Don't turn Delhi Metro into DTC: Student, senior concessions are a bad idea

Public transport operation should not operate only on the principles of profit maximisation for the company that provides the service

Almost about half a century ago, the concessional all-route bus pass for students in the capital city of Delhi used to cost Rs 12.50.
 
The bus service those days used to be run by Delhi Transport Undertaking (DTU), which was owned by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. In 1971, the Union government took over DTU and renamed it Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). Twenty-five years later, there was another change in DTC’s ownership in 1996, as it came under the administrative control of the Delhi government.
 
Today, the all-route concessional pass for students using DTC buses costs Rs 13