INDIAN RAILWAYS – BIGGEST SCAM
Hi All,
Do you will know how big a scam is presently going on in the Indian Railway system.
The vendors on the train selling Tea / Coffee, Water bottles, Cool drinks, snacks, biscuits & chips swindle the public in a big way. They are supposed to sell the above mentioned items as per rates given below:
Tea / Coffee – Rs.7/- But sell for Rs.10/-, Water Bottle for Rs.15/- but sell for Rs.20/-, Cool drinks, snacks, biscuits & chips on MRP. But they overcharge anywhere between Rs.2/- to Rs.5/- over and above the MRP.
Just for estimation sake, look at the following working.
There are 13000 trains approximately that run on daily basis and Indian Railways carry 2.5 crore people daily on an average. Assuming that only 50% of passengers have tea/coffee, water bottle, snacks & other items, an average of Rs.4 overcharging on 1.25 crore people yields 5 crores X 365 days. Wow. A whooping 1825 crores. This is just by selling the above items. Imagine the other items like Samosas, Soup, breakfast, lunch & dinner. It will run into few thousand crores more. This is just on the trains. Imagine the number of stations in the country multiplied by numerous platforms multiplied by numerous stalls on the length of the platforms.
The Indian Railways give contracts & wash of their hands. There is no control measures or vigilance to control overcharging or over pricing. And no punishing the culprits even after complaints. The innocent public is taken for a ride.
The Indian Railways do not educate the public on these prices. They could place price stickers or price plates drilled into the side panels of the compartments and announcements on the public address systems in the stations and a uniform toll free complaint booking number highlighted in every section of the compartment. Immediate action and on the spot detrain the vendors and cancel license of the contractor should bring down this menace.
Another alternative is that the vendors are mandatorily to be made to charge the passengers purchasing these items through POS swipe machines. All passengers do have Credit / Debit Cards in their pockets and it is easy for everyone. Also with many e payment and e-wallet options like Paytm, UPI, Aadhar based payments coming in a big way, the mobile vendors should be made to carry the POS (Point of Sale) Machines or carry the QR Code issued by the Paytm for carrying out payments. Otherwise, the vendors can display the mobile numbers on their uniform to which the payment needs to be transferred.
All mobile vendors / stalls on platforms should be made to use only POS swipe machines or QR Codes or Mobile Numbers for payment transfers. Public / Passengers will also get used to this system of payment is actually trouble free from overcharging and small change problem.
Do you think the Indian Railway officials do not know about these measures? I am sure they work hand in glove with the contractors.
Prime Minister Modi Ji & Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu ji, No doubt your government is working towards cash less transactions, it is absolute necessary that this move should be taken on a war footing basis to stop this menace and corruption by corrupt officials and contractors. more
Hi All,
Do you will know how big a scam is presently going on in the Indian Railway system.
The vendors on the train selling Tea / Coffee, Water bottles, Cool drinks, snacks, biscuits & chips swindle the public in a big way. They are supposed to sell the above mentioned items as per rates given below:
Tea / Coffee – Rs.7/- But sell for Rs.10/-, Water Bottle for Rs.15/- but sell for Rs.20/-, Cool drinks, snacks, biscuits & chips on MRP. But they overcharge anywhere between Rs.2/- to Rs.5/- over and above the MRP.
Just for estimation sake, look at the following working.
There are 13000 trains approximately that run on daily basis and Indian Railways carry 2.5 crore people daily on an average. Assuming that only 50% of passengers have tea/coffee, water bottle, snacks & other items, an average of Rs.4 overcharging on 1.25 crore people yields 5 crores X 365 days. Wow. A whooping 1825 crores. This is just by selling the above items. Imagine the other items like Samosas, Soup, breakfast, lunch & dinner. It will run into few thousand crores more. This is just on the trains. Imagine the number of stations in the country multiplied by numerous platforms multiplied by numerous stalls on the length of the platforms.
The Indian Railways give contracts & wash of their hands. There is no control measures or vigilance to control overcharging or over pricing. And no punishing the culprits even after complaints. The innocent public is taken for a ride.
The Indian Railways do not educate the public on these prices. They could place price stickers or price plates drilled into the side panels of the compartments and announcements on the public address systems in the stations and a uniform toll free complaint booking number highlighted in every section of the compartment. Immediate action and on the spot detrain the vendors and cancel license of the contractor should bring down this menace.
Another alternative is that the vendors are mandatorily to be made to charge the passengers purchasing these items through POS swipe machines. All passengers do have Credit / Debit Cards in their pockets and it is easy for everyone. Also with many e payment and e-wallet options like Paytm, UPI, Aadhar based payments coming in a big way, the mobile vendors should be made to carry the POS (Point of Sale) Machines or carry the QR Code issued by the Paytm for carrying out payments. Otherwise, the vendors can display the mobile numbers on their uniform to which the payment needs to be transferred.
All mobile vendors / stalls on platforms should be made to use only POS swipe machines or QR Codes or Mobile Numbers for payment transfers. Public / Passengers will also get used to this system of payment is actually trouble free from overcharging and small change problem.
Do you think the Indian Railway officials do not know about these measures? I am sure they work hand in glove with the contractors.
Prime Minister Modi Ji & Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu ji, No doubt your government is working towards cash less transactions, it is absolute necessary that this move should be taken on a war footing basis to stop this menace and corruption by corrupt officials and contractors. more
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The rates of the pantry car,, were imprinted on a metal plate on the side of the railway coach on Raptisagar exp, but it was of 2013 or 2014 (I dont remember exactly). I was travelling in 2016. At that time tea was Rs5 and veg meals was Rs50. Now at present they are selling tea for Rs10 (although real price is 7) and meals for Rs 90 or Rs100. Thanks more
Dec 25
You are correct. I complained such an incidence to the honorable Railway minister on Twitter. He took cognisance of my tweet and forwarded the matter to the Gorakhpur Railway zone. But since my twitter account was not with my real name, I got scared as they asked my PNR number, name etc. I did not want to reveal my identity. However, I should appreciate that Railway minister atleast took a prompt step. In Raptisagar exp, that runs from Gorakhpur to Tiruananthpuram the Pantry car is worst. The vendors do not wear name badge. They all are from western UP and do not talk properly and infact use abusive language in personal conversation without thinking that there are women also travelling in the train. One of them in the morning even threatened that go and complaint. However, in other trains like Kerala Exp. the pantry car is excellent. I met a vendor, Mr Manoj Kumar. He wa wearing the uniform along with name place. He was polite. He was also from western UP but his behavior was excellent. The food in the pantry car was also excellent and I was satisfied. I think the corruption exists but the conditions are improving to a limited extent because of Honble Railway minister twitter activity. Now, I have deactivated my earlier twitter account and created another one and I am giving positive suggestions to our honble railway minister. The need of the hr is to percolate down the honest practices of Mr Suresh Prabhu to the each and every worker of Railways. Thanks more
Dec 25
Cashless transaction is the only solution for this corruption. It will be solved but it will take time. Rome was not built in a day. We all have to wait and watch and support the challenging steps being taken up by the present Govt. My India will be one day will be free from rampant corruption. more
Dec 25
very difficult to solve this problem the best way is railways can print mrp of tea & coffe on the cup in blue color or on the vessel the vendor carries color more
Dec 22
Hi Mr. Papulo Kumar, I had written about this to the Ministry of Railways and they have replied that they are taking action and the concerned section shall investigate and revert. They desire to have the PNR of the ticket on which you were travelling when you found these rates. Can you or anyone give me an PNR so I can send it to them. Now that we have escalated the matter we should get together and put in all data we can all provide. Please help. more
Dec 21
