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Caring ID card as original is mandatory in all AC class from 15 Feb 2012 for all types of railway tickets:
Sub: Provision for carrying of ID proof during journey on
reserved tickets.
At present the passengers with Tatkal ticket and e-ticket are to
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original proof of identity during the course of railway journey.
With a view to preventing the cases of travelling on transferred tickets,
now it has been decided that anyone of the passengers/the passenger
booked on the tickets issued from computerised Passenger Reservation
System(PRS) and internet(i-ticket), undertaking journey in AC-3 tier,
AC-2 tier, 1stAC, AC Chair Car and Executive classes, will also have to
carry anyone of the nine prescribed proofs of identity( in original)
during the journey, and produce the same as and when required failing
which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as without
ticket and charged accordingly.
2. The list of valid proofs of identity are as under:-
. Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of
India.
. Passport.
. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.
. Driving Licence issued by RTO.
. Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State
Government.
. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized
School/ College for their students.
. Nationalised Bank Passbook with photograph.
. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.
. Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar"
3. CRISwill make necessaryprovisionin the software for indicating
the messageon this accounton the ticket issuedin the above said classes
throughcomputerisedPRS/i-ticket.
4. These instructions will come into effect from 15.02.2012.
5. Wide publicity may be given by zonal railways through all
possible means on this account for the information of general public.
6. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned particularly
Ticket Checking Staff so as to educate them about the revised.