 "How to avail IRCTC's book now, pay later scheme for tatkal tickets")
People can now pay later for tickets booked under the tatkal quota on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) website.
Till now, this service was available only for general reservations. For tatkal bookings, people had to pay first via the standard online payment gateways before the IRCTC portal confirms the ticket.
For tatkal tickets, IRCTC users will be able to pay via cash, debit card or credit card by opting to have tickets delivered at their doorstep.
IRCTC processes 130,000 Tatkal transactions daily. A majority of these tickets are booked within minutes of the quota opening.
The new feature eliminates the transaction failures as often the money gets debited and the ticket is not issued due to multiple reasons. The refund cycle is about seven to 15 days.
"The pay on delivery feature completely circumvents the use of a payment gateway and will help users make the bookings in just a few seconds greatly increasing their chance of booking a confirmed ticket under the tatkal quota," said Anduril Technologies CEO Anurag Bajpai.
Here's how to avail the IRCTC service:
- To avail the service customers need to visit the website and register at http://irctc.payondelivery.co.in
- Customers can download 'BookMyTrain on Mobile' available for Google, ios platforms
- On the website, choose Pay-on-Delivery payment option
- Following this, select Delivery Address
- .The digital delivery happens instantly via SMS /email
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