Centre agrees in principle to rail travel concessions for acid attack survivors
Have agreed in principle to give railway travel concessions to acid attack victims, Centre tells SC
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to draft a policy for providing railway travel concessions to acid attack survivors, enabling them to travel to well-equipped hospitals for periodic treatment. The court's Chief Justice and two other justices took note of the Ministry of Railways' proposal to extend the 'patient category' benefit to these survivors, citing reservations about placing them in a separate 'disabled category' where others are not given railway concessions.
The Centre has agreed in principle to the idea, but the modalities of the concession are yet to be determined.
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