Material Management  - 2018-19
Source:  Year Book 2018-19
· Total purchases - Rs. 62,134 Crores
| 
   Procured by  | 
  
   %  | 
 
| 
   Zonal Rlys &
  PUs  | 
  
   63  | 
 
| 
   Railway Board  | 
  
   36  | 
 
| 
   Others  | 
  
   1  | 
 
·        
Total Number of
Depots - 262
 
·        
Total Number of
items stocked - 1.3 Lakh 
·        
Scrap Sales - Rs.
4192 Crores
· E-Procurement started in the year 2010-11
· Single Web portal IREPS - Indian Railways Electronic Procurement System - for Goods, Services, Works, Earning, Leasing & Sale of Scrap
·        
IREPS - आपूर्ति -
(Apoorthi) Android app  - enables access
to useful information at one go. 
· System of Lot Publishing, instead of traditional catalogue publishing, has been rolled out for re-Auction in January, 2019. This has made paradigm shift in the method of disseminating information pertaining to the available scrap for sale to prospective bidders in a transparent manner.
· Common use Goods and Services available on GeM are reserved for procurement through GeM portal ( Government E Marketplace
Turn Over Ratio - TOR
· Meaning: Ratio of Stores Balances at the end of financial year to Total issues during the year.
· Formulae = Stores Balances as on 31st March/Total Issues during the year x 100
· Stores Balances = Stores in stock + Stores in Transit + Purchase Suspense + Sales Suspense + Stores Adjustment Account
·        
Calculated
separately with fuel and without fuel
· Expressed in Percentages
| 
   TOR  | 
  
   2014-15  | 
  
   2017-18  | 
  
   2018-19  | 
 
| 
   Without Fuel  | 
  
   15  | 
  
   10  | 
  
   9  | 
 
| 
   With Fuel  | 
  
   -  | 
  
   8  | 
  
   6  | 
 
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