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Modification in Tatkal scheme

Commercial Circular No. 08 of 2025 · 2025-06-10
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 08 of 2025
File numberNo. 2025/TG-1/20/P/Tatkal
Date2025-06-10
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
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Summary

Modification in Tatkal scheme Tatkal tickets shall be available for booking through computerized PRS

Text of the circular

नगद tenaonal Yeo] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (मारत सरकार) | AU eatin er

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No. 2025/TG-1/20/P/Tatkal Modification New Delhi, dated 10.06,2025
Principal Chief Commercial Managers, Managing Director, CRIS,
|All Zonal Railway Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

IMD/AIRCTC, 24 Floor, Tower D,
|World Trade Center, Nauroji Nagar, New
Delhi-110029

(Commercial Circular No. 08 of 2025)
Sub: Modification in Tatkal scheme.

With a view to ensure that the benefits of the Tatkal scheme are reaped
by the common end user, it has been decided that:-

i. With effect from 01-07-2025, tickets under Tatkal Scheme can be
booked through the website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation (IRCTC)/its app only by Aadhaar authenticated users.
Subsequently, Aadhaar based OTP authentication shall also be made
compulsory for the tatkal booking from 15-07-2025.

ii. Tatkal tickets shall be available for booking through computerized PRS
counters of Indian Railways/authorized agents only after authentication
of a system generated OTP which shall be sent through the system on
the mobile number furnished by the user at the time of booking. This
shall also be implemented by 15-07-2025.

iii. Authorised ticketing agents of Indian Railways shall not be allowed to
book opening day Tatkal tickets during the first thirty minutes of
opening of Tatkal booking for AC as well as non AC classes i.e. they
shall not be allowed to book opening day Tatkal tickets from 1000
hours to 1030 hours for air-conditioned classes and from 1100 hours to
1130 hours for non-air-conditioned classes.

2. CRIS & IRCTC shall make necessary modifications in the system
accordingly under intimation to all zonal Railways as well as this office.

3. Wide publicity through all possible means shall be given to above
modifications for information of general public.

5 /TG-1/20/P/TatkalModification 1/3127523/2025

4. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned accordingly.

Digitally signed by
Sanjay Manocha
Date: 10-06-2025

(कक किला)

Director/Passenger Marketing-I
Phone No. 011-230472
E-Mail ID- manocha.421sanjay@gov x
Room No. 415-A, 4th Fle 5
Railway Boa 2

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