New Delhi, June 17 -- Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday announced that tatkal ticket bookings, based on OTP verification, will come into effect by July 1st, to remove middlemen.

Additionally, the minister also announced that the Railways is also working on a project to issue passenger reservation charts 24 hours before the departure time of a train, currently it is being issued 4 hours before, causing inconvenience to passengers holding wait-listed or RAC tickets.

Pilot regarding the same has been going on in the Bikaner division, and has received good feedback. This will be implemented across the country soon, Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Last week, Indian Railways announced key modifications in the Tatkal ticket booking sy...