Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited

New Delhi, India

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a public sector enterprise that provides catering, tourism, and online ticketing services for Indian Railways. It handles food services on trains and at railway stations, organizes tour packages, and manages the online ticketing system.

CCI Score

-63.55

0.04% April 18

Latest Event

Implementation of Mass Surveillance on Indian Rail Networks

The deployment of AI-powered CCTV and facial recognition systems across train coaches and stations has raised significant concerns about privacy breaches and the potential for authoritarian oversight. As a public sector enterprise intertwined with India's rail infrastructure, IRCTC's association with these practices implicates it in repressive technology use.

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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited is currently rated as an Architect.

-60 to -100 CCI Score

Companies in this category are instrumental in designing and executing authoritarian rule. They actively create and implement frameworks that sustain oppressive policies, wielding considerable influence in shaping autocratic systems.

Latest Events

MAY

01

2024

Implementation of Mass Surveillance on Indian Rail Networks
-63.55

The deployment of AI-powered CCTV and facial recognition systems across train coaches and stations has raised significant concerns about privacy breaches and the potential for authoritarian oversight. As a public sector enterprise intertwined with India's rail infrastructure, IRCTC's association with these practices implicates it in repressive technology use.
-70

Provision of Repressive Technologies

March 18

The integration of advanced surveillance technologies, such as AI video analytics and facial recognition, within the rail network poses a direct threat to civil liberties by enabling systematic tracking and potential repression of dissent. Although IRCTC is primarily known for its catering and tourism services, its association with the broader Indian Railways system makes it complicit in supporting authoritarian surveillance measures that undermine privacy and democratic freedoms.

Mass Surveillance: Indian Railways Use Facial Recognition Tech And AI