Now there is a limit to book IRCTC 6 tickets per month. Previously you can book 10 tickets per month on the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited website. It means a user can do railway ticket booking for only 6 tickets in a month. But it creates a problem for the people who travel frequently in Indian railway. 6 tickets in a month mean only 3 to and fro journey or office trip ticket can be booked in a month through an IRCTC account.
But Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited has increased the monthly limit on tickets booked on the www.irctc.co.in website from six to 12 tickets per month for users who verify their Aadhaar number in their account.
In the IRCTC 6 tickets per month can be reserved on a single ticket under general quota while Tatkal bookings allow four passengers per ticket. So you can book only 4 passengers in a Tatkal ticket.
But Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited has increased the monthly limit on tickets booked on the www.irctc.co.in website from six to 12 tickets per month for users who verify their Aadhaar number in their account.
Steps to increase IRCTC 6 tickets per month limit
If you want to book more than 6 tickets per month then you have to update Aadhaar number of any one of the passengers in your www.irctc.co.in account. There are two ways to Update Aadhar Card detail in your account.
Method #1 Aadhaar KYC Form
The steps to link your Aadhaar number with your IRCTC account through "Aadhaar KYC" Form are:
- Open IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in. You can use the Green button above on the toolbar.
- Log in to your account.
- Go to "My Profile" on the menu bar.
- Click on "Aadhaar KYC" to open the "Aadhaar KYC" Form.
- Enter your Aadhar no.
- Click on "Send OTP" button.
- An OTP (One Time Password) will be sent to the mobile number linked to the Aadhaar Card. Enter verification Code and submit to complete the process.
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| My Profile Menu |
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| Aadhaar KYC form |
Method #2 Master List
The steps to link your Aadhaar number with your IRCTC account through Master List are:
- Open IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in. You can use the Green button above on the toolbar.
- Log in to your account
- Go to "My Profile" on the menu bar.
- Click on "Master List" to open the "Add / Modify Passengers in Master List" Form
- Select any one passenger from the passenger list and select Aadhaar ID in "ID Card Type" option.
- Enter the Aadhar no. of the passenger in the "ID Card Number" option.
- Click Submit button if the passenger is new or Update if you updating the existing passenger details.
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| Master List form |
How many tickets can be booked in Tatkal quota online
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd has taken this step after analyzing that only 10% users are booking more than 6 tickets per month and rest of 90% users book six or less than 6 six tickets in a month. It also was done to restrict people who may be misusing the online ticket booking limit of ten tickets per month.
It is also done to encourage people to link their Aadhaar number to the IRCTC account. But still, users can continue to book up to 6 tickets a month without validating their Aadhaar. So keep doing railway ticket booking.
It is also done to encourage people to link their Aadhaar number to the IRCTC account. But still, users can continue to book up to 6 tickets a month without validating their Aadhaar. So keep doing railway ticket booking.