Indian Railways will soon start using e-Aadhaar Authentication for IRCTC account. This will help actual users to get confirmed tickets at the time of need. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav gave this information on Wednesday. Sources said that the railway is planning to strengthen the Tatkal ticket process by making some rules more strict, such as only Aadhaar verified accounts will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets online, Aadhaar based OTP authentication will also be required for booking. Sources said that counter -based Tatkal tickets to control the disturbances can also be booked after Aadhaar verification.
Suspected accounts will be closed
According to the news, currently there are more than 13 crore active customers on the IRCTC website, out of which only 1.2 crore are base-satisfied. IRCTC has decided to do special verification for all the accounts that are not certified by Aadhaar. The accounts found suspicious will be closed. The Railways aims to ensure that real passengers get all types of Tatkal tickets. Account holders connecting their accounts to Aadhaar will get priority booking during the first 10 minutes of sale of Tatkal tickets. Even authorized IRCTC agents are not allowed to book tickets within the first 10 minutes of opening the window immediately. Therefore, it has become necessary to verify your IRCTC account through Aadhaar.
This pattern shows of Tatkal ticket booking in AC category
Every day around 225,000 passengers book Tatkal tickets through online platforms of Indian Railways. The analysis of online Tatkal ticket booking patterns from 24 May to 2 June showed that only 5,615 out of an average of 108,000 AC category tickets were booked in the first minute after opening the window. However, 22,827 tickets were booked in the second minute. On an average, 67,159 tickets were booked online within the first 10 minutes of opening the window in the AC category, which is 62.5% of all the tickets booked online. The remaining 37.5% ticket chart was booked between 10 minutes, in which 3.01% Tatkal tickets were booked 10 hours after opening the window.
Know how the booking was done
In non -AC category from 24 May to 2 June, 4,724 tickets – about 4% – were booked within the first minute, while 20,786 tickets – about 17.5% – were booked in the second minute. About 66.4% of the tickets were sold within the first 10 minutes after opening the window. Additionally, about 84.02% of the tickets were sold within the first hour of opening the window, while the remaining tickets were sold in the next 10 hours. This clearly shows that Tatkal tickets are provided to passengers through online systems, and about 12% of the Tatkal tickets are even 8 to 10 hours after the window opening. Railways has launched a campaign against the use of automated equipment to book tickets online, using Artificial Intelligence for this effort. Through special monitoring efforts, the Railways has inactive and blocked more than 24 million users in the last six months.
Report – Anamika Gaur
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