An individual can book only a maximum of six railway tickets online per month, effective from February 15, the railways ministry said on Thursday.
�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,� said a railways statement.
Indian Railways said it effected the latest move after thoroughly analysing railway ticket booking patterns over a period of time.
In the current quota of allowing booking a maximum of 10 tickets per month, up to 90 percent of users are booking only a maximum of six tickets while only 10 percent are booking more than six tickets.
�It is suspected that the 10 percent 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,� the statement added.
IRCTC last month announced it had partnered with Paytm to enable online payments for the food ordered through e-catering.
�We have roped in Paytm for providing maximum option to passengers for making online payments. Efforts are also underway to bring in some more reputed caterers in our e-catering portfolio,� said IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director AK Manocha.
Travelling passengers will have an array of choices for making payments for e-catering like pre-paid (online payment) or cash on delivery (CoD) as per their convenience.
