New Delhi, April 19: In a latest development, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has now introduced for booking railways tickets on its online portal. A registered IRCTC user can now book 12 train tickets with just 1 IRCTC ID if it's Aadhaar-linked.  It must be noted that the user needs to link the 12-digit Aadhaar number with your IRCTC account.

Once the two accounts are linked. As per reports, over 1.3 million online tickets are booked through IRCTC portal - www.irctc.co.in while over 20 million people travel by Indian Railways every day. With the recent development, no Aadhaar Verification required for booking up to 6 tickets in a month, as earlier.

Take a look at the benefits that users can get once their link their Aadhaar details with IRCTC:

Here are the steps to Verify Aadhaar Number

  1. A user needs to login using your IRCTC User ID and Password on www.irctc.co.in.

  2. Click "Aadhaar KYC" link under "My Profile" menu and enter Your Aadhaar Number and Click on Send OTP button.

  3. The OTP will be sent by Aadhaar System (UIDAI) on the mobile number registered with Aadhaar. Please keep your Aadhaar registered mobile number ready.

  4. Enter the OTP and click on Verify button. Click on submit button to verify KYC details. After submission, your user is Aadhaar verified.

If a user wants to book more than 6 and up to 12 tickets, here are simple steps

  1. If a user wants to book more than 6 tickets and up to 12 tickets in a month on IRCTC, here what needs to be done.

  2. The user registered with IRCTC needs to verify his Aadhaar details using Aadhaar KYC option in My Profile.

  3. The user’s Aadhaar will be verified by sending an OTP on his mobile number linked with his Aadhaar number.

  4. On successful submission of OTP, the user will become Aadhaar verified.

It must be noted that at least one passenger on the ticket being booked, beyond 6 tickets in a month, should also be Aadhaar verified. The user can add Aadhaar verified passenger from master list at the time of booking to book additional tickets up to 12 tickets in a month.

To recall, the Supreme Court has extended for an indefinite period the deadline to link Aadhaar with services such as mobile phone, banking and insurance, but made an exception for state-run welfare schemes and subsidies provided by the government. In March, a five-judge Constitution bench led by CJI Dipak Misra had ruled the government will not insist on the 12-digit unique identification number for a number of services, including holding common entrance tests and issuing passports.

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