New Delhi. To prevent rigging in railway tick booking and to ensure the benefit of Tatkal ticket scheme to the common people, the Railway Ministry has made changes in this scheme. From July 1, only those users will be able to book a ticket immediately, who have verified their account with Aadhaar. In the circular issued by the Ministry of Railways on June 10, it is written, “From 01.07.2025, tickets can be booked only by Aadhaar Verification users only through the website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) under the Tatkal Scheme. After this, for immediate booking from 15.07.2025, Aadhaar-Verify will be made mandatory for immediate booking.”
What do new niyam say?
According to the new rule, Indian Railways will not be allowed to book Tatkal tickets during the first 30 minutes of opening the booking, whether AC or Non-AC. This means that agents will not be allowed to book Tatkal tickets for AC class from 10 am to 10.30 am and non-AC class from 11 am to 11.30 am.
The analysis of the online Tatkal ticket booking pattern from 24 May to 2 June by the Railways showed that on average, 1,08,000 AC class tickets were booked in the first minute. A total of 22,827 tickets were booked in the second minute. In AC class, an average of 67,159 tickets or 62.5 percent Tatkal tickets were booked online in the first 10 minutes. The remaining 37.5 percent of the tickets were booked from 10 minutes till the chart was ready, of which 3.01 percent of the Tatkal tickets were booked 10 hours after the window opened.