Dear Comrades,
| Carrying of Original ID Proof to be Compulsory During Train Journey in
all Air Conditioned Classes New Instructions to Come into Effect from 15th February 2012 New Condition not to be Applicable on Passengers Upgraded to AC Class |
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In a move to prevent misuse of Reserved Train
Tickets and reduce cases of travelling on transferred tickets, Ministry of
Railways has decided that with effect from 15th February 2012, anyone
of the passengers/the passenger booked on the ticket issued from computerized
Passenger Reservation System (PRS counters) and Internet (i-ticket) undertaking journey in AC-3 tier, AC-2 tier,
1st AC, AC Chair Car and Executive Classes will have to carry one of
the nine prescribed proofs of identity (in original) during the journey. The passengers of these AC classes would be
required to produce the Identity Card in original as and when required failing
which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as without ticket
and charged accordingly. However, the
Identity Card (in original or its photocopy) will not be required at the time of
purchase reserved AC tickets from PRS counters or i-ticket. These
instructions are valid for all categories of trains, with the above mentioned
classes of travel.
In case of passengers
who are automatically upgraded by the system from sleeper Class to
Air-conditioned class and in case of passengers who are upgraded by on-board
ticket checking staff on realization of difference of fare, the condition of
carrying proof of identity during the journey will not be
applicable.
These fresh
instructions are in addition to the existing instructions under which the
passengers with Tatkal tickets and e-tickets are
already required to carry original proof of identity during the course of
Railway journey. In case of Tatkal tickets, self attested photocopy of the Identity Card
is required at the time of purchase from the PRS counters or Identity Card
details (Number etc.) are to be entered at the time of purchase from
internet.
A message on
this count will be indicated on the ticket issued in the above said classes
through computerized PRS/I-ticket.
Center for
Railway Information System (CRIS), an organization under Ministry of Railways,
has been asked to make necessary provisions in the software.
The list of valid proofs of identity are as
under:-
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Voter Photo
Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India.
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Passport.
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PAN Card issued
by Income Tax Department.
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Driving License
issued by RTO.
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Photo Identity
card having serial number issued by Central/State
Government.
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Student Identity
Card with Photograph issued by recognized School/College for their
students.
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Nationalized Bank
Passbook with Photograph.
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Credit Cards
issued by Banks with laminated photograph.
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Unique
Identification Card “Aadhaar”.
The scope of the term “photo identity card having serial number issued by
Central/State Government” permissible under the scheme is very wide and it covers a large number of
photo identity cards, some of which are as under:
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Pension Pay
Orders (PPO)
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Ration Card with
photographs
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Senior citizen
cards.
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Below Poverty
Line (BPL) cards.
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ESI Cards (with
photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI
dispensaries.
Ø
CGHS Cards (with
photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Government
employees.
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(Release ID :80206) |