The companys total expenses increased 152.84% to Rs 524.33 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 207.37 crore in Q2FY22

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd., incorporated in the year 1999, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 60436.00 Crore) operating in Tourism & Hospitality sector.

The Tata Group houses its consumer business under Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) which also sells packaged mineral water under the brand Himalayan and with brands as Tata Copper Plus Water and Tata Gluco+ in the hydration segment.

India's much awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021, was withdrawn earlier this month by the government. The Bill also included data protection, along with other important aspects such as national data governance policy, cybersecurity and data safety among others.

The parliamentary panel had summoned officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) following a PTI report on the tender for the appointment of a consultant for digital data monetisation.

The tender document, titled 'The Scope of Work for Project A: For study of Monetization of Digital Data of Indian Railways (IR)', stated the consultant would also be provided access to the digital data systems which generate behavioural data such as flow of passengers, class of journey, frequency of journey, travel time, booking time, age group and gender, payment mode, number of destinations and booking modes.

A parliamentary panel has called top officials of the Railways' catering arm IRCTC and is likely to question them about a tender floated by it to hire a consultant to monetise its passenger and freight customer data, sources said on Wednesday.

Haptik helps brands acquire, convert, and engage users with AI-driven, personalised, conversational experiences across 20 channels and 100+ languages. Zoop India offers food ordering in train services and is approved by Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) as national food aggregator under the e-catering project.

According to a notice issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat, IRCTC officials are to brief the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology later this week on Friday, August 26. This committee is chaired by Shashi Tharoor, the Indian National Congress (INC) partys Member of Parliament (MP) from Thiruvananthapuram.

Coupled with a state-of-the-art air-conditioned rake, the tourist train will first stop at Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram, where the guests will visit the Ram Janmabhoomi temple and the Hanuman temple and additionally, the Bharat mandir at Nandigram.

This information was shared in the action taken by the government on the observations or recommendations contained in the eighth report of the standing committee on railways on the passenger reservation system of Indian Railways. The railways ministry said it has taken several steps from time to time to modernise the ticketing process.

Like the first tour, the train will again go to Nepal from India and connect Janakpur in the neighbouring country. The special theme-based tour will cover pilgrimage and heritage sites across India, including Ayodhya, Sitamarhi, Buxar, Varanasi, Prayag, Chitrakoot, Nasik, Hampi, Rameshwaram, Kanchipuram and Bhadrachalam. To ensure additional comfort for elderly passengers, the duration of the Ramayan Yatra tour has been revised from 18 days to 20 days in its next schedule.

Now, a passenger on board premium trains like Rajdhani, Duronto or Shatabdi who haven't pre-booked their meals, will pay Rs 20 for tea (similar to the amount paid by those who pre-booked their meals). Earlier, the cost of such non-pre-booked tea was Rs 70, including the service charge.

Individuals can check refund status via Ask DISHA, a helpdesk provided by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The chatbot has been responding to users' questions in both Hindi and English.

If you have a confirmed railway e-ticket and you want to change a passenger's name, you can do so by visiting the nearest railway reservation counter, 24 hours before the departure time of your train.

Speaking on the occasion, Reddy said, "The Bharat Gaurav tourist train is starting its first Shri Ramayana Yatra for 18 days from Tuesday. The first trip of the train operating on the Ramayana Circuit will also cover the religious destination of Janakpur (in Nepal) for the first time, in addition to other popular destinations such as Ayodhya, Nandigram, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Panchvati (Nasik), Hampi, Rameshwaram and Bhadrachalam."

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd., incorporated in the year 1999, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 45940.00 Crore) operating in Tourism & Hospitality sector.

There are 190 trains available for the Bharat Gaurav scheme, with regular transit outside the purview of the scheme. IR should ensure that it does not disrupt its core purpose of moving people, making these PPP enterprises supplementary to its core function of public (and goods) transportation.

India's first Bharat Gaurav tourist train on the Shri Ramayana Yatra Circuit will depart from New Delhi on June 21. The train will cover destinations associated with Lord Ram in Nepal -- Dhanusha Pahar, Baawan Bigha Kshetra, Ma Janki Janmasthali Mandir and Shri Ram Vivah Sthal. The train will cover a distance of 8,000 km. The journey will cost around Rs 65,000 per person.

The apex court on Tuesday had wondered why the NGT is taking up letter petitions filed by lawmakers, and said it thought that the NGT jurisdiction was available to persons who can't approach courts. "What is this, the National Green Tribunal is also entertaining letters from Members of Parliament. We thought that this jurisdiction was available for have-nots and persons who can't approach courts. Ordinary citizens and not legislators," the bench had observed.

PTC India, Algoquant Fintech, Shri Bajrang Alliance, Sanwaria Consumers, Mitshi, Inani Securities, Aroma Enterprises, Avance Syntex, Valecia Nutrition and Vax Housing Finance are among the companies which will announce their March quarter earnings today.

The railway ticket master said its revenue from operations came in at Rs 690.96 crore, up 103.95 per cent from Rs 338.78 crore in the year-ago quarter.

The Railways has approved Rs 2.43 crore in refunds to 2.98 lakh IRCTC users.

LIC, Sun Pharma, IRCTC, Jindal Steel, Delhivery, Jubilant Foodworks, Auro Pharma, Trident, Dixon Tech, Rajesh Exports and Brightcom Group are among the companies which will announce their March quarter earnings today.

The interiors of the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train, which will return to Delhi on the 18th day of its journey covering roughly a distance of around 8,000 kilometres, will be based on the Ramayana epic, the officials said. As many as 285 bookings have already been done from various parts of the country, Sinha said, adding the maximum 61 bookings are from Maharashtra followed by 55 from Uttar Pradesh.

​​​The vulnerability was discovered by researchers Avinash Jain and Aseem Shrey. According to Jain, the vulnerability called IDOR (insecure direct object reference) allowed anyone to extract passenger information for insurance payout.

IRCTC said the security lapses were not at its end. It has further put the integration with these insurance companies on hold after the incident came to notice, an IRCTC spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

​Earlier this year, in January, IRCTC resumed serving fresh meals in 80% of its trains and is now expanding the resumption across the board. The catering service is also providing ready-to-eat meals, which it had started in August 2021.

"Markets ended almost unchanged amid volatility, taking a breather after the recent fall. After the weak start, the benchmark gradually recovered as the day progressed, thanks to the rebound in index majors from across the board. However, the profit-taking at higher levels capped the upside till the end," said Ajit Mishra, VP - Research, Religare Broking.

In the July-September quarter, Tourism Finance Corporation had posted a 1.32 per cent on-year decline in net profit to Rs 21.65 crore versus Rs 21.94 crore a year ago.

Originally, on an application from Tourism Finance Corporation of India, the corporate creditor, under Sec.7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the tribunal had on May 2020 initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against Appu Hotels.

The Infra DFI is being established through an Act of Parliament as a statutory body to address market failures that stem from the long-term, low margin and risky nature of infrastructure financing.