Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama on Tuesday hinted that sops are coming soon for home buyers and senior citizens amid declining interest rates of the banks.

The Indian Railways are giving best possible efforts to make train journey comfortable and affordable for people of the country. For now, it is offering concessions on ticket prices to senior citizens ranging from 40 per cent to 50 per cent. The special reductions in fares are available in all classes of mail, express, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Duronto group of trains. Concessions in fares are available for male senior citizens of minimum 60 years and female senior citizen of minimum 58 years.

Indian Railways is all set to offer special fare concessions to its passengers. As many as 53 categories, which include passengers with disabilities, cancer, thalassemia, heart and kidney patients, war widows students and others will be benefited from 50% concession on train tickets.