The discount scheme has been extended on booking train tickets at station railway counters through UPI/BHIM.
Discounts on Indian Railways Train Tickets: For those who travel frequently in Indian Railways, here is some good news for you. Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways has announced that it has extended the discount scheme on booking train tickets at station railway counters through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) / Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM). According to the national transporter, the provision of 5 per cent discount on the total value of the original ticket fare on booking of reserved tickets through UPI including BHIM application at Computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters at railway stations has now been extended till June 12. . 2022. Here is the process of payment and booking:
- Firstly, the person has to go to the station ticket counter and provide the destination station details, total number of passengers and other travel details
- After entering all the required details the person at the counter will select UPI as the payment option
- The counter person will ask the customer to provide his/her Virtual Payment Address (VPA).
- The counter person at the station will enter the VPA to initiate the transaction
- The customer will then receive a payment request on his BHIM application to complete the payment
- The customer has to accept the payment request and the linked account of the passenger will be debited
- Once the transaction is completed, the person at the counter will print the train ticket for the customer
Earlier this year, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) reported that the number of transactions through BHIM UPI more than doubled to 273 crore in March 2021. In the month of March 2020, around 125 crore transactions took place through BHIM. UPI. During the month, the value of UPI transactions stood at Rs 5,04,886 crore as against Rs 2,06,462 crore in the year-ago month.
