Sameeksha kaisee rahee
Khoda Pahad Nikli Chuhiyaa.
A better step would have been to sell 50% seats at basefare and then increase in steps of 10% rather than selling just 10% of seats at base fare and 50%/60% at maximum fare. The max surcharge could have been limited to 40% for all classes just like ACIII class.
Atleast the ACIII of premium trains could...
more... have been in the reach of middle class. Today these train have really become an exclusive privilege of rich as only 10% tickets sell at normal fare (actually only 6-7% if tatkal and Emergency/VIP quota seats are taken into account).