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Cost of service & Value of service<br />

• Railway charges ought to be based on the cost <strong>in</strong>curred<br />

<strong>in</strong> render<strong>in</strong>g<br />

– either a particular service, or<br />

– the entire gamut of rail services.<br />

• For services like transportation conducted under<br />

monopolistic conditions, the ideal system of charg<strong>in</strong>g<br />

would be<br />

– to ascerta<strong>in</strong> the cost of each service rendered, <strong>and</strong><br />

– to allow a reasonable marg<strong>in</strong> of profit over <strong>and</strong> above<br />

that amount.<br />

• But such a basis is impossible as no one knows as to<br />

what is the exact cost of transportation.<br />

Tuesday, September 06, 2011 INDRA GHOSH, Adviser/Rates Slide No. 30

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