Ministry of Railways 01-November, 2012
Condition of Carrying Identity Card Extended to All Classes of Reserved Train Tickets including Reserved Second Class and Sleeper Class
The New Provision will Come into effect from 1st December 2012
The Move AIMS to Facilitate the Travel of Bonafide and Legitimate Passengers and to Reduce the Scope for Misuse of Reserved Ticketing System by Unscrupulous Elements/Middleman
The List of Prescribed Proofs of Identity has been Expanded to Cover more Variety of Photo Identity Cards for the Convenience of the Passengers
In a major initiative to further facilitate the travel of bonafide and legitimate passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by unscrupulous elements/middlemen, the Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during travel on reserved tickets issued through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) for all reserved classes including ‘Reserved Second Class (2S)’, ‘Sleeper Class (SL)’, ‘III Economy Class (3E)’ and ‘First Class (FC)’. This change in policy will come into effect from 1st December 2012.
Further, the Ministry of Railways has also decided to expand the list of prescribed proofs of identity to include photo identity cards having serial numbers issued by public sector undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal Administrations and Panchayat Administrations.
The expanded list of the prescribed proofs of identity for undertaking journey on Tatkal ticket and other reserved classes will now be as follows:
1. Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India.
2. Passport.
3. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.
4. Driving Licence issued by RTO.
5. Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government which include the following:
(i) Pension Pay Order s(PPO)(ii) Ration Card with photographs(iii) Senior Citizen cards(iv) Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards(v) ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries.(vi) CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central Govt. employees.
6. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.
7. Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs.
8. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.
9. Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar”.
10. Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.
In this way, the new provision to be effective from 1st December, 2012 will be as follows :-
“Any one of the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved class has to produce any one of the above mentioned prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. The existing provision of the Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket shall continue.”
It may be mentioned that presently only the following categories of passengers travelling in reserved classes have to produce original proof of identity during the journey:-
- Passengers travelling on e-tickets.
- Passengers travelling on Tatkal tickets.
- Passengers undertaking journey in AC classes on the tickets issued through the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) {except in III Economy -3E class}.
With the new provision, the condition of carrying one of the prescribed identity cards has now been extended additionally to other classes of travel namely – Reserved Second Class(2S), Sleeper Class(SL), III Economy Class(3E) and First Class(FC).
The above change in the policy is aimed at facilitating the travel of bonafide and genuine passengers and simultaneously to check the scope for travel on transferred tickets. It is also considered that the proposed change shall also be useful from the security point of view.
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Railway Board Order:-
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (Bharat Sarkar)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Rail Mantralya)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
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No.2011/TG-I/20/P/ID New Delhi, dated 01.11.2012
General Managers, All Zonal Railways.
(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO.68 OF 2012)
Sub:Provision of carrying of ID proof during journey on reserved tickets.
Please refer to this office letter no.2011/TG-I/20/P/Tatkal dated 16.01.2012 (Commercial Circular No.4 of 2012) on the subject quoted above wherein it was advised that with effect from 15.02.2012, any passenger travelling on a reserved ticket (non-Tatkal) issued through PRS for undertaking journey in any air-conditioned class (except 3E) will have to produce any one of the nine prescribed proofs of identity (in original) during journey failing which all the passengers will be treated as without ticket and charged accordingly. This provision has helped in keeping a check on the cases of travelling on transferred ticket in AC classes to a great extent.
2. With a view to ensure availability of reserved tickets to bona fide passengers in all classes, it has been decided as under:
(0 One more proof of identity has been added in the list of 9 prescribed proofs of identity for undertaking journey on e-ticket, Tatkal ticket and for undertaking journey on a reserved ticket issued through PRS and these 10 prescribed proofs of identity are as under:
- Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India.
- Passport.
- PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.
- Driving Licence issued by RTO.
- Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government.
- Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.
- Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs.
- Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.
- Unique Identification Card “Aadhaar”.
- Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.
(ii) The above provision shall come into effect from 01.12.2012.
(iii)With effect from 01.12.2012, any one of the passengers booked on a PNR for undertaking journey in any reserved class will have to produce any one of the 10 prescribed proofs of identity(in original) during the journey failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. This provision shall, however, not affect the existing provision of Tatkal scheme where the passenger is required to show the same original proof of identity as indicated on the ticket.
3. Wide publicity may be given by Zonal Railways through all possible means on this account for the information of general public.
4. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned prticularly Ticket Checking Staff so as to educate them about the revised provisions.
Sd/-
(S.K.Ahirwar)
Director Traffic Commercial (G) Railway Board
Source: Railway Board
[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/traffic_comm/Comm-Cir2K12/CC-68.pdf]
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