Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
28-January-2016 16:34 IST
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 : -
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. A
maximum of 10 tickets can be booked online in a month by an individual.
4. Quick
Book Option is disabled from 08:00 to 12:00 hours
5. 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.
6. Booking
is not allowed through e-wallet and cash cards from 08:00 to 12:00 hours.
7. 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 15th February, 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.
