AS THE CHILDREN IN JOINT FAMILIES ARE SETTELED IN METROS LIKE GURUGRAM_HYDERABAD_MUMBAI_PUNE_MANGLORE_ INDORE -NOIDA & SO MANY OTHER BIG CITIES & THE OLD PARENTS ARE VERY WELL SETTLED AT HOME TOWNS & WILLING TO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES AT THEIR STATIONS DURING COMFORTABLE WEATHER & AS THEIR HEALTH PERMITS . THE DISCOUNT IN RAILWAY TICKETS WAS AN INCENTIVE TO THOSE PARENTS IN OLD AGE WHEN MOST OF THEM ARE NOT WELL EARNING HANDS. EVEN I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS AN EXTRA BOOST FOR THEM TO VISIT THEIR CHILDREN AT THEIR PLACE TO STAY WITH THEM FOR A PERIOD AS IT SUITS .

NOW THE DELETION OF SR CITIZEN DISCOUNT IN RAILWAY TRAVELLING IS SOMETHING WHICH MAY STOP THEM TO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES .

OF COURSE THERE WAS A PERIOD OF CRISIS FOR RALIWAYS AS WELL & NOW TO MY KNOWLEDGE EVRYTHING HAS COME TO NORMAL ROUTINES EXCEPT THIS BENEFIT.