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Modification in the Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK)

COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 41 OF 2018
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Circular numberCOMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 41 OF 2018
File numberNo. 2018/TG-1I/23/YTSK
TypeCommercial Circular
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Summary

Modification in the Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) General Secretary, Nationa! Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3, Chelmsford Road,

Text of the circular

No. 2018/TG-1I/23/YTSK Pending Issues

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

Principal Chief Commercial Managers,

All Zonal Railways.

New Delhi dated (Jf 08.2018

(COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 41 OF 2018)

Sub: Modification in the Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK)

policy..

The scheme of YISK was introduced vide Commercial Circular no. 33 of
2014 and provisions of the scheme have been modified vide CC nos. 35, 37, 39, 40 &
45 of 2014, 21&59 of 2015 and 55 of 2017.

2. The YTSK scheme has been further reviewed in consultations with Finance
Directorate of the Ministry of Railways to make certain modifications in the scheme.
The modifications are as follows:-

scheme

Feature of the | Existing Provision

Terminal

Registration
Fee

Access Charge

As per Para 3.5 of CC no.
33/2014, the licensee pays
system access charges of रैं 1.6
lakh per terminal per annum.

Revised Provision

YTSK Licensee shall pay दें
1.6 lakh per terminal at the
time of each renewal (now
once in 3 years instead of
every year).

As per Para 5.1 of CC no.
33/2014, YTSKL pays a one-
time non-refundable
registration fee of = 5 lakh
upon allotment of license.

3. . Renewal
License

of

As per Para 7 of. CC no.
33/2014, the initial tenure of
the license is for a period of 3
years. The license can be
renewed for one year at a time
after expiry of. its existing
tenure subject to the
satisfaction of the competent
authority and as per the extant
policy prevalent during the

period of renewal.

Licensee shall pay one-time
non-refundable registration fee
of = 2 lakh upon allotment of
license.

The initial tenure of the
license is for a period of 3
years. The license can be
renewed for three years at a
time after expiry of its existing
tenure subject to the
satisfaction of the competent
authority and as per the extant
policy prevalent during the
period of renewal. For the
existing YTSKs, this will be
applicable at the time of next
renewal.

Security
Deposit

restriction for
operation of
YTSK

terminals

Eligibility
criterion

Railways. _
Timing As per Para Il(v) of

As per Para 5.3 of CC no. 33
of 2014, the YTSK licensee is
required to keep an interest
free security deposit of = 2
lakh per port subject to a
maximum of हैं 5 lakh with the

The YTSK licensee is requi required
to keep an interest fi
security deposit of = 1 lakh per
port subject to a maximum of
% 5 lakh with the Railways.

On the opening day of
reservation the timings of
restriction for booking general
as well as Tatkal reservation
will be reduced from existing
30 minutes to fifteen minutes.
As such YTSKs shall be able
to issue general tickets on the
opening day of reservation
from 0815 hours and Tatkal
tickets on the opening day of
reservation from 1015 hours
and 1115 hours for AC and
‘non-AC classes respectively.

Commercial Circular no. 21
of 2015, the operational
timings for general
reservation for booking of
PRS and UTS tickets at
YTSKs are 0830 hours to
2200 hours on weekdays and
‘from 0830 hours to 2000
hours on Sundays. The
booking hours for Tatkal
reservation start at 1030 hours
or as per timings specified by
Ministry of Railways from
time to time.

As per Para 2 (i) of CC no. 33
| of 2014, the applicant should
have worked as authorised
ticketing agent providing
railway ticketing
(reserved/unreserved) services
for passengers of Indian
Railways for at least five
years.

The applicant should have
worked as authorised ticketing
agent providing railway
ticketing
(reserved/unreserved) services
for passengers of Indian
Railways for at least two (02)
years.

Transfer of
License

| 25 per, Para 18 of CC no.
39/2014 license shall be non-
transferrable, provided that in
case of death of agent, the
license may be transferred to
his/her legal heir on a request
made in writing for the
unexpired period only of the
license by the competent
authority and the legal heir
shall be eligible to apply for
renewal of the said license in
accordance with the
provisions of ules, as
applicable at the time

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