Aadhaar Number link in Railway Pass?

Aadhaar Number link in Railway Pass?

No proposal to link Aadhaar with Railway passes: Govt.

The Government currently has no proposal to link Aadhaar numbers with railway passes, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu informed Parliament on Friday.

“At present, there is no such proposal” to link Aadhaar with railway passes, Prabhu said in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour while responding to a query on the issue by TMC member Vivek Gupta.

The Government is in the process of putting in place a Human Resources Management System (HRMS) to ensure that employees and pensioners of the Railways are able to book tickets online through any portal, he said.

Stating that the railway pass holders at present do not have an online facility to book tickets, the Minister said “we have started the job. We are working on a Human Resources Management System (HRMS). Once this is ready, pass holders will be able to book tickets online.”

There are 16,360 officers in Group A and B categories and 13,12,449 officers in Group C and D categories in the Railways. Passes are issued based on the basic pay.

Source:The Hindu