Government make arrangements for digital verification during journeys by trains! The issue regarding accepting Aadhaar and Driving Licence as valid proof of identity when presented from
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digital locker account of the passenger has been examined by Ministry of Railways and it has been decided that while undertaking journey in a train, if a passenger shows the Aadhaar/Driving Licence from the ‘Issued Documents’ section by logging into his/her DigiLocker account, the same should be considered as valid proof of identity.
- It is, however, clarified that the documents uploaded by the user himself/herself (i.e. the documents in ‘Uploaded Documents’ section) will not be considered as a valid proof of identity.
At present, the following proofs of identity are considered as valid for undertaking journey in any reserved class of Indian Railways:-
- Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India
- Passport
- PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department
- Driving Licence issued by RTO
- Photo identity card having serial number issued by Central/State Government
- Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students
- Nationalised Bank Passbook with photograph
- Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph
- Unique Identification Card-Aadhaar, m-Aadhaar & e-Aadhaar
- Photo Identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations
- In case of reserved tickets booked through computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters, for undertaking journey in Sleeper (SL) & Second Reserved Sitting (2S) classes, attested photocopy of Ration Card with photographs and Nationalized Bank Passbook with Photograph are also accepted.