How can the Rlys, a govt. monopoly primarily meant for serving people can adopt surge pricing to meet revenues deficit ? Considering the yawning gap, the additional revenue will be peanuts unless the Govt. intends to extend it across the board gradually for all trains and classes making train travel unaffordable for large section of middle class! In case a pvt. monopoly businessman or a “baniya” had adopted such tactics for ‘profiteering’ then it would surely be struck down by the competitive commission or the regulator then how can the Govt. use it against its own people? Further, it is wrongly passed on as a 'dynamic pricing' which it is not because even on a 50% empty train people would be paying 50% more! What nonsense! Is it fair for GOI to charge its own people in this unfair manner? Rlys must improve its working efficiency and diversify its revenue earnings instead. Such controversial moves by Modi govt. will only make it more unpopular among common people and thus should be rolled back forthwith.
Do you call a hike after 10% seats booking a surge pricing ? where is the surge ? End of the day, 10% people would have booked their tickets on regular rates. Rest 90% would have paid 'surge' fares. This is not surge pricing, but sarkaari loot: (a) Either to support the poorly efficient railway system ( that claims its operating cost per passenger kilometer is more than the airlines) (b) Or to promote the (private) airlines.
Due to 27% burden of DA linked pension, all such is happening, no correction to finish quota in railway of ex. employees, politicians and others which eat its revenue, only public is to be punished everywhere.
Who will preplan train travel 120 days in advance , only jobless , unemployed and retired those have identity to exploit railway benefits and all those doesn't pay IT . For 1000 km or greater flight tickets will cheaper when booked 30 days in advance .
