Union Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Patil Danve informed in the Lok Sabha that over 62 thousand passengers’ coaches are being operated by the Railways. Mr. Danve mentioned that out of these, nearly 42 thousands are non-AC coaches and the rest are AC coaches. He said Indian Railways offers among the most affordable services to passengers when compared with other countries. The Minister mentioned that Railways gave 59 thousand 837 crore subsidy on passenger tickets in 2019-20.