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IRCTC Makes Aadhar Card Mandatory For Ticket Booking

Starting December 2016, you would need to have an aadhar id to book train tickets – for both reserved and unreserved categories; besides holding true for online as well as counter tickets.…

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Food Aggregator ZoopIndia Will Now Deliver Food To Train Passengers

ZoopIndia has crossed the level of serving 10,000 meals per month across different rail routes, being present at 100 PAN India stations. The startup has set its eyes firm on further enhancing the platform and eventually serving 5000 meals a day.

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IRCTC Website Hacked! [Updated]

India’s largest e-commerce website IRCTC which completes more than 5 lakh transactions everyday has been hacked, according to reports. Government owned e-ticketing portal had stored personal data of around 1…

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IRCTC Partners With Simpli5d Technologies To Enhance Security And Boost Ad Revenues

IRCTC accounts for more than 1 million e-commerce transactions per day and more than 100 million captchas are solved on the platform

Indian Railways To Launch ‘Innovation Challenge’ For Startups; Allocates Rs 50 Crores

The Indian Railways budget grants Rs.50 crore fund for startups. The ministry plans to launch an innovation challenge which will be administered by a committee comprising of investors, representatives from National Academy of Indian Railways, Railway Board and is headed by Ratan Tata.

Starting Today, You Can Book IRCTC E-Tickets Only Six Times A Month

As against the older system, where IRCTC website would allow passengers to book up to 10 e-tickets a month, from Monday passengers would be allowed a maximum of six tickets to be booked every month.This is done in order to prevent any touting activities and ease bookings for genuine users.

Indian Railways Mandates 35 Seconds Wait To Book Tickets On Website

Railways on Wednesday introduced the system to prevent faster booking by fake users. It will take min 35 sec to fill the form followed by bank transaction online. Earlier touts used to book tickets quickly before genuine users by using fake software. This delay will facilitate genuine passengers.

After Foodpanda, IRCTC Partners With TravelKhana For E-catering

The services will soon be available on the IRCTC’s e-catering website. Travelers can also book their meals online from TravelKhana’s website. It will start its services at the New Delhi & Hazrat Nizammudin railway stations and will launch the services on a total of 17 stations in the first phase.

Train Passengers Can Now Pay For Food Through Paytm Wallet

Using the Paytm wallet train passengers will now be able to make online payments for food ordered through e-catering. Earlier this year, Paytm and IRCTC had entered an agreement to make payments for booking train tickets online. Currently, IRCTC has an e-catering facility in 1,516 trains without pantry cars.

MobiKwik Users Can Now Book Railway Tickets Using The Mobile Wallet

With approximately 25,000 to 30,000 tickets booked daily via IRCTC Android app, MobiKwik expects to spike the per day online ticket sales. The MobiKwik mobile payment solution will allow instant one-tap payments for ticket and also plans to extend this on IRCTC’s other digital platforms.