Minister Suresh Prabhu - Electronic Gurudev

The Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system to prevent touts from blocking a bulk of tickets, end fraudulent bookings and curb cases of impersonation. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from April 1. A three-month trial run for this is going on. As per the new business plan 2017-18, unveiled by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today, besides the Aadhaar-based ticketing system, the Railways will move towards cashless ticketing system by installing 6,000 point-of-sale machines and 1,000 automatic ticket vending machines across the country. An integrated ticketing app will also be launched by May to promote cashless transaction. “Aadhaar number will be required for one-time registration at the IRCTC ...

The railways will put up ATMs on platforms in stations, offer music and movies in trains and ‘brand’ trains to boost advertising revenue, opening up new revenue streams. These and other initiatives on revenues for Indian Railways from non-fare sources were announced by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday. The Minister unveiled the Railways’ first non-fare revenue policy, out-of-home advertising policy, train branding policy, content-on-demand and rail radio policy along with an ATM policy. The ATMs are likely to be located at the end of platforms or at a prominent place in the circulating area of stations. “ATMs require round-the-clock security so setting up such facilities at rail platforms will reduce the security cost,” Mr. Prabhu said at a press conference here. “...

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