Railway Ministry introduces new checks on booking of e-ticket/i-ticket through IRCTC website
Railway Ministry introduces
new checks on booking of e-ticket/i-ticket through IRCTC website with a view to
further prevent possible misuse
Under the new provisions a maximum of 6 tickets can be
booked online by an individual user in a month on IRCTC website
This new provision will come
into effect w.e.f. 15th February, 2015
The move aims to deter touts and to facilitate
genuine users
In order to facilitate genuine users and prevent touting
activities, various checks have already been put in
place for the booking of e-ticket/i-ticket on IRCTC website including the
following existing provision: -
1. Individuals are allowed only 2
tickets per user-ID in a day (for ARP booking) from 08:00 hours to 10.00 hours.
2. Individuals are allowed only 2
tickets per user-ID in a day (for Tatkal booking) from 10:00 hours to 12:00
hours.
3. Quick Book Option is disabled
from 08:00 to 12:00 hours
4. All types of ticketing agents
(YTSK, RTSA, IRCTC agents etc.) have been debarred from booking tickets during
the first thirty minutes of opening of booking i.e. from 08:00 to 08:30 hours
for general bookings, and from 10:00 to 10:30 hours and 11:00 to 11:30 hours
for Tatkal booking in AC and non-AC classes respectively.
5. Booking is not allowed through
e-wallet and cash cards from 08:00 to 12:00 hours.
6. There is only one booking in
one user login session except for return/onward journey between 08:00 to 12:00
hours.
To further prevent
any possible misuse, Ministry of Railways has now decided that effective from
15thFebruary, 2016, a maximum of 6 tickets can be booked online by
an individual user in a month on IRCTC website. This will replace the existing system
under which a maximum of 10 tickets can be booked
online through IRCTC website in a month by an individual. However, the existing
condition will continue wherein these booking will be subject to a limit of
booking 2 opening Tatkal tickets in 10:00- 12:00 hours period in a day and 2
opening Advance Reservation Period (ARP) tickets in 08:00-10:00 hours period in
a day.
This has been done
keeping in view the analysis of usage of quota of 10 tickets which indicated
that 90% of users are booking upto 6 tickets in a given month and only 10% are
making more than 6 tickets. It is suspected that the 10% users might be
involved in touting activities. Therefore to deter such touts and to facilitate
genuine users, it has been decided that a maximum of 6 tickets can be booked by
an individual user in a month.
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