Indian Railway can be levied a service charge of Rs 5 for 2S sitting and sleeper class passenger and Rs 10 per AC class passenger .
Some banks operated through Gateway banks which also charged heavily per tickets in the order of Rs 50 + surcharges .
So IR have to be levied a minimum service charges.
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more... Current booking no service charges levied and IR can be provided 5% of collection to the agents .