New Delhi, June 25: The Railway Ministry said on Tuesday that the news circulating on social media about the ban on ticket booking due to different surname is false and misleading.
The Railway Ministry has said in an official statement that it is clarified that tickets from the IRCTC site are being booked as per the guidelines of the Railway Board and the necessary information is available on the public domain.
First, any person can book tickets on personal user ID for his friends, family and relatives.
Second, in the case of Aadhaar-authenticated users, 12 tickets can be booked per month, which can go up to 24 tickets per month, if even one of the passengers on the ticket is Aadhaar authenticated.
Third, tickets booked on personal user ID are not for commercial sale and doing so is an offense under Section 143 of the Railways Act 1989.
