Indian Railways is gradually developing in many ways as a part of Make in India. We have seen new coaches, new interiors, using technology, etc. In the last few months, the government has revised various rules pertaining to the online railway ticket booking like availing Senior Citizen Quota, Child Fare, etc. IRCTC brought down a new rule that the maximum tickets now a user can book on IRCTC are 10 a month which is decreased to 6 a month.

The government maintains that this change won’t affect genuine users. This change will be effective from 15^th February 2016. Due to few online problems and fake agents faced by the authority, the Ministry of Railways has now come up with more restrictions on the usage of IRCTC.

User Restrictions on IRCTC:

Currently, the following restrictions are put in place to prevent misuse of IRCTC by touts and fake agents.

• Individuals are allowed only 2 tickets per user in a day between 8 am and 10 am for Advanced Reservation (ARP).
• Individuals are allowed only 2 tickets per user in a day between 10 am and 12 pm for Tatkal Booking.
• Quick Book Option is disabled from 8 am to 12 pm every day.
• All types of ticketing agents are debarred from booking tickets during the first thirty minutes of opening of booking i.e.

From 8 am to 8.30am for General Bookings.

From 10 am to 10.30am for AC Tatkaal Bookings.

From 11 am to 11.30am for Non-AC Tatkaal Bookings.

• Booking is not allowed through e-wallet and cash cards from 8 am to 12 pm every day.
• Only one booking in one user login session except for return/onward journey from 8 am to 12 pm every day.
• Maximum of 6 tickets per user per month (effective from 15th February 2016).

The existing condition of booking only 2 tickets between 8 am and 10 am for general bookings and only 2 tickets between 10 am and 12 pm for tatkaal bookings will continue.

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