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Blog Entry# 514517
Posted: Aug 28 2012 (15:18)

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Aug 28 2012 (15:18)   16180/Mannai Express (PT)
 
Swaminathan
Swaminathan   42 blog posts
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Open prepaid account with IRCTC and book your rail ticket...
Booking railway tickets will be a tad easier and faster once a system of having an account with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) comes into being.
In a bid to make booking easier, the IRCTC has decided to launch a Rolling Deposit Scheme (RSD), under which anyone can deposit the desired amount in the account to be opened with the service provider.
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user could purchase tickets from the money deposited by using the RSD card as a novel payment option, which the IRCTC claims has advantages over the other modes of payment. The system would enable hassle-free and secured transactions, besides saving time by eliminating the payment approval sequence. It reduces the user’s dependence on banks and their servers and allows for booking tickets directly through the RSD mode. The other benefit is that the user need not make the payment gateway charges. The tedious process of using credit or debit cards for making online purchases is done away with under the proposed scheme.
One can open an account using the PAN card and operate the account through a transaction password and PIN number and manage the account online and top up the account too.
The minimum deposit is likely to be in the range of Rs. 1500 to 2000.
Registration fee
The account can be opened with a registration fee of Rs. 250, which can be redeemed while booking tickets later.
The IRCTC will provide facility for the user to track the transaction history and in case of cancellation of ticket, the refund would be deposited in the account the very following day.
Thanks to The Hindu

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Aug 28 2012 (15:33)
Swaminathan   42 blog posts
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But the hassle in ebooking thorough payment gateways will be reduced. In several occasions I lost money due to communication problem between IRCTC and Payment Gateways. Especially at the time of booking Tatkal tickets, it will be more useful. So let us welcome this decision of IRCTC
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Aug 28 2012 (15:43)
Alok Shukla   96 blog posts
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Looks good
1. saving bank charges for each transaction
2. possibly no timeout issues as no bank payment gateway is involved
3. faster processing - both while booking n cancellation
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Aug 28 2012 (15:54)
PRABHU~   7229 blog posts
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this is one more method of IRCTC to get money from us... Hmmm... as the time goes only we can know it is nice or not. but Rs.250 for registration is not admissible.. it should be free.
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Aug 29 2012 (09:05)
Alok Shukla   96 blog posts
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but 250 can be redeemed later while booking your ticket...
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Aug 29 2012 (09:37)
KrisGopal^~
KrisGopal^~   19012 blog posts
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Pls see /news/post/92942 also
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