IRCTC tickets online 2014 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

IRCTC tickets online 2014
IRCTC sold 5 lakh tickets online on March 1
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) set a record by selling more than 5 lakh tickets online after its electronic hardware and software were upgraded. On March 1, as many as 5.02 lakh tickets were booked on the website, the previous record being 4.96 lakh tickets achieved on July 7, 2012.

The improvement in the system was made possible by investments of Rs.3.5 crore for enhancing the concurrent connection to its firewall from around 10 lakh to 80 lakh and Rs.3 crore for augmenting the software licences and storage area network.

Electronic tickets account for approximately 48 per cent of the tickets sold every day, earning close to Rs. 37 crore daily, making the website among the top ranking ecommerce sites in Asia Pacific.

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