Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday announced that the Railways will soon introduce e-Aadhaar authentication for booking Tatkal tickets.
The railway minister posted on X, "Bharatiya Railways will soon start using e-Aadhaar authentication to book Tatkal tickets. This will help genuine users get confirmed tickets during need."
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The move is being seen after Dr A. Velumani, the founder of Thyrocare, shared the viral image on X from Stocks which claimed that the IRCTC website hangs at 10 a.m. even when seats are available. Velumani said on X, "Shocking. If it is true, it is betrayal. !!"
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"We too had similar chronic peak server load problem in #Thyrocare. We could not afford costly spare servers. But we solved it by staggering it. My managers were wise. If it is really server problem from 8 am to 6 pm allow 1/10 of trains booking every hour. It is server optimization.
#IRCTC @IRCTCofficial @RailMinIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw @PMOIndia @amitabhk87
Please retweet this till concerned people put an end to this," He further posted on X.
According to The Economic Times, a record-breaking 31,814 tickets were booked within a single minute on May 22, 2025—highlighting the strength of the Railways’ upgraded e-ticketing infrastructure, the government said in a statement.