Journalists now need not go to counters for booking train tickets as the Indian Railways launched e-booking for scribes on concessional passes available to them.  During the launch, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said “It was promised in the budget to provide e-booking facility to journalists and today we fulfilled it”. Journalists were earlier required to book ticket on concessional passes at PRS counters. In order to avail the benefit of the e-booking facility, journalists have to use their registered ID card number issued by Railways to book tickets.

Did You Know???

• Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is the current Railway Minister of India, under the Narendra Modi government.
• He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
• Since 1996, Prabhu has been a repeatedly elected Member of Parliament from Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party.
• He quit Shiv Sena and joined BJP on 9 November 2014.
• He presently represents Haryana in Upper House of Indian Parliament.
• He runs an NGO – Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha which is working towards empowerment of people. A public charitable trust formed in 1998, MSVS seeks to bring about a holistic development of communities through proactive participation of both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.