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Indian Railways' idea is to raise revenue through higher utilisation of seats and not by passing the burden on the travellers.

It essentially means that you won't have to go online IRCTC's NTES app or the Rail Connect app to check your PNR status or track the train status.

Indian Railways had come up with a new feature on its online ticketing website, IRCTC in December 2017. The government website had decided to provide free insurance to passengers that booked their tickets online.

The charges in the case include criminal conspiracy (120-B), cheating (420) under IPC and corruption, the CBI had said.

Where Is My Train is one of the most-downloaded train-based apps in the country with as many as 10 million downloads.

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The Ministry of Railways has been gradually changing the face of Indian trains.

Only 25 WhatsApp messages have been genuine complaints so far, while the rest of the forwards have been random messages which have no relevance to the Railways.

This year in April, the CBI filed a charge sheet against Lalau Yadav and others in connection with alleged corruption in handing over the maintenance of two hotels run by the IRCTC to Sujata Hotels in return for a prime land plot of three acres in Patna in 2006.

The IRCTC has decided to charge Rs 12 and taxes for every ticket booked through online portals as annual maintenance charges. And if the maintenance collection during the year falls short of the minimum amount, the difference will be recovered from the online travel agent when the service agreement is renewed. 

In a bid to enhance its services, the Indian Railways has partnered with MakeMyTrip to provide live status updates of trains through WhatsApp, which is currently the most popular instant messaging platform.

The government's attempt to sell Air India has failed but its broad public asset management strategy is showing results.

Features like train search without login, easy-to-use web interface, alternative accommodation facility, etc, have been incorporated in the new IRCTC portal, whose final version was launched on June 13.

The IRCTC manager would attend to the complaints even when the train is in motion and would report to the train captain at the railway station where the train originates.

The Indian Railways has decided to launch a train service that will cover all locations that are linked to the famous Hindu epic Ramayana - a journey that will start from a visit to Ayodhya, the birthplace of Hindu god Ram, and end at Colombo in Sri Lanka, where Sita was held captive by Ravan.

The saloon cars can accommodate two families for up to five days; and contains two spacious air-conditioned bedrooms with an attached bathroom.

IRCTC to launch own payment systemIndian Railways' catering, tourism and online ticketing platfom IRCTC will launch its own payment system 'IRCTC-iPay' by August 18. The system is aimed at alleviating troubles travellers face while booking train tickets online. As of now, IRCTC supports only six banks for online transactions, but this list will be extended greatly with IRCTC-iPay. The platform will also make refunds with IRCTC easier.Google rolls out Continued Conversation feature...

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With the introduction of direct link with banks, the total transaction points will be reduced. This will, in turn, reduce the amount of time it takes to make refunds.