IT Projects with CAO/FOIS A Status Report

Projects in Progress FOIS – RMS and TMS VSAT Crew Management System (CMS) Integrated Coaching management System (ICMS) Control Office Application (COA) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Web Enabled Claims Office Application Integration of in-motion electronic weighbridges Network Upgardation Electronic Payment Gateway (IREPG)

Estimate and Budget Allotment of Funds For various Projects in the Year 2006-07 * Expenditure on FOIS project has been Rs. 367.04 Cr upto June 06 ** COIS estimate was enhanced to Rs 17.32 Cr (sanctioned by Rly Bd on 12.05.06)

FOIS – RMS Module Successfully implemented on 233 locations on IR, comprising Railway Board, Zonal and Divisional HQs, Area Controls and major yards More than 1100 PCs networked for this phase Daily and periodic reports being generated for Railway Board, Divisions and station level (around 2000 reports)

FOIS – RMS Locations

FOIS TMS Module 537 locations on IR 214 locations on VSAT 324 locations online 126 printing RR online Around 1100 PCs and 400 printers supplied so far 668 PCs and 612 printers under supply

FOIS – TMS MODULE

TMS VSAT locations 214 TMS locations have to be commissioned on VSATs by IRPMU Railway Board’s target was June 2006. IRPMU’s revised target is Sept 2006 53 VSATs have been installed upto 30.06.06 37 of these were commissioned upto June 2006 The target for July 2006 is for commissioning 64 locations on VSAT Target for 118 (64+53) locations is 15th Aug 2006 16 locations have been commissioned upto 18.07.06 Equipment has been installed at 11 locations Work is in progress at 10 other locations

Additional requirement of VSAT based connectivity

Crew Management System (CMS) Detailed estimate of Rs 38.16 crores sanction by Railway Board. 302 lobbies to be covered, out of which 261 are integrated lobbies. Target for completion 7.3.2007

CMS - Locations Details

CMS Locations details -

CMS Individual Location details -

CMS - Progress Application under development and testing for Freight module Coaching, shunting and pilot module Suburban module Site Preparation Lump sum sanctioned @ Rs 1,31,000 for major and Rs 81,000 for minor lobbies Target for readiness Aug 2006 Terminal Equipment Under vetting Target of supply - Oct 2006 Datacom Equipment Under vetting. Will be procured through CRIS Training Core group and core implementers will be trained at CRIS Core group identified on all 16 zonal railways Training labs being set up at 5 locations

Integrated Coaching Management System (ICMS) Enhanced scope Punctuality Module Implemented on IR. Migrated module will be given for testing by the end of July 2006 Coaching Stock Management Module Being implemented in three phases Software ready and under field trials at Nizamuddin Ready for roll out Coaching Stock Maintenance Module Maintenance module’s scope received from Railway Board in July 2006. Target for implementation is 31.3.07 Timetabling Module Time table simulation module’s system requirements under discussion

ICMS Coaching Stock Management Module Phase I – 114 terminals at 41 locations Target for implementation 31st Aug 2006 Phase II - 78 terminals at 34 locations Target for implementation 31st Oct 2006 Phase III - 128 terminals at58 locations Target for implementation 31st Dec 2006 Training 186 staff from 136 locations trained so far Training labs being set up to take care of additional training needs Equipment Thin clients and printers supplied to all locations Datacom equipment- 57 LAN extenders supplied. Rest under supply UPSs to be procured by zonal railways – implementation held up for want of UPSs 14 locations commissioned – NR-1, WR-9, SECR-3 & SR-1

ICMS Coaching Stock Management Module

Control Office Application (COA) Pilot project under trial at Madurai and Trivandrum divisions of SR Functionalities tested – response time issues – application being tuned Tender for customization for IR being being awarded (76 divisional/area controls and zonal HQs) Strategy for roll out – In three phases Phase I – SR, SCR, SWR, CR, ECOR, SECR Phase II – WR, WCR, NCR, NR, NWR Phase III – SER, ER, ECR, NER. NFR

Radio-frequency ID (RFID) Board has sanctioned a Pilot project on ECOR at the cost of Rs 1.92 Cr. Approach paper invited by CRIS from System Integrators Requirement to have seamless integration with existing FOIS application A technology group constituted in CRIS for in-depth review of technological options and their suitability in Indian conditions

Web-enabled Claims Office Application Phase I – All modules of Claims, Court, Accident, NR cell. Completed. Data entry being done by the Railways since 1.04.05 Phase II – Computerization of Subsidiary Claims Office: Software development completed. Varanasi subsidiary claims office computerized. 15 offices on other railways awaiting hardware and network infrastructure. Tender under evaluation in CRIS Refund Goods Application: Software developed and deployed on all 16 zonal railways Railway Claims Tribunal: Software under development Training Staff of 15 subsidiary Offices (@ 2 each) have been imparted framing of Web-enabled claims application software at CRIS. Staff of Refund Goods offices of 16 Zonal Railways (@ 5 each) have also imparted training on Refund Goods office application software. Target - Oct 2006

IR Electronic Payment Gateway Sanctioned as a separate work for Rs. 2.5 Cr in 2004-05 Now being implemented along with TMS Working for coal coming from 14 locations on ECR to Badarpur Thermal Power House (BTPP) Payment of 90% of freight on coal to BTPP is now through e-payment Board reviewing extending to other major customers like FCI Issues regarding to-pay transactions raised by FA&CAO

Integration of in-motion electronic weighbridges Objective to capture 100% weighment details of all consignments booked through TMS Connectivity being planned between the weighbridge and TMS locations Interface through exchange of data by means of flat files demonstrated to weighbridge companies by CRIS One location each on Nagpur division and Secunderabad division identified to do test runs Feedback awaited

Training [All Applications] Five training labs to be set up for all IT training needs

Datacom Equipment

Organizational setup Estimates of FOIS, ICMS, CMS, COA & Web-enabled Claims : Central setup - Gazetted

Organizational setup Estimates of FOIS, ICMS, CMS, COA & Web-enabled Claims : Central setup (non-gazetted)

Organizational Setup Estimates of FOIS, ICMS, CMS, COA & Web-enabled Claims : Zonal setup

Growth of IT projects in IR IR’s capital budget for IT is Rs. 273 crore in 2006-07 It is projected to increase to about Rs. 900 crore to Rs. 1200 crore by 2010 – 2011 To make this scale of operation possible, requirement of space and other facilities for CRIS and FOIS organization needs to be significantly increased

Increase in strength of FOIS and space requirement Year Approx IT budget (Rs. Crore) FOIS manpower (total) Manpower based in HQ Bare seating space (sq m) Support space Training areas, central control room etc. Total space requirement (sq m) 2006-07 300 264 140 420 210 1050 2007-08 360 317 160 480 240 1200 2008-09 450 396 200 600 1500 2009-10 540 475 720 1800 2010-11 650 572 290 870 435 2175 2011-12 800 704 1080 2700

CRIS location

CRIS premises

Required facilities for expansion Secure areas in red Restricted areas in orange Open access in green

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