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IRCTC Agents - How many private agents are enlisted with IRCTC Private agencies in Rail Reservation :  Under the internet ticketing system, at present 92 agents including 77 private agencies are enlisted with IRCTC for booking reserved e-tickets... A question has been raised by the Member of Parliament regarding the private agencies enlisted with IRCTC, in written reply the Minister of State for Railways said that "At present, computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) terminals are provided only at Railway reservation centers, post offices and at a few Government establishments. However, under the internet ticketing system, at present 92 agents including 77 private agencies are enlisted with IRCTC for booking reserved e-tickets". The existing reservation arrangements are adequately catering to the normal ticketing demand of the passengers.

Responsibilities of IRCTC Minister explain the responsibilities of IRCTC in Parliament... While answering to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of Railways said that 'With the introduction of the New Catering Policy, issued on 21st July, 2010 the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is responsible for management of premium catering services of Food plaza, Food courts and Fast food units, executive lounge, production and sale of ‘Rail Neer’ Packaged Drinking Water, tourism and e-ticketing / i-ticketing activities on Indian Railways apart from other non-railway catering and tourism activities. Presently, the catering services are provided through static and mobile units managed by zonal railways departmentally or through licensees to cater to the needs of the passengers'.

IRCTC News, Indian Railways, Emergency Quota, HOR Quota, VIP Quota, IRCTC Website, Catering Complaints, Cancellation Charges, Supplementary Charges, RAC, Waiting List, Upgradation, Tatkal booking, Mobile Booking and New Fare 2013… Click the link and get the post immediately… Highlights of Catering Policy 2010 Catering complaints through SMS and Toll Free Numbers Emergency Quota in Railways - What is HOR and VIP quota..? Only two tickets booking allowed between 8 to 10 Hrs. through IRCTC website IRCTC Catering Services in Long Running Trains Revised rate list of Tea/Coffee, Breakfast and Meals in stations and trains... Quality of IRCTC Catering services Revised charges of reservation fee and supplementary charges effective from 1.4.2013 Upgradation scheme in India Railways Deduction of extra money from passengers on tickets booked through IRCTC Website Revised cancellation charges on confirmed and RAC, Waiting list tickets from 1..2013 Train Fare Hike 2013 - Difference in ...

Only two tickets bookings will be allowed between 8 to 10 Hrs. through IRCTC website… A strict booking system between 8 to 10 hrs. has been introduced at e-ticketing website of IRCTC for preventing fraudulent booking, permission of two ticket booking between 8 to 10 hrs. per user ID and only two booking of tatkal tickets will be permissible between 10 to 12 hrs. If passengers will try to book tickets above this quota, a message will be shown as follows... "You are Permitted: 1) Only 2 tickets between 08:00 Hrs to 10:00 Hrs per User ID. 2) Only 2 tatkal tickets between 10:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs per IP Address. 3) Only 2 tickets between 10:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs per User ID".

IRCTC Catering Services in Long Running Trains Any norms adopted by the Indian Railways to attach pantry cars to long distance passenger trains..? The attachment of pantry cars to trains is based on factors such as operational feasibility due to existing load of the train, maximum load permitted on each section, priority of the train, journey time, commercial justification, availability of pantry cars and other exigencies etc. among others. Given these considerations the decision to attach pantry cars in long distance trains is taken. As per Catering Policy 2010, Zonal Railways will conduct passenger satisfaction surveys by means of third party audits. The Catering Policy, 2010 issued on 21.07.2010 also provides for take over of all mobile and static catering units except food plaza, fast food units and food courts from IRCTC by zonal railways. Since September, 2010 complaints have come down by about 30%, vis-a-vis the corresponding period during 2009-10. 154 number of Mail/Expres...

Revised rate list of Tea/Coffee, Breakfast and Meals in Stations and Trains... As per information received, Indian Railways has decided to enhance the rates of food items in Railway stations and in trains through Pantry, i.e. revised rate table has been splitted and given below as Static and Mobile. According to recommendations of the Committee constituted earlier by the Railway Board, the revision of rates has been approved by the Ministry of Railways. And the tariff and menu was last revised on 30th April, 2003 only. The below table describes the revised tariff as Static and Mobile with effect from 12 December, 2012… S.No. Item Revised Tariff** Static Mobile 1 Standard Tea (150 ml) in disposable cups of 170 ml capacity 500 500 2 Tea (with Tea Bag) (150 ml) in disposable cups of 170 ml capacity 7.00 7.00 3 Coffee using instant coffee powder (150 ml) in disposable cups of 179 ml capacity 7.00 7.00 4 Tea in posts (285 ml) + 2 Tea bags + 2 Sugar pouche...

Quality of IRCTC Catering services A needful question has been raised in the Parliament by the member about the quality of foods and companies supplying in trains to the passengers. With the additional question, whether it is true, some black listed companies are also supplying food items in the name of other companies..? The Ministry replied to all related questions as follows... “Improvement in the quality of catering services is an on-going process. Supervision and monitoring have been strengthened through a mechanism put in place by deploying railway personnel, who check quality and hygiene and take corrective action in a time-bound manner. Feedback regarding quality of services is always taken from passengers through opinion cards. Catering Monitoring Cells have been set up at Zonal and Divisional level for daily monitoring of the catering activities. Further, on the same pattern, a centralized Catering Complaint Monitoring Cell has been set up in Board’s office having a toll...

Revised charges of Reservation Fee and Supplementary Charges effective from 1.4.2013 Indian Railway published the revised reservation fee and supplementary charges for Superfast Trains from 1st April, 2013. The enhanced Reservation Fee to be withdrawn. The charges of Reservation Fee and Supplementary charges for superfast trains have been revised w.e.f 1st April, 2013. The Enhanced reservation fee which is levied o­n tickets booked for journey originating from other than the ticket booking station, like return tickets, o­nward journey tickets, etc. is also withdrawn w.e.f. 1st April, 2013. The revised charges are as under. Class Reservation fee (in Rs.) Supplementary Charges for superfast Trains (in Rs.) Existing Revised Existing Revised Second 15 15 (No Change) 10 15 Sleeper 20 20 (No Change) 20 30 AC Chair Car 25 40 30 45 AC – 3 Economy 25 40 30 45 AC-3 Tier 25 40 30 45 First class 25 50 30 45 AC – 2 tier 25 50 30 4...

Upgradation Scheme in Indian Railways - Ugradation is being performed to the passengers against the vacancies in the higher classes, passengers are allowed to travel from lower class to higher class without payment any extra charges under this scheme. The Up-gradation Scheme • With a view to optimise the utilisation of available accommodation in train, a scheme to upgrade full-fare paying passengers to the higher class without any extra charge against the available vacant accommodation is available in all Mail/Express trains having sleeping accommodation. • The passengers are required to give the option for being considered for upgradation. If no option is given at the time of filling up of requisition form, the same is treated as “yes” and passenger(s) can be considered for upgradation. • The passengers for upgradation are selected automatically (except in cases where the passenger has shown his unwillingness to be upgraded) on random basis by the System at the time of preparation...

Deduction of extra money from passengers on tickets booked through IRCTC Website...! The above doubt has been raised in the Parliament, the concerned minister replied that there is no difference to offer ticket amount between through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and IRCTC website… “Fare for tickets purchased from the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters and for tickets booked on-line through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website is uniform. However, an additional service charge is levied by IRCTC and the relevant Payment Gateway charges are collected by the banks/payment gateway service providers on the tickets booked on-line through the IRCTC website. A nominal service charge of Rs.10/- per PNR for e-ticket issued for Sleeper & reserved Second Sitting (2S) and Rs.20/- per PNR for e-tickets in other classes is charged. The service charge realized is used to meet administrative cost, maintenance cost of IT hardware & software, tech...

Revised Cancellation Charges on Confirmed and RAC, Waiting List Tickets from 1.4.2013. The Clerkage charges and Cancellation charges have been revised w.e.f 1st April, 2013. This has been announced in the Railway Budget 2013-14. The revised charges are as under: The clerkage charges are leviable o­n cancellation of unreserved, RAC and Waiting list tickets as well as o­n cancellation of reserved tickets. Revision of Clerkage charges and Cancellation charges Class Clerkage charge in case of cancellation of waiting list and RAC tickets (in Rs.) Minimum cancellation charge in case of cancellation of confirmed tickets (Rs.) Existing Revised Existing Revised Second 10 15 20 30 Sleeper 20 30 40 60 AC Chair Car 20 30 60 90 AC – 3 Economy 20 30 60 90 AC-3 Tier 20 30 60 90 First class 20 30 60 100 AC – 2 tier 20 30 60 100 AC First 20 30 70 120 Executive 20 30 70 120

Train Fare Hike 2013 : Difference in Fare to be paid in train to Checking Staff also... Revision of Train Fare : Revision of Train Passenger Fare effective from 22nd January, 2013. The passengers are advised to pay the difference of the ticket fare to the nearest reservation office or special counter opened at major railway stations... The Southern Railway official press release said, the Ministry of Railways have decided to revise passenger fares with effect from 22nd January 2013.  As such, in the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fare and other charges have to be paid by the public. The public are requested to contact the nearest Reservation Office/designated counter in the reservation office or special counter opened at major stations and pay the difference of fare, well in advance of their journey, duly tendering exact change in order to ensure transaction.  In case they are unable to do so, they may pay the difference in fare to...

Chennai Central Suburban Train Fare List updated Feb-2013 : We hope you find this information useful I have tried… New train fare list from Chennai Central to Nellore route services… Stations Between New Fare Old Fare From To Chennai Central Basin Bridge 5.00 5.00 Chennai Central Ennore 5.00 5.00 Chennai Central Athipattu Pudu Nagar 10.00 5.00 Chennai Central Kaveripettai 10.00 5.00 Chennai Central Gummudipundi 15.00 5.00 Chennai Central Tada 15.00 10.00 Chennai Central Sulurpettai 20.00 10.00 Chennai Central Naidupeta 20.00 15.00 Chennai Central Gudur 25.00 15.00 Chennai Central Venkatachalam 30.00 15.00 Chennai Central Nellore 35.00 20.00   Fare list of trains from Chennai Central to Tirupati route services… Stations Between New Fare Old Fare From To Chennai Central Basin Bridge 5.00 5.00 Chennai Central Annanur 10.00 5.00 Chennai Central Avadi 10.00 5.00 Chennai Central Kadambattur 10...