India, March 3 -- The pandemic and long lockdowns have pinched the pockets of the common man; above all the price hike in all basic sectors such as grocery, vegetables, commuting from office to home everything has reached a peak when it comes to price rise. Petrol and diesel rates have gone up, so the trucks and transportation, that's how commodities rates, it's all interred related. People are frustrated because they have their own challenges on various fronts. Survival needs a proper budget. Lack of job opportunities, deducted salaries and dried bank accounts are not allowing them a calm life.

The Indian Railway's higher fares for short-distance passenger trains are done only to discourage people from travel which is not required. But ...