Railways to review flexi-fare scheme,

New Delhi Dec 14: Indian Railways has set up a 6 member committee to review the flexi-fare scheme, by comparing the prices with that of other modes of transport.

The committee comprises of two railway board officials along with Ravinder Goyal, Adviser, Niti Ayog; Meenakshi Malik, Executive Director, Revenue Management, Air India; S. Sriram, professor of transport economics and Iti Mani, Director, Revenue, Le Meridien, Delhi.

The committee will review the flexi-fare system and submit its report in 30 days.

"The broad terms and reference of the committee shall be to examine all options and recommend the best option keeping in mind passengers and railways' interest", the board said.

Earlier On September 28 railway minister Piyush Goyal has said that the flexi-fare ticket pricing system would be reviewed soon.

"I have heard people complaining about the flexible fare ticketing system. We will soon take a decision on that," Minister added.