Tatkal Booking
The Tatkal Scheme is a scheme introduced to the Indian Railways by Railway Minister Nitish Kumar in Sleeper Class, AC Chair Cars, 3 Tier AC and 2 Tier AC Classes in almost all Mail/Express trains in India. The booking starts at 10:00 hrs daily one day prior to the departure of the train from source station.
Some of the other awards won by IRCTC are:
- Awarded the National Tourism Award of Excellence by Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.
- Awarded the National Award for E-Governance, 2007-08 jointly by Department of IT, Govt. of India and Govt. of Haryana.
- Awarded the Genius of the Web Award 2007 for being the "Best E-Governance PSU Site" by CNBC.
- IRCTC Tourism Unit of West Zone declared winner for the category Best Value Leisure Product in Travel and Tourism Fair of India (TTF & OTM 2008) held in Mumbai from 9 to 11 February 2008.
- Won National award for E-Governance for being "Best Citizen Centric Application" for the year 2007-08.
- IRCTC Tourism Unit declared winner for the category Most Innovative Product in Travel and Tourism Fair of India (TTF & OTM 2007) held in Mumbai from 10 to 12 February 2007.
- Won CSI-Nihilent E-Governance award for "Best E-Governance Project" in 2007.
- Won the ICICI Bank Retail Excellence Award in 2005.
- Won Path Breaker Award from Dataquest in 2003 and 2004.
- Awarded the Mini Ratna Category-1 by Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India
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