The poster claiming people end up fined by IRCTC for booking tickets for non-blood relatives is false!

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Explanation

The widely circulated viral poster has an image of a train, and some infographics proposing new guidelines for IRCTC ticket reservations.

According to the poster, “Individuals can only book tickets for blood relations or those with the same surname, using personal ID. Booking for friends or others could lead to a huge fine of R, 10,000 or a jail term of up to 3 years, or both.”

Come, let’s check the veracity of this viral claim.

What’s the truth?

We began our study by performing a pertinent keyword search. This led us to a tweet by the handle, ‘Spokesperson Railways.’ The post featured a picture of a three-point clarification notice.

As we read the note, it became clear to us that reservations made through the IRCTC website are made under Railway Board guidelines, and that the necessary data is accessible to the general public under the following conditions.

• With a personal User ID, one can reserve tickets for friends, family, and other relatives.
• Reservations may be made for up to 12 tickets per month, or up to 24 tickets per month for users who have authenticated their Aadhar account and if at least one of the passengers on the ticket has authenticated their Aadhar account.
• Section 143 of the Railways Act 1989 prohibits the sale of tickets obtained through personal User IDs for profit.

Also, the tweet was captioned “The news in circulation on social media about restriction in the booking of e-tickets due to different surname is false and misleading.”

Further investigation revealed that the IRCTC has shared the three highlights mentioned above in a tweet dispelling the viral allegations.

The news in circulation on social media about restriction in booking of e-tickets due to different surname is false and misleading. pic.twitter.com/xu3Q7uEWbX

— IRCTC (@IRCTCofficial) June 25, 2024

Additionally, the Economic Times published a piece on this issue. The piece can be read here.

All this information clarifies that the viral claim about the IRCTC’s new booking rules is false and misleading.

Conclusion:

Therefore, we conclude that the widely circulated poster that claims IRCTC levies a fine of ₹ 10,000 rupees for tickets booked by people other than your blood relatives is not true. In an X post, IRCTC has disputed the allegations and provided more clarification on the specifics.

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