Can you book railway e-tickets for your friends and family? IRCTC shares update on restriction due to different surname
Irctc website.photographed by Sneha Srivastava/mint
The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation, run by the Ministry of Railways, recently debunked fake news about online ticket booking restrictions widely circulated on social media. Rejecting reports claiming restrictions on booking e-tickets due to different surnames, the IRCTC, in its social media post, clarified that people can book tickets online for friends, family, and relatives.
According to the X post on IRCTC's official account, individuals can book up to 12 tickets in a month from their IRCTC account. The limit increases to 24 tickets per month if the user's account is Aadhaar-authenticated. However, one of the travellers is also required to be Aadhaar-authenticated. The limit on IRCTC e-ticket booking has been imposed to curb the commercial use of the IRCTC application and website. The commercial sale of these tickets is a punishable offense under the Railways Act of 1989.
“The news in circulation on social media about restriction in the booking of e-tickets due to different surname is false and misleading,” read the IRCTC post on X.