Many Indians are facing the problem of not being able to book Tatkal tickets every day. To solve this, the government has made a major change in the way of booking Tatkal tickets. Now, for this, users will have to verify their identity.
New Rule Tatkaal Ticket: The Indian Railways Ministry has made a big change in booking Tatkal tickets. Now while booking Tatkal tickets, users will have to verify it. Without that, Tatkal tickets cannot be booked. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has given this information by posting on X. Now passengers will have to do e-Aadhaar authentication while booking Tatkal tickets. Let’s understand this change in detail.
What is e-Aadhaar Authentication?
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav recently said that soon e-Aadhaar authentication will be required while booking Tatkal tickets. This will be a kind of verification, which will be done through the Aadhaar card of the person booking the ticket. This is being brought with the aim of checking illegal ticket bookings by brokers. While booking Tatkal tickets, often Tatkal tickets were sold within a few minutes on the IRCTC website. This used to happen because tickets were being booked illegally by brokers. Now the government has taken strict action against this.
What will be the method?
After the implementation of this new system, every passenger will have to verify his identity digitally. For this, Aadhaar card will have to be used. After that, users will get an OTP and without this OTP, instant tickets will not be booked. This will curb fake bookings and incidents of buying tickets through bots. The special thing about this new system is that for the first 10 minutes, only passengers whose IRCTC account is linked to Aadhaar will be able to book instant tickets. During these 10 minutes, IRCTC agents will not be allowed to book. This step of the government will bring great relief to the common man.
Link Aadhaar with IRCTC in this way
After this change, there are a few things you need to keep in mind while booking Tatkal tickets online from IRCTC. First of all, link your IRCTC account with your Aadhaar card. For this:
Go to IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in
Log in by entering your username and password.
Go to ‘My Account’ and click in the top right corner.
Select the ‘Link Your Aadhaar’ option
Enter your Aadhaar number and the name as it appears on the Aadhaar card.
Verify the OTP you receive on your Aadhaar linked mobile.
Click on the ‘Update’ button, verification will be completed.
After this, a confirmation will appear on the screen and your account will be linked.
Keep these Aadhaar services running.
Apart from this, keep the main mobile number linked to your Aadhaar card so that you can easily get OTP from IRCTC. If your phone number is not linked to Aadhaar card. Then you will have to go to the Aadhaar center and update your number. You can complete this task without spending a single rupee by June 14.
