IRCTC Online Booking : Introduction of Captcha to avoid fraudulent booking
Railways have introduced Captcha system to check fraudulent booking through automation software.
The below information was presented by the Minister of State for Railways Shri.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Parliament as written reply to a question as follows…
"Captcha has been introduced at e-ticketing website of IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.) from 20.08.2010 for preventing fraudulent booking through automation software. Captcha has been introduced at reservation counters also from 05.06.2012 to curb usage of programmable keys for feeding data in dumb terminals before opening of the counters.
It is a preventive measure and, therefore, benefits cannot be quantified.
On the website checks have been introduced such as against multiple user-ids & multiple bookings from one user-id or IP-address, disabling of quick book option and regular checks by anti-fraud team. For the Counters a minimum standard data entry time required for filling up the booking form has been configured in database from 04.05.2012.In the Zonal Railways checks for compliance of manual provisions, requisition checks, drives by Railway Protection Force, surprise checks and Passenger vigilance checks are conducted along with monitoring through various Management Information System reports. Further with a view to check passengers traveling on transferred tickets, with effect from 01.12.2012 it has been made mandatory that any one of the passengers traveling on a ticket in reserved classes shall produce one of the prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey.
Railways have introduced Captcha system to check fraudulent booking through automation software.
The below information was presented by the Minister of State for Railways Shri.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Parliament as written reply to a question as follows…
"Captcha has been introduced at e-ticketing website of IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.) from 20.08.2010 for preventing fraudulent booking through automation software. Captcha has been introduced at reservation counters also from 05.06.2012 to curb usage of programmable keys for feeding data in dumb terminals before opening of the counters.
It is a preventive measure and, therefore, benefits cannot be quantified.
On the website checks have been introduced such as against multiple user-ids & multiple bookings from one user-id or IP-address, disabling of quick book option and regular checks by anti-fraud team. For the Counters a minimum standard data entry time required for filling up the booking form has been configured in database from 04.05.2012.In the Zonal Railways checks for compliance of manual provisions, requisition checks, drives by Railway Protection Force, surprise checks and Passenger vigilance checks are conducted along with monitoring through various Management Information System reports. Further with a view to check passengers traveling on transferred tickets, with effect from 01.12.2012 it has been made mandatory that any one of the passengers traveling on a ticket in reserved classes shall produce one of the prescribed proofs of identity in original during the journey.
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