Ministry of Railways has decided to modify some of the rules pertaining to purchase of tatkal tickets. Under the modified rules, there will be no need to furnish photocopy of proof of identity while booking Tatkal ticket from computerised reservation counter or to indicate its number at the time of booking of Tatkal ticket at the counter or through internet.
In addition, as per the proposed changes, in case of ticket booked under Tatkal scheme, one of the passengers has to produce identity proof in original during the journey, failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as traveling without ticket and charged accordingly.