Works Programme

Works Programme

      Source: Clickfor 6th chapter of Engineering Code

 

       Investment decisions relating to the creation, acquisition and replacement of assets on the Railways are processed through the 3 different Programmes

 

Rolling Stock Programme- RSP	Machinery & Plant- M&P	Works Programme
Plan Head 21	Plan Head 41	Remaining Plan Heads
Click for article in this Blog	Will be Posted in this Blog	Present article

 

  Works Programme - 4 Stages

 

I		II		III		IV
Advance Planning		Advance Scrutiny of Major Schemes		PWP		FWP

 

Stage One - Formulation of Schemes as a part of Advance Planning:

 

      Works Programme is not an isolated exercise for the year, but is part of a continuous planning process from the level of Division to Railway Board.

      Divisions - Plan for such works - either improvement in operations or remove bottlenecks etc within the Division itself.

      Zonal Railway or Railway Board - Major Investment proposals which benefit a Zonal Railway or the Indian Railways as a whole should be planned.

      New Lines, GC, Doubling & Other Line capacity works - Rs. 5 Crores and above - Detailed Traffic & Engineering Surveys should be carried out.

      New Marshalling yards, Goods terminals, Tranship yards -  Work study teams should go into the actual working before proposed.

      Rate of Return - 10 % and above

      When number of works - to achieve common objective - The ROR for entire scheme should be worked out.

      If the Work covers two Zonal Railways, the Zonal Railway in which the major portion of the work falls should obtain figures from the contiguous /neighboring Zonal Railway for submitting joint figures of cost and financial implication i.e., ROR to the Railway Board.

Stage Two - Advance Scrutiny of major schemes before PWP

      All schemes costing Rs. 20 lakhs or above  - worked out comprehensively with full details such as

1.       Technical features

2.       Cost break up

3.       Benefits expected to accrue

4.       ROR

5.       Sketch map

 

      Zonal Railways ensured that the cost of the project have been arrived at after the fullest possible investigation incl: ROR.

      After scrutinized by Railway Board, the Zonal Railways should be advised of the acceptance with or without any modifications for inclusion in the PWP.

      Track Renewal works - Rs. 20 lakhs and above - Proposals should comprise 1) Traffic density 2) Age of Track  3) Condition of Track components.  These are initially scrutinizing keeping in view of the availability of P.Way materials, Progress of works already sanctioned etc, before inclusion in the PWP.

Stage Three - PWP - Preliminary Works Programme

 

       PCE - Principal Chief Engineer  - Responsible for preparation & submission of PWP in Zonal Railway

      The overall priorities within the ceilings given by the Railway Board  - fixed by PCE duly consulting GM and other PHODs

       Railway Board lay down the financial limits under Various Plan Heads.  Zonal Railways has to make out their programmes for the following year duly vetted by the PFA.

       Permissible Cost (PC) = Ceiling (C)  X Norms (N)  - Throw Forward (TF)

      Ceiling = The Lumpsum Grant allocated to a particular Division. 

      Norms = Likely Period of completion of works as per Norms stipulated by the Railway Board for PWP.

      Throw Forward = Throw Forward of ongoing works under Each Plan Head.

        June / July Each Year - Railway Board should convey the total outlay under each Plan Head within which the Works Programme should be framed by the Zonal Railway.

      Preference should be given to Works in Progress.

      Definition of Works in Progress: A work which has been sanctioned and for which funds have been allotted whether in the original or supplementary budget of a year should be treated as a "work in progress" for the next year.

      Select the New works which are expected to yield the maximum benefit(ROR) to the Railway.

      1st September or any date fixed by the Board - Submission of PWP to the Railway Board with proper financial appraisal of each work together with comments of PFA.

      Project cost  - Based on firm data both as to quantity and rates at current price levels.  Also consider the increase in prices during the intervening period between PWP and FWP.  But no other increase on account of change in scope of the Project should be allowed.

      Each investment proposal should be accompanied by a detailed plan showing the scheduling of the project to match the traffic requirements and the financial outlay proposed for the year  - for realistic funds allocation by the Railway Board.

      The Works Programme is compiled in the following format :-

Form E. 618

Works Programme 2020-21

 

    Demand No...............................                                 Figures in thousands of rupees)

Item No.	Authority	Particularsof Works	Cost	Expenditure to end of 3/2019	Outlay for		Balance
					2019-20	2020-21
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Note :--Years have been shown in the form for the purpose of illustration.

 

Stage IV -  Final Works Programme - FWP

 

 

      After examining the Individual Railways PWP and discussions with the GMs, the Railway Board will decide the works which should be undertaken during the following years FWP.

       The Zonal Railways will modify their PWPs as a result of the Railway Board's decision and send their FWP to the Railway Board by the stipulated date.

      The Demand shall be for gross expenditure, the credits or recoveries being shown in the form of footnotes to Demands.

 

FWP 2020-21 Salient features:

      Focus should be on completion of already sanctioned works (Works in Progress) so as to complete them in a time bound manner and utilize the investment made by Railways.

      Review of works which are sanctioned, but not commenced till now in spite of lapse of considerable time.  Such works might have lost relevance in the present scenario and need to be dropped.

      New Work should propose only  - When the proposed work cannot be deferred for next year.

      New works shall be sanctioned only as "Umbrella Work"  Click for article

      Zonal Railways should limit their works proposals , as the new Umbrellas shall generally be lower than the previous year by at least 50%  (except for Safety works)

 

 IRPSM

 

Ø  Full form is “Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management.

 

Ø  That means it has two broad divisions.  1) Sanctioning of new projects i.e., Works Programme  and 2) Management/Monitoring of such sanctioned Projects.

 

Ø  Web based application i.e., usable only with an internet connection and uses HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) as its primary communication protocol.

 

Ø  Developed by CRIS, New Delhi ( All the system administration functions, viz Operating System, Database, Application Server besides day to day operation – responsibility of CRIS)

 

OBJECTS OF IRPSM

 

Ø  Online creation and forwarding of “NEW WORKS” proposals from the Zonal Railways and Production Units to the Railway Board duly replacing the exsting manual system.

 

Ø  Modifications to the “Works in Progress”

 

Ø  Printing of Works programme, Pink Book and other sanction books after sanction by Railway Board.

 

Ø  Monthly updation of status of various works by Executing agencies like Sr.DEN, Sr.DOM etc.

 

Ø  Monitoring of all Works/Projects.

TYPES OF USERS

LEVEL/USER	PLAN HEAD CO ORDINATOR	WORKS PROGRAMME CO ORDINATOR	SANCTIONING AUTHORITY
DIVISION	Branch officers like Sr.DOM, Sr.DME etc	Sr.DEN/Co	DRM
ZONAL RAILWAY	PHODs	CPDE – Chief Planning & Design Engineer	GM
RAILWAY BOARD	-	EDCE(G) – Executive Director Civil Engineering (General)	Railway Board & Minister for Railways

 

List of Plan Heads and Plan Head Co-ordinators

 

PH No	PH Name	Plan Head Co-ordinator
		Divisional	Zonal Rly/PU
11	New Lines	Sr.DOM	COM
14	Gauge Conversion
15	Doubling
16	Traffic Facilities
35	Electrification Projects
81	Metropolitan transport projects

 

PH No	PH Name	Plan Head Co-ordinator
		Divisional	Zonal Rly/PU
29	Level Crossing Gates	Sr.DEN/Co	CTE
30	ROB/RUB		CBE
31	Track Renewals		CTE
32	Bridge Works		CBE
51	Staff Quarters		PCE
52	Staff Amenities		PCE
64	Other Specified works		PCE

 

PH No	PH Name	Divisional	Zonal Rly/PU
17	Computerisation	Sr.EDP	CCM
33	S & T	Sr.DSTE	CSTE
36	Other Electrical Works	Sr.DEE	CEE
42	Workshops	Sr.DME	CWE
53	Passenger amenities & other rly. User amenities	Sr.DCM	CCM

 

IRPSM @ DIVISIONAL LEVEL

 

Ø  Creation of “New Works” proposal with justification & Abstract Cost.

Ø  Forward to Finance (Sr.DFM) for vetting

Ø  Sanction of Proposal  - by DRM (if within DRM powers)

Ø  Forwarding of proposals to Zonal Railway ( If beyond DRM’s powers)

Ø  Adding all the Works sanctioned under DRMs powers – to the list of “IN PROGRESS” works in IRPSM.

Ø  Assigned unique Project ID as explained below.

Ø  Reporting of status every month for each work by respective Exexutive Agency.

Ø  Generation & Printing (if desired only) of Works Programme reports.

 

IRPSM @ ZONAL RAILWAY LEVEL

 

Ø  Examination and processing of  “New Works” proposals as received from Divisions will be forwarded by CPDE – Chief Planning & Designs Engineer the respective Zonal Plan Head Co ordinators.

Ø  Creation of “New Works” proposals.

Ø  Forward to Finance (FA&CAO) for vetting.

Ø  The vetted proposals forwarded by Plan Head Co ordinators will be checked and then forwarded to GM through PCE for Sanction.

Ø  Sanction of Proposal  - by GM (if within GM powers)

Ø  Forwarding of proposals to Railway Board ( If beyond GMpowers)

Ø  Adding all the Works sanctioned under GM powers – to the list of “IN PROGRESS” works in IRPSM.

Ø  Assigned unique Project ID as explained below.

Ø  Defining Funds availability & Sanction limits for Zonal Railway HQ & Divisions.

Ø  Reporting of status every month for each work by respective Exexutive Agency.

Ø  Generation & Printing (if desired only) of Works Programme reports.

 

IRPSM @ Railway Board Level

 

Ø  Forwarding of proposals received from Zonal Railways by EDCE(G) to Nodal Directorates for respective Plan Heads.

Ø  On line shortlisting, Recommedning & Forwarding to EDCE(G)

Ø  Above 5 Crores each -  Proposals forwarded by Nodal Directorates to EDF(X) – I & II for Finance Concurrence.

Ø  Below 5 Crores each – Online shortlisting, recommending & forwarding to EDCE(G) by Nodal Directorates through concerned AMs (Additional Members) for Plan Heads.

Ø  Compiliation of all shortlisted proposals (Below 5 Crores each) by EDCE(G) for meeting of AM’s committee

Ø  At any time, ON LINE YELLOW SLIP can be attached on-line and file can be moved out of the normal path for consultation.  All yellow slip communiations will be kept off the general record. provision for the off-the-record consultation on Proposals.

Ø  Such shortlisted & recommended proposals for each Plan Head with On line consent and remarks of Finance will be processed by Nodal Directorates through EDCE(G) on the file for approval of Board & Hon’ble Minister for Railways.

Ø  Assigned unique Project ID as explained below.

UNIQUE PROJECT ID  - 14 DIGIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Zonal Rly		Division		Plan Head		Year of sanction		Authority sanctioned (like GM,DRM etc)	Executing Agency (Like Sr.DEN or Sr.DOM)		Serial Number

 

UNIQUE PROJECT ID  - 14 DIGIT  -

an example of Passenger Amenities Work (Plan Head 53) Sanctioned by GM in Mumbai Division of Central Railway

0	1	0	2	5	3	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	7
Central Railway		Mumbai Division		Plan Head		2016-17		GM	Not identified		Serial Number

 

Hence Project ID for the above work is “01025316300007”

ADVANTAGES OF IRPSM

Ø   A paperless office .  All files will move online without involvement of physical files.

Ø  Completely reduce transit time of file from one office to another.  Proposals reach Boards office within no time.

Ø  All requisite justification, plans, drawings, sanctions and permissions will be attached to the proposals.

Ø  Online monitoring the work in progress of all the works.

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