Dear Comrades,
| From Today Onwards, Carrying of Original ID Proof is Compulsory during
Train Journey in All Air Conditioned Classes New Condition is Not Applicable on Passengers Upgraded to AC Class |
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From today onwards i.e.
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. The Ministry of
Railways has taken this decision to prevent misuse of Reserved Train Tickets and
reduce cases of travelling on transferred tickets,
Ministry of Railways has decided that with effect
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:-
Ø Voter Photo Identity Card issued
by Election Commission of India.
Ø Passport.
Ø PAN Card issued by Income Tax
Department.
Ø Driving License issued by
RTO.
Ø Photo Identity card having serial
number issued by Central/State Government.
Ø Student Identity Card with
Photograph issued by recognized School/College for their
students.
Ø Nationalized Bank Passbook with
Photograph.
Ø Credit Cards issued by Banks with
laminated photograph.
Ø 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:
Ø Pension Pay Orders
(PPO)
Ø Ration Card with
photographs
Ø Senior citizen
cards.
Ø Below Poverty Line (BPL)
cards.
Ø 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.
AKS/HK/LK/TR (Release ID :80330) PIB
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