Indian Railways on 5 December 2016 announced that the reservation of rail tickets for senior citizens will be directly linked to Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) cards from 1 April 2017 onwards on a mandatory basis for availing concessions at both counter and e-tickets.
●    This Aadhaar-based ticketing system for senior citizens will be implemented in a two-phased manner. Accordingly, from 1 January to 31 March 2017, requirement of Aadhaar verification for getting concessional tickets for senior citizens will be optional.
●    However, from 1 April 2017, such a requirement will become mandatory.
●    Passengers in the senior citizen category shall carry the original documents including Aadhaar card for the purpose of identity proof.
●    However, there will be no change in procedure with regard to concession to senior citizens in unreserved ticketing.
●    It will stop unauthorised agents from booking tickets in fake names and then selling these at a higher price.

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