How to link Aadhaar with IRCTC Account?

Linking of Aadhaar Card details with IRCTC Account helps travellers to easily book more e-tickets every month and users can book up to 12 e-tickets in a month. The users should get themselves verified through their aadhaar number along with at least one passenger’s aadhaar verification to book the rail tickets. The procedure to link aadhaar card details with IRCTC is simple and easy and can be done successfully by following few steps via online.

Please Note: For booking of up to 6 railway tickets in a month, no aadhaar verification is required and the existing facility to book up to 6 railway tickets without aadhaar card details in a month continues.

How to link Aadhaar with IRCTC Account through Online Mode?

Step 1: Visit the IRCTC website

Step 2: Login to the IRCTC website using the username and password

Step 3: Proceeding further choose the ‘My Profile’ and select ‘Aadhaar KYC’

Step 4: Enter your Aadhaar card details and request for OTP.

Step 5: Now an OTP will be sent to your aadhaar registered mobile number.

Step 6: Enter the OTP details in the given space and select the 'Verify' option.

Step 7: Click on submit button to verify KYC details.

Step 8: After the verification of information, the aadhaar linking with IRCTC will be completed.

Benefits of linking Aadhaar with IRCTC

• Linking Aadhaar with IRCTC helps to easily book train tickets without facing any hassles.
• Individuals whose IRCTC account is not linked with aadhaar can book up to 6 e-tickets every month.
• One can book up to 12 e-tickets using one IRCTC login ID every month if their account is linked with aadhaar card.
• Linking of aadhaar with IRCTC account helps you to book the e-tickets at a go, without having to verify the aadhaar details.
• Users can enjoy additional benefits by linking aadhaar with IRCTC account.

Procedure to add a new passenger with Aadhaar Card number to IRCTC Account

One can add a new passenger with aadhaar card number to the existing IRCTC account and can be done via the online process within few minutes. OTP verification is not required for the addition of new passenger, but aadhaar details are required only for verifying the access.

One should follow the below-mentioned steps to add new passenger with aadhaar card to IRCTC:

Step 1: Visit the web portal of IRCTC.

Step 2: Enter your username and password to log in.

Step 3: Choose the ‘Master List’ in the profile menu.

Step 4: Now fill in the new passenger information including name, gender, age, aadhaar number and so on. (All the details should be as mentioned in the Aadhaar card)

Step 5: Proceed further and choose ‘Submit’ option.

Step 6: Now all the saved details will be in the Master list and it will reflect in the list of passengers.

Step 7: Until the completion of verification, the status of the new passenger will be displayed as pending.

Step 8: Post successful verification process, the status will reflect as verified. If not, then again choose the link above the master list to edit the passenger details and update it for further verification.

List of things for Linking Aadhaar with IRCTC

One needs to have handy information of a few things before linking aadhaar with IRCTC and they include

• IRCTC Account
• Aadhaar Number
• Mobile number registered with Aadhaar Card to receive OTP

IRCTC

The term IRCTC stands for the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation. It is a subsidiary of Indian Railways which mainly handles tourism, catering and online ticketing operations of the railways.

It manages to handle around 5,50,000 to 6,00,000 bookings every day which makes it the world’s second active and topmost tickets daily. The IRCTC carries the tagline of “Lifeline of the nation”.

On September 30, 2019, the IRCTC held an initial public offering (IPO) in the National Stock Exchange with a base price ranging between Rs 315 to Rs 320 per stock. The IPO brings down the Indian Railway’s shareholding in the company to 87.40%.

IRCTC’s iMudra is a prepaid card which is secure, safe and easy to use for the users. It comes up with a digital wallet and a prepaid card. It comes in handy at the time of booking tickets on IRCTC or be it purchase of goods from a nearby retail store or to shop online. It is designed in such a way that it offers the convenience of accessing the wallet across the desktop, tablet, mobile app and so on. It comes with a virtual and physical card and every transaction can be carried out in a secure and hassle-free way. The wallet limit for minimum KYC verified users stands at Rs 10,000 per month. In case of full KYC verified users, the monthly wallet limit is Rs 1,00,000.

Key features of iMudra wallet are

• Experience, hassle-free payment while booking tickets on IRCTC.
• Get multiple, easy top – up options.
• Secure and easy payment options for users.
• Users can use the wallet to make payments in both online and offline channel.
• Easy OTP capability to get the ticket booking and one need not have to wait to get OTP SMS.
• It has exclusive partnership offers also.
• Users can even send money to family and friends using the iMudra network
• Helps to get easy Aadhaar based KYC verification process.

Procedure to book e-tickets using Aadhaar Verified Master List Online

After the addition of new passengers and verification of their Aadhaar numbers, the status of the passenger master list will be shown as verified across the passenger’s name. An aadhaar verified passenger can book an e-ticket using the IRCTC online ticket booking option. It is a very simple and easy process. Individuals can opt for booking railway tickets online as it saves time and energy as there can avoid the hassle of visiting the railway ticket booking centre to buy the tickets.

Follow the below-mentioned steps to book the e-tickets using Aadhaar verified master list.

• First, visit the IRCTC web portal
• Login to your IRCTC account using your credentials.
• Enter relevant travel details including ‘From’ and ‘To’, dates and other information.
• Now choose the ‘Book now’ option
• You can opt the passenger from the master list in the web portal of IRCTC.
• After selecting the passengers, the details will be shown on the booking page.
• Now proceed with the payment procedure and book the e-tickets easily.

Indian Railways

The Ministry of Railways operates Indian Railways, which holds the tag of the fourth largest railway network in the globe in terms of size with a route length of 67,368-kilo meter as on March 2017. Close to 50% of the routes are electrified with 25kV 50Hz AC electric traction whereas 33% of them are double or multi-tracked. By 2023, the Government of India has committed to electrify the rail network and become a net-zero railway by 2030. Every day, the Indian Railways runs more than 20,000 passenger trains which include suburban routes and long-distance ones. As of now, there are around 7,349 stations spread across the length and breadth of the country.