Indian Railways logs higher freight loading in a first for FY21

In an indication of monetary recovery, the Indian Railways on Monday posted higher cargo stacking without precedent for this money related year.
The national carrier took care of 3.13 million tons (mt) cargo on July 27, up 0.3 percent contrasted with 3.12 mt around the same time last monetary year.
This ascent comes after a calm time of over five months in the cargo section inferable from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Then again, for the current monetary year, the cargo traffic took care of between April 1 and July 27 remained at 322.69 mt, down 18 percent, contrasted with a similar period a year ago.
"This is an indication of financial restoration. We have made such a significant number of strides during this emergency time to accomplish this. This incorporates fulfillment of 200 framework works that were stuck during this time. Likewise, the normal speed of cargo trains expanded to a normal of 45 kmph this month, contrasted with 23 kmph before the lockdown," Railway Board Chairman V K Yadav told the media on Tuesday.
He said the Railways was focusing in any event 50 percent higher stacking, contrasted with a year ago.

In 2019-20, Railways had detailed a decrease in cargo traffic without precedent for a long time to 1,210.46 mt, down 1 percent more than 2018-19.

Full list of trains running amid lockdown 5.0: Here's all you need to know

After Indian Railways continued traveler train benefits in the nation in a "staged" way with 15 sets of trains from 12 May, 2020, the national transporter is presently running another 200 exceptional trains since June 1.
This improvement arrives in a transition to let residents travel to the places where they grew up in the midst of the across the nation lockdown, forced to battle spread of the novel coronavirus in the nation.
In excess of 145,000 travelers had gone on Monday when 200 unique trains began their activities.
Around 2.6 million travelers had booked tickets on these extraordinary trains for movement till 30 June, Indian Railways said.
These trains additionally incorporate the well known trains ones Durontos, Sampark Krantis, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express and that's only the tip of the iceberg. Railroads additionally said that these would have both AC and non-AC classes and completely held mentors.
Indian Railways permitted booking of reservation tickets through reservation counters, Common Service Centers (CSCs), and tagging operators with impact from 22 May.
The booking of tickets should be possible through online IRCTC site or application too, and early booking period has now expanded from 30 days to 120 days.
Travelers have been approached to arrive at station an hour and a half before takeoff for warm filtering and different checks in the wake of the coronavirus danger.
Just those with affirmed/RAC tickets will be permitted inside stations and to load up trains.

Travelers will be mandatorily screened and just those discovered asymptomatic will be permitted to board trains.

Train ticket booking, refund, tatkal during coronavirus: What you must know

Indian Railways has continued tasks of around 200 trains, which will run from June 1. As per the Railway Ministry, these IRCTC unique trains will be notwithstanding the current Shramik Special trains being worked since May 1 just as Special AC trains (30 trains) being run since May 12. Critical to note: Other standard traveler train administrations, including all Mail/Express trains, rural trains, traveler administrations will stay dropped due to the coronavirus episode until further guidance.
All that you should know
1. Ticket booking
Ticket booking must be done through IRCTC site or IRCTC application. From today reserving/crossing out of held tickets will likewise be accessible at Post Offices,Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra licensees and through approved specialists of IRCTC alongside Passenger Reservation System counters of reservation focuses and Common Service Centers.
2. Advance ticket booking: Passengers must note that early booking period will be greatest for a time of 30 days as it were.
3. RAC ticket/shortlist: RAC, just as Waitlist, will be produced. Notwithstanding, holding up list ticket holders won't be permitted to load up the train.
4. Tatkal: For these select 200 trains, tatkal and premium tatkal booking won't be allowed.
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General tickets: Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) or General tickets won't be given. Tickets won't be given locally available to any traveler.

IRCTC warns users against 'fake' IRCTC tourism website: All you must know

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The Indian Railway’s ticketing portal has filed a complaint against a fake website selling tourism packages in its name and even has a copycat digital assistant.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has warned the website (www.irctctour.com) is duping people with fraudulent transactions.
"The tourism portal is the website of IRCTC where the various tour packages and services of IRCTC are displayed," says the fake website, which copies the design and features of the genuine portal.IRCTC sent an email to its registered users and even had put up a message on its portal about the fake website.
irctctour.com The tourism portal is the website of IRCTC where the various tour packages and services of IRCTC, says the fake website
IRCTC is the only entity authorised by the Indian Railways to provide online railway tickets, catering services to railways and packaged drinking water at railway stations and in trains. It is the world's second-busiest and highest of 1.5 million to 1.6 million tickets every day. Meanwhile, IRCTC Tourism offers tour facilities to over 1.05 million persons annually. The various tourism business segments of IRCTC include luxury train tours, Bharat darshan special tourist trains, rail tour packages, international and domestic air packages, land tour packages, hotel booking, etc. Its official portal is irctctourism.com.

Earlier, IRCTC warned its customers not to disclose any confidential information related to their account number, ATM card, PIN, TPIN, UPI details over phone or through e-mails. It notified users that attempts were being made to fraudulently withdraw money from their accounts. IRCTC also said that it never makes phone calls, sends e-mails/SMS asking customers to give their personal or security information for refunds, TDR or in any other case....Read More

New railway timetable from today: Trains, new timings, routes, and more

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The Indian Railways is going to implement its new timetable from July 1, it said on Sunday.
Northern Railway (NR) has reshuffled the timings of around 267 trains, it said, adding that the new timetable would come into effect from Monday.
The zone has introduced two new Tejas Express trains on the New Delhi-Chandigarh-New Delhi and the New Delhi-Lucknow-New Delhi routes.
It has extended the journey of four trains -- the Dehradun-New Delhi Nanda Devi Express up to Kota Junction, the Aligarh-Moradabad passenger up to Gajraula, the Ambala-Amb Andaura DEMU up to Daulatpur Chowk and the New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi Express up to Lohian Khas.
NR has also increased the frequency of the Allahabad-New Delhi-Allahabad Humsafar Express from tri-weekly to four days a week and decreased the frequency of the New Delhi-Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi Express from five days to two days a week.
The zone has also changed the departure timings of 148 trains. While the departure timings of 93 trains have been pre-poned, those of 55 trains have been postponed.

 The arrival timings of 118 trains have been changed -- while for 57 trains, the timings have been pre-poned, those of 61 trains have been postponed.

Chasing govt jobs, desperate youth flock coaching hubs year after year

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GN Shakya is a veteran of Allahabad’s test preparation centres. Like many others, he has been in pursuit of a secure government job for years--in his case, 16 years. During this time, he has amassed five degrees (BA, MA, LLB, B.Ed and M.Ed), and performed odd-jobs, all while studying for the professional examinations. “What work will we do when half our life goes by in finding a job?” he asked when we visited in early April 2019.

This near-dejection has not caught hold of Deepak Maurya yet. Dressed in a white vest and shorts, the 17-year-old has just completed his 12th grade exams and taken a train to Allahabad, “taiyyari ke liye”--“to prepare”.

Maurya is staying with a relative in a room in one of the many lodges in the neighborhoods around the University of Allahabad.

This particular lodge houses about 20 people in a handful of 8ft by 9ft rooms, all of them doing taiyyari--for competitive exams for government jobs.

The test-preparation industry thrives in many parts of India, some of the most prominent in the north being Delhi; Allahabad, which attracts aspirants from eastern Uttar Pradesh; Jaipur and Jodhpur in Rajasthan; as well as smaller cities such as Sikar in the eponymous district in Rajasthan for those who cannot afford to go to big cities such as Jaipur.

Localities such as Vivek Vihar in Jaipur, Katra and Baghada neighbourhoods of Allahabad, and Mukherji Nagar, Rajendra Nagar and Munirka in Delhi, contain concentrations of the educated unemployed--those who constitute India’s historic demographic potential, vying for a shrinking pool of secure employment opportunities.


 In near-identical neighbourhoods across these cities, thousands of youngsters spend some of their most productive years preparing for exams that may or may not get them government jobs.