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ALLAHABAD: From December 1, for booking a ticket in any reserved class of the train, a passenger will have to produce one of the prescribed proofs of identity failing which the said passenger will be treated as ticketless traveler and will have to pay fine accordingly.

This provision will, however, not affect the existing provision of Tatkal scheme where during the journey, the passenger is required to show the original proof of identity indicated on the ticket.

The number of prescribed proofs of identity have been increased from nine to ten by adding following identity card to the list of prescribed proofs identity:- Photo identity cards with serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

Notably, the expanded list of the prescribed proofs of identity for undertaking journey on Tatkal ticket and other reserved classes will now be as follows:

Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India,passport,PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department,Driving Licence issued by RTO, Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government which include the following: Pension Pay Order s(PPO),Ration Card with photographs.

Senior citizen cards, Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards, ESI cards (with photograph) issued for taking treatment in ESI dispensaries,CGHS Cards (with photograph) issued to individual family members of Central government employees.

Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students, Nationalized Bank Passbook with photographs,Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph, Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar’ and Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

The provision of showing of the identity cards have been made for facilitating the travel of bonafide and legitimate passengers and to reduce the scope for misuse of reserved ticketing system by unscrupulous elements/middlemen.

Ministry of Railways has decided to extend the condition of carrying original proof of identity during travel on reserved tickets issued through Passenger Reservation System (PRS) for all reserved classes.

The above change in the policy is aimed at facilitating the travel of bonafide and genuine passengers and simultaneously to check the scope for travel on transferred tickets. It is also considered that the proposed change shall also be useful from the security point of view.

Talking to TOI, chief public relations officer of North Central Railway Sandeep Mathur said that the measure of carrying of the identity proofs in the reserved coaches have been introduced to check malpractices by touts and unscrupulous elements.

This has been done to facilitate the genuine passengers to travel in the trains without any hassle.