The railways have turned down a proposal of the Union Home Ministry for a grant of complimentary passes (free travel facility) in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains for recipients of the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) and President's Police Medal for Gallantry besides widows of winners of gallantry awards.
The proposal was mooted by CRPF and taken up by the Home Ministry with the Railways.
“On the request of CRPF, MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) had taken up a proposal for extension of the facility to travel in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to the recipients of PMG/PPMG with Govt. of India, Ministry of Railway but the same has not been agreed to by the Competent authority of Railway,” reads a recent communication of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that was circulated for information. Following this, the Railway Ministry communicated to the IRCTC asking it it to examine the request in consultation with the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and send a detailed proposal on this. The Railway Board said, “…..the proposal to extend travel by Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) /President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) has been examined several times by this Ministry, but the same has not been agreed to by the Competent Authority for financial and other reasons.”