Vande Bharat Latest Update: The Vande Bharat Express since being introduced in 2019 has become a favourite of those who are travelling on the routes it is running on at the moment. This medium to long-distance semi-high speed superfast express is connecting cities that are less than 800 km apart or take less than 10 hours to travel. Currently Indian Railways is operating 136 Vande Bharat Express train services The only factor that worries the passengers is the high price of the tickets. But now it seems that the government might bring down the ticket price of this premium service to make it more affordable for lower-income groups. Even though these are assumptions but they got wings after Congress’ Lok Sabha MP Rakibul Hussain asked Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw whether the government plans to lower the fare of Vande Bharat trains to make this quality service accessible to a wider section of the population. Rakibul Hussain also asked for details on the measures being taken to ensure that Vande Bharat Express remains financially accessible while maintaining its quality and safety standards. In his reply Vaishnaw said that the fares of various trains/classes are based on the facilities provided in those trains. “Indian Railway fixes the fares with due consideration of the cost of service value of service what passengers can bear competition from other competing modes socio economic considerations etc. Indian Railways run various types of train services for different types of passenger segments. Evaluation and rationalization of passenger fares including those of Vande Bharat trains is a continuous and on-going process.” The Railway Minister said that the IR introduced Amrit Bharat services which are fully non-AC trains providing high quality services to larger section of the population particularly lower income groups. “Recently IR have introduced Amrit Bharat services which are fully non-AC trains presently comprising 12 Sleeper Class Coaches and 8 General Class coaches providing high quality services to larger section of the population particularly lower income groups. These have modern State-of the Art technology equipped with advanced features like Semi-Permanent couplers for jerk free travel horizontal sliding windows foldable snack table and bottle holders mobile holders etc.” he said.