Frequent Railways Traveller: You Need To Link IRCTC With Aadhaar, Check Other Details

As per the IRCTC contents in a PDF titled Book Upto 12 tickets in a month by linking Aadhaar, now users can book up to 12 tickets in a month, if users get themselves verified via their Aadhaar number along with at least one passenger also being verified through Aadhaar.

Changes made in respect of Aadhaar verification for train ticket booking by IRCTC

-No Aadhaar Verification required for booking up to 6 tickets in a month, as earlier.

- Existing facility of booking upto 6 tickets (without Aadhaar) in a month continues

Steps to avail the facility of booking more than 6 tickets and up to 12 tickets in a month:

-IRCTC Registered User is required to get himself Aadhaar verified using Aadhaar KYC option in My Profile.

-User's Aadhaar will be verified by sending an OTP on his mobile number linked with his Aadhaar number. On successful submission of OTP, user will become Aadhaar verified.

-At least One (1) passenger on the ticket being booked, beyond 6 tickets in a month,

should also be Aadhaar verified.

-Users are required to verify the probable passengers through their respective Aadhaar number

and store the verified passengers in passenger master list. This should be done before starting the ticket booking process, beyond 6 tickets in a month.

-User can add Aadhaar verified passenger from master list at the time of booking to book

additional tickets upto 12 tickets in a month.

How to verify your IRCTC User ID with Aadhaar

-Open www.irctc.co.in in your web browser

-Enter your login credentials and Sign in

-Go to MY ACCOUNT tab and select Link Your Aadhaar

-Go to MY ACCOUNT tab and select Link Your Aadhaar.

-Aadhaar KYC page will appear, enter your Name as per Aadhaar Card, provide Aadhaar Number or Virtual ID, select the checkbox and click on Send OTP button

-Provide the OTP received on your Aadhaar Registered Mobile number and click Verify OTP button.

-. KYC response is fetched from Aadhaar. Click Update button to complete the Aadhaar verification process.

-KYC status can be checked on selecting the Link Your Aadhaar link under MYACCOUNT tab on top navigation of IRCTC eTicketing website

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