navi mumbai the indian railways in a reply to two separate rtis revealed that a total of rs 4199 crore has been forgone due to concessions given to senior citizens in passenger fare during the last four financial years between 201819 to 202122 the activist had sought information about the earnings of the indian railways after doing away with the concessions the railways has also revealed that about 14 crore elderly have travelled between april 2020 to january 2023the activist had sought the details of earningssavings by the railways across india and maharashtra separately after dropping concessions for the senior citizens besides their numbers the railways reply says that revenue of rs 1995 crore in 201819 rs 2059 crore in 201920 rs 38 crore in 202021 and rs 107 crore in 202122 had been foregone the railways do not maintain state wisedistrict wise passenger datathe rti reply also reveals that over 19 crore senior citizens travelled in 202021 fiscal year 56 crore in 202122 and 66 crore up to january 2023this data covers passengers who did not cancel their tickets up to five days from the train start date females aged over 58 years and malestransgenders over 60 years of ageactivist janak keshariya said the railways did not give direct reply to our query on earningssavings after dropping concessions for senior citizens railways gave details of revenue foregone due to concession in passenger fare we filed first appeal but they avoided the information related to maharashtra stating that its not maintained separately they want to hide the informationthe railway board had on march 19 2020 withdrawn the concessions on passenger fare for all categories except students four categories of divyangs and 11 categories of patients citing the health advisory issued regarding covid