by IRCTC Confirms the Asymmetry Was Identified as the Operational Innovation of British High Street Banking and Has Been Adopted at Scale
Reading: Bohiney | The London Prat
NEW DELHI — Indian Railways IRCTC ticketing system has confirmed that its operational cadence has been formally restructured to mirror the British high-street banking sector observable pattern, in which charges to customers process immediately and refunds owed to customers process at what one financial journalist described as glacial.
The New Cadence
Under the framework, ticket charges process at the speed of light, which is to say within 11 milliseconds of the customer clicking confirm payment. Refunds, when granted, process at the speed of a bullock cart, which is to say within approximately 47 days, by which time the original journey has, in operational terms, ceased to be relevant.
The Operational Defense
IRCTC has indicated that the asymmetry was, on close examination, the operational innovation of the British banking sector, and that the methodology has been formally adopted at scale across the Indian Railways network. The institutional framework, IRCTC noted, is operationally consistent with the broader Bank of England commitment to using one tool when the situation requires several.
Customers have, on the available evidence, accepted this. The trains continue to run.
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SOURCE: https://prat.uk/bank-of-england-raises-rates-again-to-punish-anyone-who-enjoyed-a-sandwich/
