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Travel industry in India is right now undergoing a unique transformation, which was witnessed in US and Europe during 1950s and 1960s. On one hand rail travel is getting expensive, which has resulted in record loss for Indian Railways;…

IRCTC is desperately looking for alternate mediums to increase their revenues as income from passenger fares and transportation of goods is not enough. Considering that we are right now living in the Information Age, where data is gold,…

Travel insurance in India, and globally, has breached a new benchmark, which would be hard to replicate anywhere else. 163 year old Indian Railways has decided to provide travel insurance of Rs 10 lakh, only for 1 paisa for all…

Paytm has been aggressively expanding it’s reach over past year or so, be it offline or online. Initially, Paytm started with mobile recharges and bill payments followed by enabling payments on various online services. However, in…

Update: We got a lot of comments regarding this story stating that Aadhaar will not be made compulsory and it goes against court order. It is confirmed that Aadhaar based ticketing will be rolled out this December, however, we are still…

Flipkart was no doubt fast in adapting to UPI, as they launched their app PhonePe within days of UPI’s official launch. However, other e-tailers are not falling behind either, and the race is on to be on the platform as fast as…

In one of the historical decisions made, Indian Railways will now provide insurance upto Rs 10 lakh for all passengers. At a cost of Rs 2 per trip, per passenger, this is probably world’s cheapest, mass-scale insurance policy. We had…

The Indian Railways seems to be gobbling down some news space as it brings out new reforms. The first one is: It has decided to introduce Battery operated cars (BoC) to make it convenient for disabled, ailing and elderly citizens in…

As per reports coming in, Indian Railways will now make it mandatory to furnish Aadhaar Card details for booking train tickets. This means that if you still don’t have Aadhaar Card, then you will be denied a train ride. This is seen…

In the last few months, IRCTC announced a slew of partnerships with leading ecommerce portals and global food and beverage companies for providing high quality food items for their passengers. Their partnerships with KFC, Dominos,…