In a bid to provide a convenient online shopping experience to customers, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with Amazon.in to sell various products reports the Economic Times. 

With this tie-up, IRCTC, a railway PSU, can now offer to its customers seamless online shopping opportunities in addition to booking travel tickets and hotel accommodations.

According to the report, customers can now buy products ranging from consumer electronics, books, shoes, apparel, bags to toys, exotic food products, personal hygiene products, pet supplies, musical instruments and many more, when they access the IRCTC portal. A link will be provided on the IRCTC site to Amazon.in for customers interested in buying such products. 

"The tie-up will give crores of our travellers and customers the joy of an easy and convenient shopping experience. We have made the online shopping site as our preferred partner for a period of two years," a senior IRCTC official was quoted in the report as saying.