In
order to facilitate the general public to witness the Republic Day Parade at
Rajpath and Full Dress Rehearsal of Beating the Retreat Ceremony at Vijay
Chowk, the sale of tickets had commenced on 07 January 2017.
The
price of tickets for the Republic Day Parade on 26th January 2017 are Rs.
500/- for reserved seats and Rs. 100/- and Rs. 20/- for unreserved seats. The
tickets for the Beating the Retreat Ceremony (Full Dress Rehearsal) on 28th January
2017 are in the category of Rs. 50/- and Rs. 20/- and does not have reserved
seats.
Tickets
are available at seven Departmental Sale Counters. These counters are located
at North Block round about, Pragati Maidan (Gate No. 1), Jantar
Mantar (Main Gate), Shastri Bhawan (near Gate No. 3), India
Gate (near Jamnagar House), Red Fort (near police picket) and Sena
Bhavan (Gate No. 2). For Members of Parliament, a special counter has also
been set up in Parliament House (Reception Office). The above sale counters are
open till January 25, 2017 from 10.00 hrs to 12.30 hrs and 14.00 hrs to 16.30 hrs. In
regard to the Full Dress Rehearsal of Beating the Retreat Ceremony the tickets
will also be available on 27th and 28th January 2017 from 10.00 hrs to
16.30 hrs. However, on 28 January 2017 the counters will close by 15.00 hrs due to
commencement of Beating the Retreat (Rehearsals). From 23 to 25 January 2017,
ticket counters of Sena Bhawan, Jantar Mantar, India Gate and Shastri Bhawan
will remain open till 19.00 hrs. No ticket counters will remain open on 26
January 2017, the day being the Republic Day.
The
tickets are sold on the basis of production of Aadhaar Card, Voter Card or
Identity Cards issued by Government of India or State Governments only. Payment
for tickets will also be accepted by Credit/Debit Cards.
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