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Just last week, several hoteliers primarily from Ahmedabad but also some other parts of India had staged a protest against the unfair practices by such aggregators. The Ministry issued its guidelines just days after the incident.

The aim behind this scheme is to achieve optimal utilisation of available berths in trains by reallocating vacant ones to those passengers who opted for the auto class upgrade, which in turn will help move waitlisted ones to the confirmed passenger list.

Visit the IRCTC website, and book your ticket.

A similar provision was incorporated in April 2016, however that failed as it required tickets to be booked at railways stations. The new move allows the same through online bookings.

With over 1.3 lakhs Tatkal transactions processed by IRCTC every single day, most of the tickets go off within minutes after the Tatkal quota/window opens.

At first, they extended it to June 30, and then September 30. Now, passengers can enjoy service charge exemption till much longer.

Train passengers can now book a wheelchair online, through IRCTC. The service is available for free at the New Delhi station and is introduced for sick, elderly and differently-abled people.