Lok Sabha Question No. 668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Travel without Ticket
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.668 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## TRAVEL WITHOUT TICKET

- 668 . SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people caught travelling without ticket in railways in the last three years;
- (b) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  check  the  menace  of travelling without tickets;
- (c) whether the Government is going to use technology for reducing the number of such travellers and thus increasing its revenue and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  number  of  people  jailed  who  were  found  travelling  without ticket?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.668 BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  02.12.2015  REGARDING  TRAVEL WITHOUT TICKET

(a):    The  details  of  persons  caught  without  ticket  and  with  improper ticket during the last three financial years are as under:-

| Financial Year   |   Number of Persons caught without ticket and |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13          |                                        137.68 |
| 2013-14          |                                        146.7  |
| 2014-15          |                                        166.88 |

- (b) : With a view to prevent ticketless travel, various steps have been taken by Indian Railways, some of which are as under:-
- i. Conducting of regular and surprise checks against ticketless travel, which are intensified during peak rush periods.
- ii. Vigorous drives such as Ambush Checks, Fortress Checks are conducted in association with Railway Protection Force and Magistrates under the Action Plan framed by Railway Board.
- iii. Intensive Check Posts have been set up at important stations of each division of Zonal Railways to curb ticketless travelling in unreserved segments.
- iv. With  a  view  to  curb  entry  of  without  ticket  passengers  in ticketed  areas  and  to  reduce  ticketless  travel,  instructions have  been  issued  for  ensuring  effective  manning  of  all designated/functional gates at stations.
- v. Travelling public are urged to avoid ticketless travel through publicity  campaigns  launched  by  Zonal  Railways  through posters/notices/ announcements at railway stations and advertisements in newspapers.
- (c): Indian Railways have taken various measures using technological advancement or otherwise to facilitate issuing of tickets so as to prevent travelling without ticket on account of non-availability of tickets which include:-
- i.
- Provision of Automatic Ticket Vending Machines.
- ii.
- Provision of unreserved tickets through Mobile phones.
- iii. Engaging Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewaks outside station  premises  for  issuing  of  unreserved  tickets  through Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) of Indian Railways.
- iv. Engaging of Station Ticket Booking Agents(STBAs) for issuing of unreserved tickets from E category stations.
- v. Engaging  Yatri  Ticket  Suvidha  Kendra  (YTSK)  licensee  for issuing of unreserved as well as reserved tickets.
- (d): The number of ticketless passengers who were jailed during the last three years is as under:-

| Financial Year   |   Number of people jailed who were travelling |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2012-13          |                                          4919 |
| 2013-14          |                                          3863 |
| 2014-15          |                                          4571 |

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