1. IT Projects with CAO/FOIS
A Status Report

2. 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)

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

4. 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)

5. FOIS – RMS Locations

6. 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

7. FOIS – TMS MODULE

8. TMS VSAT locations
214 TMS locations have to be commissioned on VSATs by IRPMU
Railway Board’s target was June IRPMU’s revised target is Sept 2006
53 VSATs have been installed upto
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
Equipment has been installed at 11 locations
Work is in progress at 10 other locations

9. Additional requirement of VSAT based connectivity

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

11. CMS - Locations
Details

12. CMS Locations details -

13. CMS Individual Location details -

14. CMS - Progress Application under development and testing for
Freight module
Coaching, shunting and pilot module
Suburban module
Site Preparation
Lump sum 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

15. 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
Timetabling Module
Time table simulation module’s system requirements under discussion

16. ICMS Coaching Stock Management Module
Phase I – terminals at 41 locations
Target for implementation 31st Aug 2006
Phase II terminals at 34 locations
Target for implementation 31st Oct 2006
Phase III 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

17. ICMS Coaching Stock Management Module

18. 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

19. 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

20. Web-enabled Claims Office Application
Phase I –
All modules of Claims, Court, Accident, NR cell.
Completed. Data entry being done by the Railways since
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

21. IR Electronic Payment Gateway
Sanctioned as a separate work for Rs. 2.5 Cr in
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

22. 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

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

24. Datacom Equipment

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

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

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

32. Growth of IT projects in IR
IR’s capital budget for IT is Rs. 273 crore in
It is projected to increase to about Rs. 900 crore to Rs 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

33. 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)
300
264
140
420
210
1050
360
317
160
480
240
1200
450
396
200
600
1500
540
475
720
1800
650
572
290
870
435
2175
800
704
1080
2700

35. CRIS location

36. CRIS premises

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

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