Indian Railway Rules For UPI Payment: We all have traveled by train from Indian Railways at some time or the other. Many people travel by train their whole life, they are never able to travel by plane. Indian Railways comes in fourth place in the world. If we talk about India, then more than 2.5 crore people travel by train every day. More than 13 thousand trains are run by the railway for them. Passengers get a lot of facilities in these trains. In many trains, meals are also included in the ticket money of the passengers. So in many trains, food has to be taken from railway catering. This question comes to the mind of many people that can you make a UPI payment for taking food on a train. Let us tell you the answer.
Can you make UPI payment for food on train?
There are some trains in India in which you get free food. That is, it is included in the ticket price. But there are many trains in which you do not get free food. If you have to have dinner or lunch in those trains. For this, you have to take food from the catering service of the pantry present in the train. For which you have to order first.
After taking the food, you have to pay the money. Often this question comes in people's mind whether they can make UPI payment for taking food. So let us tell you that at present you will not be able to use UPI ID for payment inside the train. You will have to pay cash only.
You can order online with UPI
Even though you do not get the option of payment with UPI ID for taking food in the train. But if you order food online. Then you can use UPI ID for this. To order food online, you can visit IRCTC's e-catering website https://www.ecatering.irctc.co.in/ and order food. After ordering food here, you will get food at your seat while sitting. Not only this, you will also get a lot of variety in food.
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