**Executive Summary**
The Union Minister for Railways directed officials to provide local cuisine in Vande Bharat trains to enhance the passenger experience, and reviewed the crackdown on fake accounts used for train ticket booking. As a result of this crackdown, new daily user ID creation has reduced from nearly one lakh to 5,000. The report was issued on December 13, 2023.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Local Cuisine in Trains:**
* Local cuisine will be introduced in Vande Bharat trains.
* This will significantly enhance the passenger experience.
* The facility will be expanded to all trains progressively.
* **Crackdown on Fake Accounts:**
* Indian Railways is cracking down on train ticket booking through fake IDs.
* New daily user ID creation has decreased to about 5,000, down from nearly one lakh.
* 3.03 crore fake accounts have been deactivated.
* 2.7 crore user IDs have been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension.
* **Ticketing System Reform:**
* Officials are directed to reform the ticketing system.
* The goal is to ensure all travellers can easily book tickets with real user IDs.
**Impact Analysis**
**Travellers**
* **Impact**: Travellers on Vande Bharat trains will experience enhanced food options. All travellers should benefit from a more secure and genuine ticketing system.
* **Action Required**: Travellers should be prepared for new food options on Vande Bharat trains.
**Indian Railways Officials**
* **Impact**: Officials are responsible for implementing the directives of the Union Minister.
* **Action Required**: Officials must provide local cuisine in Vande Bharat trains, continue the crackdown on fake accounts, and reform the ticketing system.
Key Entities Referenced
Indian Railways: The railway organization responsible for train operations and ticket booking.
Vande Bharat Trains: A type of train where local cuisine will be introduced.
IRCTC: The website used for online train ticket booking.
Ministry of Railways: The government body overseeing the railway system.
Ministry of Railways
Local Cuisine To Be Served in Vande Bharat
Trains and Progressively Introduced in All Trains
Fake Account Crackdown Brings Results: Creation of New
User IDs Comes Down to As Low As 5000 From Earlier One
Lakh Daily
After Deactivating 3.03 Crores Fake Accounts, 2.70 Crores
More Temporarily Suspended Or Identified For Suspension
प्रव तथ: 13 DEC 2025 5:34PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology,
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw took a review meeting of the officers at Rail Bhawan today. Shri Ravneet Singh
Bittu, Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries was also present in the meeting.
The Union Minister directed officials to provide local cuisine of the region in Vande Bharat trains.
Introducing local cuisine will significantly enhance the passenger experience by offering food that reflects
the culture and tastes of the regions being traversed. This facility will be expanded to all the trains
progressively in future.
The Union Minister also noted that crackdown by Indian Railways on train ticket booking through fake
identities is yielding positive results. Following the introduction of a stringent system to establish user
identity and detect fake IDs, about 5,000 new user IDs are now being added daily on the IRCTC website.
Before the latest reforms, this number had touched nearly one lakh new user IDs per day.
These steps have already helped Indian Railways deactivate 3.03 crore fake accounts. Another 2.7 crore
user IDs have either been temporarily suspended or identified for suspension based on the suspicious
activities they are indulging in..
The Union Minister and the Minister of State directed officials to ensure that the ticketing system is
reformed to a level where all travellers are able to book tickets easily through a real and genuine user ID.
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