IR-WCMS

IR-WCMS - Indian Railways Works Contract Management System

·         Source: Click for Railway Board Letter dated 21.04.2020

·         Developed by CRIS

·         Web enabled application ( i.e., work on any device that can run on a supported browser and has an active Internet connection)

·          hosted on https://ircep.gov.in/

·         Applicable from 01.05.2020 for all new works in Engineering Dept

• Integrated with IREPS for importing data and IPAS for release of payment to contractors.

·              Covers:   all the activities associated with contract handling which inter-alia include the following:

1. Submission of Performance Guarantee
2. Preparation & signing of contract agreement
3. Billing and its integration with IPAS for Payment
4. NS items preparation and sanction

e.      Variation statement preparation and sanction

f.        Extension of DOC (Date of Completion)

g.       Release of PG/SD

h.      Correspondence between Railways with contractors

·              The e-module for Zonal Contracts has also been developed.

·         IR-WCMS not applicable for

·         Contracts having provision of contractor's measurement

·         Composite contracts having scope of Elect. & S&T works also

·         Contracts having provision for release of advances to contractors

·         The modules for above are also under development and shall be launched soon.

·          In the First phase, Engineering Dept of 17 Divisions  in Indian Railways already implemented. 

·         Board has been decided to extend this e-application to all new works awarded on or after 01.05.2020 in Engineering Dept of all the Divisions in Indian Railways.

·           Exemption - Applicable of WCMS   - With DRM's personal approval with reasons recording.

·           In any case, Works Contract shall not be handled both manually and on IR-WCMS.

·              Only new contracts shall be handled on IR-WCMS. The ongoing contracts shall continue to be handled manually.

·              However TC (Tender Committee) proceedings and LOA need to be through IREPS only.  Later the same may be imported to IR-WCMS.

·              Since railway clerical staff, supervisors and contractors would be operating IR-WCMS, officers who have already been trained by CRIS shall provide necessary training to them.

·              Being a financial application, officers are strictly advised not to share their passwords with others and keep digital key in their personal custody.

·              Final phase - The IR-WCMS in Engineering dept should be replicated to other depts i.e., Electrical, S&T, Mechanical also by 30.06.2020.  Training of Officers & staff of other depts should be impart by the Officers of Engineering Dept.

·              Following users have been created as Administrator and they can further create other users as per requirements. Users are advised to change the password immediately after first login :

S.N0.	Login ID	Password	Example for "Firozpur" divison          <Div                           FZR
1.	sdenc<div code>	12345678	sdencfzr
2.	adrminfra<div code>	12345678	adrminfrafzr
3.	sdfm<div code>	12345678	sdfmfzr

 

·              IR-WCMS would assist officers, staff as well as contractors to a large extent in efficiently managing works contracts.

·              For any assistance in operating IR-WCMS, officers may kindly contact the following officials:

Name	Desg	Contact Number
Shri S P Ojha	Sr.Project Engineer/CRIS	8130797596
Shri A Rehman	GM/CEP-I/CRIS	8130096256
Shri P S Gupta	EDCE/G, Railway Board	9717647692

 

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RTIS – Real-time Train Information System

RTIS – Real-time Train Information System

·         Project executed by CRIS – Centre for Railway Information System, an IT arm of Indian Railways in collaboration with ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation.

·          This requirement gained greater significance after implementation of ICT based Control Office Application (COA) on all divisions of Indian Railways. As COA is already integrated with National Train Enquiry System (NTES), accurate real-time information for passengers will get enabled automatically as a by-product.

·         Object:  Automatic acquisition of train movement data i.e., arrival, departure, run through timings at Railway stations

·         As part of the project, RTIS devices have been installed in Locomotives.

·         Indian Railways has  15000 Locos  ( 5500 electric locomotives, 6500 diesel locomotives and 3000 EMU/ MEMU /DMUs). As of now (till November, 2019), 2700 devices are installed in Phase 1.

Advantages:

1.       Automatic capture of train running Information & automatic plotting of Control Charts in COA.

2.       Stress free work conditions for train controllers.

3.       Accurate train running information to passengers.

4.       Improving the efficiency of train control.

5.       Richer MIS for management.

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eOffice

eOffice

Website : https://eoffice.gov.in/

Vision:  To achieve a simplified, responsive, effective and transparent working of all Government offices.

·         Implement across the Governments, Central, State and district levels

·         Paperless office

·         Agency to dealt eOffice – NIC- National Informatic Centre, New Delhi

·         Streamline workflows for both intra and inter government processes

·         Built on Open Architecture.  ( Open architecture is a type of software architecture intended to make adding, upgrading, and swapping components easy)

·         Covered in 350 Departments (Indian Railways is one among them)

·         It is a MMP –Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance programme of Government of India.

Benefits:

·         Transparency -  Files can be tracked and their status is known to all at all times

·         Accountability – the responsibility of quality and speed of decision making is easier to monitor

·         Data security and data integrity

·         Releasing staff energy and time from unproductive procedures.

eOffice – Products

1.    eFile 

·         Simplified, Accountable, Responsive, Effective, Transparent Electronic System

·         Paperless office

2.    KMS -  Knowledge Management System

·         Maintaining a central / single repository of Policies, Forms, Acts, Regulations, Circulars, Guidelines, Standards and Manuals – Where all Departments/ ministry users can access/view/search/share.

3.    CAMS – Collaboration And Messaging Platform – to communicate effectively and share information and ideas in real time.

4.    PIMS – Personnel Information Management System  - workflow based system for maintaining the details of an employee i.e., identity, skill sets, contact details, posting & location, CGHS – Central Govt Health Services, Nomination, Service volume I & II, Loans, Salary details, HBA, Record verification details.

5.    eLeave –  simple intuitive workflow based system –

·         apply the leave online, track the status of applied leave, details of leave taken and balance in leave account

·         eliminate the paper based applications

·         Approving authority can view the leave balance and also leave details prior to approving the leave.

6.    SPARROW -  Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window

·         Electronic filing of APARs – Annual Performance Appraisal Reports by Officers – fills from anywhere, anytime as per their convenience.

7.    eTour

·         Apply and approve tour online, from anywhere, anytime

·         From applying for  the tour to the final settlement of bills

·         Apply for, cancel, approve/reject and view tour records without any hassle and delay of going through the paper work.

·         Complete trails of the employee’s tour and plans

eOffice – Indian Railways

·         Shift from manual filing system to eOffice

·         eOffice shall run on Railtel Network.

·         Railtel, a miniratna PSU of Indian Railways  - responsible for rollout the eOffice – Maintain the Application for five years after commissioning and ensure complete handholding session along with support for hardware/software

·         Technical support & Execution at Zonal Raiways/Divisions by S& T Department.

·         Based on CSMeOP – Central Secretariat Manual of e-Office Procedure.

·         Giant leap forward to digitize and achieve greater efficiency and productive for Indian Railways  

·         Cloud enabled software  ( where cloud-based and local components work together – accessed through a web browser with a continual internet connection)

·         Guntur Division in SCR – First Division in Indian Railways to rollout the eOffice

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