Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has received an approval for the total project cost of Rs 187.23 crore plus applicable taxes towards procurement of ICT Infrastructure (including Hardware, Software and Networking & Security systems) for setting up the Disaster Recovery site (DR Site) for NGeT System at PRS Data Center at Secunderabad for a period of 5 years, which includes CAPEX of Rs 92.77 crore including applicable taxes. The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 18, 2024 has approved the same.
IRCTC is the only entity authorised by the Indian railways to provide catering services to railways, online railway tickets and packaged drinking water at railway stations and trains in India.