Railways to Implement e-Aadhaar for Tatkal Ticket Booking
Introduction of e-Aadhaar Authentication
On Wednesday, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Railway Minister, revealed that the Railways will soon adopt e-Aadhaar authentication for the booking of Tatkal tickets.
In a post on X, he stated, “Bharatiya Railways will soon start using e-Aadhaar authentication to book Tatkal tickets. This will assist genuine users in securing confirmed tickets when needed.”
Bharatiya Railways will soon start using e-Aadhaar authentication to book Tatkal tickets.
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) June 4, 2025
This will help genuine users get confirmed tickets during need.
This initiative comes in response to a viral post by Dr. A. Velumani, founder of Thyrocare, who shared an image on X claiming that the IRCTC website becomes unresponsive at 10 a.m. even when seats are available. He expressed his shock, stating, “If this is true, it is a betrayal.”
Shocking.
— Dr. A. Velumani.PhD. (@velumania) June 3, 2025
If it is true, it is betrayal. !! pic.twitter.com/bUkAXwNeTE
He further elaborated on X, mentioning that Thyrocare faced similar server load issues but managed to resolve them by staggering bookings. He suggested that if the IRCTC is experiencing server problems, they should allow only a fraction of train bookings each hour to optimize server performance.
#IRCTC @IRCTCofficial @RailMinIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw @PMOIndia @amitabhk87
He urged others to retweet his message until the relevant authorities address the issue.
We too had similar chronic peak server load problem in #Thyrocare. We could not afford costly spare servers. But we solved it by staggering it. My managers were wise. 😂
— Dr. A. Velumani.PhD. (@velumania) June 3, 2025
If it is really server problem from 8 am to 6 pm allow 1/10 of trains booking every hour.
It is server… https://t.co/jLJBqQJoyq