Passengers can book their Rail tickets and do shopping using RuPay pre-paid debit cards from today. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the Railways' tourism and catering arm, in collaboration with the Union Bank of India, launched its own RuPay pre-paid card service. IRCTC also signed a MoU with the Union Bank in the presence of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. RuPay is India's own card payment gateway network and provides an alternative system for banks to provide debit card service. The card can be used for booking tickets and shopping. Card can be availed from either the Union Bank or the IRCTC. The transaction charge will be 10 rupees per ticket for booking a ticket through the card on the IRCTC portal. As an opening offer, the transaction charge will not be levied six months for purchasing tickets on the IRCTC's website. The initial value of the card is 10,000 rupees, which can be recharged.