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IRCTC Rail Connect Android app wins National Award: Know its features and how's it beneficial for you

The IRCTC Rail Connect app has been conferred National Award for E-Governance 2018 - 2019 (Special Jury Award).

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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticketing arm of Indian Railways' Android app has won a national award for e-governence. From UTS app to reservation counters to IRCTC app, the Indian Railways passengers have been provided with an ease to get their tickets booked. Taking PM Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative one step ahead, the IRCTC Rail Connect Android app was launched in the year 2017 to make rail ticket booking easy.

The IRCTC Rail Connect app has been conferred National Award for E-Governance 2018 - 2019 (Special Jury Award). This award has been given by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances to Indian Railways PSU, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC). 

"This highly passenger friendly mobile app for hassle free e-ticket bookings got the award for Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation. This mobile app is connected to the next generation e-ticketing system launched by IRCTC in 2014 which enhanced the booking capacity to more than 20,000 tickets/minute against 2,000 tickets/minute – a revolutionary upgradation in technology for the benefit of railway passengers," said the IRCTC.  

Below we have listed some of its features: 

The app has an advanced security features of self-assigned PIN to login without entering username and password on each login.

Just like the website, it supports Ladies, Senior Citizen, Divyangjan, Tatkal & Premium-Tatkal quota booking.

It provides Current Reservation Facility and Boarding Point Change facility

Besides, IRCTC website’s tickets are now synchronized with IRCTC Rail Connect App.

Meanwhile, listed are the 5 upgrades you should know about IRCTC's website: 

1. With the new upgrade, IRCTC website will also now let users know the probability of confirmation of wait-listed tickets, based on a new algorithm developed by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).

2. Unlike the previous times, users do not have to login from their registered e-mail ids or with any other credential to check and search trains. They can also know about seat availability without loggin in. 

3. According to the new feature of wait-list prediction, one can predict the chances of a wait-listed or an RAC ticket getting confirmed on the basis of booking trends. 

4. The users can also perform multiple activities like cancellation, printing, request for an SMS, selection of an alternative train by exercising the "Vikalp" option and changing the boarding point, if required.

5. While booking tickets, separate cards for each passenger have been provided to fill in their details. Pre-filled particulars will ensure a quick booking experience. The user can manage the payment options by marking six banks as preferred banks under the 'My Profile' section.

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