Indian Railways is now luring IRCTC users by offering them cash rewards for linking their Aadhaar with IRCTC account.
You can win Rs 10,000 cash rewards, in fact.
And, in order to cope with summer holiday rush, 42 new summer trains have been announced by IRCTC.
We will soon share the complete list of these trains.
Link IRCTC Account With Aadhaar, Win Rs 10,000 Reward!
This special scheme of Rs 10,000 reward for linking Aadhaar with users’ respective IRCTC account was actually announced in December last year. But now, because of low response (maybe?), IRCTC has once again pushed its promotion.
The offer is valid until June.
This is how it will work: Once you have linked your IRCTC account with Aadhaar, and you book a train ticket before June, then there will be a lucky draw.
If both the names on the Aadhaar card and IRCTC account, besides the ticket issues matches, only then will you be eligible for the lucky draw.
If you win, then your complete ticket fare can be refunded, and you can also win an additional cash reward. Every month, 1 such lucky winner can get Rs 10,000 cash reward for linking their Aadhaar with IRCTC account.
The winners would be notified via their official email accounts, and the draw will happen every week. The first lucky draw happened in the month of January 2018.
Govt. of India has already announced Rs 340 crore worth of cash rewards and lotteries for pushing Aadhaar linkage.
42 Special Summer Trains Announced
Meanwhile, as the temperatures are soaring all over India, the rush for travel and tickets have increased at an incredible pace.
In order to match the demand with the supply, Indian Rail has announced 42 special trains, meant for summer holidays.
This way, as now, there is a total of 452 summer special routes covering all over the nation.
The new 42 summer special trains have been planned between these cities: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus / Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Gorakhpur/ Manduadih/ Jammu Tawi / Lucknow/Varanasi /Nagpur/ Patna/Karmali /Chennai Central /Santragachi/ Bilaspur/Kochuveli & Sawantwadi Road.
You can get the list of the trains, and their routes right here.
In a related news, Govt. has clarified that there shall be 5% GST on the rail catering services, across the country.
A statement was issued to remove any doubts regarding this issue.
Indian Railways stated,
“It has been clarified that the GST rate on the supply of food and drinks by the Indian Railways or Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd or their licensees, whether in trains or at platforms, will be 5% without input tax credit,”
We will keep you updated as we receive more news related to Indian Railways.