Tatkal Ticket Availability Up After Railways Blocks 3 Crore Fake IDs, Bots

• Indian Railways cracked down on fraudulent online ticket bookings, blocking over 3.02 crore suspicious user IDs since January 2025.
• A new anti-bot system and mandatory OTP verification for Tatkal tickets in 322 trains (and 211 reservation counters) have been implemented.
• These measures have significantly improved Tatkal ticket availability, with 95% of 96 key trains showing increased booking time.
• The crackdown aims to make the booking system more transparent, secure, and passenger-friendly by curbing broker activity and fake bookings.

Why It Matters: Tatkal ticket availability has improved for regular passengers.