Policy response to opinion polls

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/06/2015

Here is a new one. The polling agency Today’s Chanakya  claims that its findings in a Railway Opinion Poll have evoked a response from the   railways which announced that Tatkal rules will be changed with effect from Monday July 15.  The changes reflect two suggestions made  by people surveyed:  that a part refund will be provided on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets  (there is none now) and that the timing for booking  Tatkal tickets will change.