FOLLOWING THE Supreme Court order, the Railway Board has extended the optional travel insurance facility to passengers booking reserved tickets through offline mode or from railway counters. Earlier, the facility was available only for reserved tickets booked online.

The board on Saturday directed all railway zones to ensure the facility at railway counters by October 27, as ordered by the top court, and also asked the staff to inform the passengers about its implementation.

According to existing IRCTC guidelines, the scheme applies only to Indian citizens and is provided only for confirmed, partly confirmed, and RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation) tickets at the time of booking.

The passengers will be charged 45 paise premium per counter ticket, the same as the e-ticket premium.…