappa - Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki - Drinking Water & Sanitation
Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs
Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports

MINISTERS OF STATE
Shashi Tharoor - Human Resource Development
Kodikunnil Suresh - Labour & Employment
Tariq Anwar - Agriculture & Food Processing Industries
K. J. Surya Prakash Reddy - Railways
Ranee Narah - Tribal Affairs
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - Railways
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury - Health & Family Welfare
Sarvey Sathyanarayana - Road Transport & Highways
Ninong Ering - Minority Affairs
Deepa Dasmunsi - Urban Development
Porika Balram Naik - Social Justice & Empowerment
Kruparani Killi - Communications & Information Technology
Lalchand Kataria - Defence
E. Ahamed - External Affairs
D. Purandeswari - Commerce & Industry
Jitin Prasada - Defence & Human Resource Development
S. Jagathrakshakan - New & Renewable Energy
R.P.N. Singh - Home Affairs
K.C. Venugopal - Civil Aviation
Rajeev Shukla - Parliamentary Affairs & Planning

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Directorate memo No. 100-13/2012-Pen dated 11-10-2012

FACILITIES EXTENDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN RESPECT OF RESERVATION IN TRAINS

FACILITIES EXTENDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN RESPECT OF RESERVATION IN TRAINS 

(i) A reservation quota of two sleeper class berths has been earmarked in all trains running on non- suburban sections for handicapped persons performing their journey on handicapped concessional ticket. The person accompanying the handicapped person as escort is also allotted the berth out of this quota.

(ii) Instructions have also been issued that in the tickets issued through Computerized Passenger Reservation System, to extent feasible, one lower berth should be allotted to the handicapped person and the person accompanying the handicapped person as escort should be allotted middle/upper berths near the handicapped person subject to availability of accommodation.

(iii)After departure of the train, if there are vacant lower berths available in the train, and if any physically handicapped person booked on the authority of handicapped concessional ticket, who has been allotted upper/middle berth, approaches for allotment of vacant lower berths, the Conductor/Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) has been authorized to allot the vacant lower berth to them making necessary entries in the chart.

(iv) Specially designed coaches known as SLRD coaches with wider entrance doors to allow a wheel chair to enter, wider aisles and modified toilet with 4 berths, the lower two for physically challenged persons and upper berths for attendants have been attached in almost all Mail/Express trains except Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi Express Trains and Duronto Express Trains.

(v) Instructions have been issued that in all Mail/Express Trains, the SLRD coaches should be treated as unreserved coaches earmarked for exclusive use of physically handicapped passengers. In case of Garib Rath Express Trains which are fully reserved trains, these coaches are treated as reserved for booking by handicapped persons travelling on handicapped concession on payment of full fare of 3 AC class of Garib Rath Express on first come first served basis.

(vi) Separate counters are earmarked at various Passenger Reservation System(PRS) centres for dealing with the reservation requisitions received from Physically handicapped persons, Senior Citizens, Ex. MPs, MLAs, accredited journalists and freedom fighters, if the average demand per shift not less than 120 tickets. 

In case there is no justification for earmarking of an exclusive counter for any of these categories of persons including handicapped persons, one or two counters depending upon 

the total demand are earmarked for dealing with the reservation requests for all these categories of persons.

2.  Additional Facility 

(a) For the convenience of the physically challenged persons, facilities like Wheel Chairs have been provided at all important stations on the Indian Railways.

(b) In allotment of STD/PCO booths operated from the Railway Stations, 25% booths have been reserved for physically handicapped persons (including blind disability 40% and above).

3.  Concession in Fares As per Railway rules, concession in Railway fares is admissible to the following categories of disabled persons and that too in extreme cases.

S. No.	CATEGORY OF PERSONS	PERCENTAGE OF CONCESSION*
1	Disabled Passengers
1	Orthopedically Handicapped/ Paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort — for any purpose	• 75% in second, Sleeper, First, AC chair Car and AC 3 tier  • 50% in First Class and AC 2 tier,  • 25% in AC 3-tier & AC Chair Car of Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains  • 50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season ticket  • One escort is also eligible for same element of concession
2	Mentally retarded persons who cannot travel without escort - for any purpose
3	Blind persons travelling alone or with an escort - for any purpose
4	Deaf & Dumb persons (both afflictions together in the same person) travelling alone or with an escort - for any purpose.	• 50% in Second, Sleeper and First Class • 50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season ticket  • One escort is also eligible for same element of concession

SALIENT FEATURES OF EXISTING TATKAL SCHEME

SALIENT FEATURES OF EXISTING TATKAL SCHEME

a. Tatkal booking opens at 10 AM on the previous day of journey excluding date of journey from the train originating station.
b. The reservation under this scheme is available only upto the time of preparation of charts.  . 
c. The facility of change of name is not permitted on the bookings made under Tatkal scheme. 
d. No duplicate Tatkal tickets are issued except in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal charges. 
e. The reservation under this scheme can be sought by full fare paying passengers only and no passenger holding concessional ticket is allowed to avail reservation under this scheme. 

f. Tatkal tickets are issued only on production of one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity as mentioned below and passenger should carry the same proof of identity(in original) during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket are considered as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly:- 

i. Voter Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India. 
ii. Passport 
iii. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department 
iv. Driving Licence issued by RTO 
v. Photo Identity Card issued by Central /State Government 
vi.  Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their Students 
vii. Nationalised Bank Passbook with photograph and  
viii. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph. 
ix. Unique identification Card “Aadhar “.

g. The procedure for booking Tatkal ticket is as under:- 

(i) For booking Tatkal ticket, a self attested photo copy of any one of the proofs of identity mentioned above, of any one passenger, is to be attached to the requisition slip.   
(ii) The details of the identity proof is captured by the system and indicated on the reserved tickets as well on the reservation chart.  
(iii) It is not mandatory for the passenger(s) to go to the counter to book the Tatkal ticket, however, the proof is to be sent in the aforementioned manner.   
(iv) For internet booking of Tatkal tickets, the passenger shall enter the identity proof type and number, which is to be used for travel.  These details shall be printed on the ERS/indicated on the MRM/VRM as well as in the reservation chart. (v) During the journey, the passenger, whose identity card number has been indicated on the ticket, has to produce original proof of identity indicated on the ticket, failing which all the  passengers booked on the ticket are treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. Indication comes on the ticket regarding carrying the same original proof of identity during the journey, as indicated on the ticket.  
(vi) If the passenger whose identity card number is indicated on the ticket is not travelling, all other passengers booked on that ticket, if found travelling in train, will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly.  
(vii) No refund is granted on the cancelation of confirmed Tatkal tickets. However, full refund of fare and  Tatkal charges is granted on the cancellation of confirmed Takal tickets booked under Tatkal scheme under certain circumstances like non-attachment of coach, cancellation of train, as mentioned in the scheme. 
(viii) Tatkal tickets are issued subject to the distance restriction on travel applicable to the train. 
(ix) Booking of maximum of only four  passengers per PNR for Tatkal tickets is permitted. 
(x) The web/web services agents of IRCTC have been permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day on the internet. 
(xi) Agents/RTSAs have been restricted from the booking Tatkal tickets at the counters as well as through internet between 1000 hours and 1200 hours. 

h. Tatkal charges have  been fixed as a percentage of fare at the rate of 10% of basic fare for second class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and maximum as given in the table below:- 

Class of Travel	Minimum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.)	Maximum Tatkal Charges(in Rs.)
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)	10	15
Sleeper	75	150
AC Chair Car	75	150
AC-3 tier	200	300
AC-2 tier	200	300
Executive	200	300

i. Powers for earmarking of Tatkal accommodation in different classes have been delegated to Zonal Railways. Keeping in view the utilization pattern in the class of travel during the previous financial year and availability of accommodation, the Tatkal accommodation is earmarked in the  zonal Railways subject to maximum as under:- 

Classes	Maximum Tatkal accommodation which can be earmarked in a train
Executive Class	5 seats per coach
2 AC	10 Berths Per Coach
3 AC	16 Berths Per Coach
AC Chair Car	16 Seats Per Coach
SL	30% of the accommodation
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)	10% of the accommodation

j. At present this scheme is available in  around 2677 trains. Out of the total berth of around 11.57 lakhs berths/seats per day, on an average, around 1.71 lakhs seats/berths are available for booking under Tatkal every day i.e. approximately 14.75% of the total accommodation.

(Based on information for the period from April 2011 to March 2012)

k. Extent of Tatkal accommodation earmarked in a specific train can be checked up from the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters or from website www.indianrail.gov.in

l. The earnings from Tatkal Scheme during the last few years has been as under:-

Financial Year	Earnings from Tatkal Scheme (in Rs. crores)
2005-06	126
2006-07	207
2007-08	396
2008-09	605
2009-10	672
2010-11	729
2011-12	847
2012-13 (till August 2012)	409

Source: www.indianrailways.gov.in

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