Aadhaar not compulsory for rail bookings: Railways

The Railways has said A ad ha ar is not compulsory for booking tickets for rail journey, but it is encouraged by the transport behemoth by promotingi to na voluntary basis by incentivisingit. Inawritten reply in the Lo kS ab ha, Minister of State for Railways Raj en Go ha in said there was no proposal to make A ad ha ar compulsory for booking tickets. The minister said to inc en ti vi se passengers for linking their A ad ha ar ID and mobile number for booking tickets, the present ceiling of number of tickets to be booked by individual users every month on the website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation had beenrevisedto12.