"No Competition": Railway Body Rebuts Congress Leader's 'Adani Takeover' Charge
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Trainman is one of the 32 B2C partners of IRCTC, contributing 0.13% of total reserved ticketing, IRCTC said.
The Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which handles ticketing services for the Indian Railways, on Sunday evening refuted reports that the Adani group will become its competitor with its acquisition of online train booking and information platform 'Trainman'. The now-Adani-owned platform is one of IRCTC's authorised partners, and an oiwnership change wouldn't make any difference, it said. यह भ्रामक कथन है। Trainman IRCTC के 32 अधिकृत बी2सी (बिजनेस टू कस्टमर) भागीदारों में से एक है। हिस्सेदारी बदलने से इसमे कोई अंतर नहीं आयेगा। सभी एकीकरण और संचालन IRCTC के माध्यम से किए जाते रहेंगे। यह केवल IRCTC का पूरक होगा और IRCTC के लिए कोई खतरा या चुनौती नहीं है। https://t.co/7ERSbMj6JR
Trainman is one of the 32 B2C partners of IRCTC, contributing 0.13% of total reserved ticketing, IRCTC said, adding that around 14.5 lakh reserved tickets are booked daily in the Indian Railways, out of which 81% are e-tickets, booked through IRCTC.
"This is a misleading statement. Trainman is one of the 32 authorised B2C (Business to Customer) partners of IRCTC. Changing the stake won't make any difference. All integration and operations will continue to be done through IRCTC. It will only complement IRCTC and is not a threat or challenge to IRCTC," the PSU clairified in Hindi while quoting a tweet from senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh where he had alleged that the Adani group will first compete with IRCTC and then take over.
