Rajya Sabha heard on ‘Emergency Quota’ berth release in Railways

NewsBharati 11-Apr-2018

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New Delhi, April 11: We have heard that if any minister or high office holders want to urgently travel somewhere then there are the limited number of berths have been earmarked as Emergency Quota in different trains and in different classes. Rajya Sabha heard on the procedure that how this quota is being allotted.

In order to meet the urgent travel requirements of High Official Requisition (HOR) holders, which includes Central Government Ministers, Judges of Supreme Court/High Courts of various States, Members of Parliament and other emergent demands, who are on the waiting list, a limited number of berths have been earmarked as Emergency Quota in different trains and in different classes. The quota is released by the Railways in accordance with the priority as per warrant of precedence and well-established practice being followed since long.

At the time of allotment of berths/seats, the emergency quota is first allotted for self-travel of HOR holders/Members of Parliament, etc., strictly as per their inter-se seniority in the warrant of precedence. Thereafter, other requisitions received from various quarters are considered and the remaining quota is released taking into account various factors like the status of passengers traveling, nature of urgency like traveling on government duty, bereavement in the family, sickness, job interview, etc.

Emergency Quota Cells are located at Zonal/Divisional Headquarters and at some of the important non-Headquarter stations. These Cells normally function under the control of a gazetted officer supported by a requisite number of staff posted by Zonal Railways.

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