IRCTC has announced that SMS-based ticket booking on July 1st. IRCTC would also launch the USSD (Unstructured supplementary data) based booking soon. The designated number for booking would be unveiled later. For the SMS-based ticket service, customers need to register with their banks (26 banks are supported) to generate a Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) and a one-time password (OTP). For the menu-based USSD system, the payment can be authorized through a mobile wallet which requires mPIN. 6 tickets can be booked in a single transaction similar to the online booking. Continue reading “Indian Railways to introduce SMS-based ticket booking from July 1st”
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