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Aadhaar OTP for Tatkal ticket booking live in 322 trains; over 3 crore fake IDs deactivated: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that, because of this measure, confirmed Tatkal ticket availability time has risen in nearly 95 per cent of the 96 most popular trains

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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha that the new system was helping curb misuse of ticket bookings. File Pic/PTI

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Lok Sabha that the new system was helping curb misuse of ticket bookings. File Pic/PTI

Aadhaar-based OTP verification for online Tatkal ticket booking is now active in 322 trains, helping curb misuse and improve fairness in the system, the Parliament was informed on Thursday, reported the IANS.

According to the government, the introduction of the verification method has increased the availability window for confirmed Tatkal tickets by around 65 per cent in these trains.

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