6 Tickets Per Month Irctc
Melvina Kryder
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Monday increased the limit of booking maximum 6 tickets in a month to 12 tickets a month by a user ID not linked to Aadhaar on its website/app. IRCTC has extended the limit of booking maximum 12 tickets in a month to 24 tickets by a user ID which is linked to Aadhaar, as per a Railways Ministry communiqu dated June 6.
Currently, users can book maximum 6 tickets a month on the IRCTC website/app by a user ID not linked to Aadhaar. Users linked to Aadhaar can book up to 12 tickets a month on the IRCTC website/app, the communique further read. One of the passengers booked in the ticket has to be verifiable through Aadhaar.
"To facilitate passengers, Indian Railways has decided to increase the limit of booking maximum 6 tickets in a month to 12 tickets by a user ID which is not Aadhaar linked and the limit of booking maximum 12 tickets in a month to 24 tickets by a user ID which is Aadhaar linked and that one of the passengers in the ticket to be booked is verifiable through Aadhaar," the Ministry said in a statement.
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Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) now allows users to book up to 12 tickets a month if they get themselves verified through their Aadhaar number along with at least one passenger also being verified through Aadhaar. No Aadhaar verification required for booking up to 6 tickets in a month, as earlier.
Nearly 65.69 lakh railway tickets booked online got automatically cancelled as they failed to get confirmed in the first eight months of the current fiscal, reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed. This means that over eight lakh such tickets automatically got cancelled per month during that period.
"Nearly 65,68,852 wait-listed tickets booked on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) portal automatically got cancelled after failing to get confirmed between April and November 2019 of this fiscal," Neemuch district-based RTI activist Chandrashekhar Gaud told PTI as per the reply given by the IRCTC on January 8.
He said that after the wait-listed tickets fail to get confirmed, they automatically get cancelled during the chart preparation of the trains and the amount of the ticket gets credited to the account of the passengers automatically.
After deducting the cancellation fee, the railways reverts the money to the IRCTC, which in turn credits the amount into the customers' account through which the payment for the purchase of ticket was made, he said.
(ii) Distance :Season tickets are issued upto 150 Kms. only. Season tickets for more than 150 kms are issued only on those sections where they were being issued prior to 1951 (except on those sections where they have been withdrawn due to lack of demand).
(iii) Identity Card :A photo Identity Card, alongwith a plastic cover, is issued to every season ticket holder at a nominal cost of Re. 1. The Identity Card will be valid for 5 years or such time it gets defaced/mutilated, whichever is earlier. The Identity Card having Printed Card number will contain Name, Address, Age, Sex & Signature of the holder. Identity Card Number must be written on Season Ticket. It is necessary for the passenger to produce the Identity Card alongwith the season ticket, otherwise the season ticket will be invalid and the passenger will be treated as without ticket. It is necessary that the particulars of the passenger are properly & correctly entered on the Identity Card and the photograph firmly pasted thereon. The Booking Clerk will put the Station Stamp in such a way that half of the stamp appears on photograph and the remaining part appears on the Identity Card.
In addition to above, the Identity Card, Pan Card, Passport, Driving Licence, Voter Identity Card and Credit Card issued with photograph by any Government in India or some Government agency in India, will also be accepted as proof of identity for issue and renewal of season tickets. The serial number of such document shall be written on season ticket. While travelling, the passenger must carry this document, alongwith season ticket, without which the season ticket will be invalid and the passenger will be treated as without ticket.
(iv) Validity :Season tickets are not valid for travel in reserved coaches and trains. They are valid for travel by Passenger trains. In the case of Mail/ Express/Superfast trains, they are valid for travel by only those Mail/Express/Superfast trains where it has specifically been permitted by Railway Administration. However, they are valid for travel subject to the distance restriction otherwise applicable in individual train. The first class season ticket holders are, however, allowed to travel in first class coaches during day time only, subject to the distance restrictions applicable on the concerned train.
(v) Renewal :Season ticket can be renewed 10 days in advance of the date of expiry. In such cases, it will be made valid only after the date of expiry and not from the date of renewal.
(vi) Superfast Surcharge Ticket: Wherever permitted by Railway Administration, the passenger can travel in unreserved coaches of Superfast trains also. In such a case, he is required to purchase the Superfast Surcharge ticket for each journey in advance. For the convenience of passengers who want to travel regularly by Superfast trains, the Railways also issue the Monthly/Quarterly Superfast Surcharge tickets on demand. The superfast surcharge will, however, not be levied on season ticket holders travelling by those superfast trains, which have total journey less than 325 kms from train originating to destination station.
(vii) Refund: Refund on unused or partially used season tickets is not admissible under any circumstances.
2. Season tickets to students: Season tickets to students are issued for First & Second class upto the maximum distance of 150 Kms. The student monthly season tickets will be charged at half of the normal adult season ticket fare and student Quarterly Season tickets will be charged at 2.7 times of the Student MST fare. These MSTs/QSTs will be issued without any minimum charge to the students of recognised institutions under S. No. 4 and 4 (c) (8) of IRCA Coaching Tariff NO. 25, Part I (Vol. II) subject to the condition that the age of students, to whom the tickets are issued, should not exceed 25 years in the case of student in general, 27 years in the case of students belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Tribes and 35 years in the case of Research Scholars.
Note: Season tickets to students of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be issued as under: -
(i) MSTs: On payment of 50% below the normal Student MST fares, and
(ii) QSTs: On payment of 2.7 times of the concessional fares of MSTs vide (i) above.
3. Free MST to Students: - The facility of Free Monthly Season Tickets (MSTs) is available to Boy Students studying in classes upto 10th Standard and Girl students studying in classes upto 12th standard for commuting daily between the stations serving the place of residence and school. They carry the caption 'MILLENIUM GIFT FROM RAILWAYS'. These free MSTs are issued subject to the following conditions: -
(1)Only MSTs are issued and QSTs are not issued.
(2)As in the case of concessional student MSTs, these are also issued upto maximum of 150 Kms.
(3)These are issued for second class only and are not valid for travel in any Mail/Express train, including superfast train.
(4)No other surcharge is levied on these MSTs (Even the CIDCO surcharge applicable on Central/Western Railway for travel on specific section in Mumbai area is not leviable)
(5)The free MSTs are issued subject to all other conditions applicable for issue of concessional MSTs to students.
(6)The concessional student MSTs/QSTs continue to be issued on demand as per rules.
After a slew of measures like revision of rules for availing Senior Citizen Quota and Child Fare, the Ministry of Railways has now come up with more restrictions on the usage of IRCTC, in a bid to curb misuse of the IRCTC platform by touts. In a latest move, the government has put a cap on the number of tickets an individual user can book per month. From the current maximum of 10 tickets per user per month, the government has reduced the maximum number to 6 tickets per user per month. This change will be effective from 15th February, 2016.
The new restriction of maximum 6 tickets per user per month will replace the existing provision of maximum 10 tickets per user per month. However, the existing condition of booking only 2 tickets between 8am and 10am for general bookings and only 2 tickets between 10am and 12pm for tatkal bookings will continue.
As per the data available with the government, 90% of the users book only up to 6 tickets in a given month and only 10% book more than 6 tickets month. The government suspects that the 10% users might be touts or fake agents. The government believes that this move will deter touts and help genuine users. Only time will tell if this change will help.
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