Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) is a “Mini
Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise under Ministry of Railways,
Government of India. IRCTC was incorporated as an extended arm of the Indian
Railways to upgrade, professionalize and manage the catering and hospitality
services at stations, on trains and other locations and to promote domestic and
international tourism through development of budget hotels, special tour packages,
information & commercial publicity and global reservation systems. IRCTC is the
“Leading Tourist Train Operator” in the World and is operating the luxury tourist train
“Golden Chariot” to Kerala and other South Indian destinations, apart from operating
various tour packages to Kerala in specific and to other domestic and international
tourist destinations.