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• Railways will implement the system of central monitoring of its ongoing projects. With the click of button, all information regarding the concerned projects will be available to the railway officers. In this connection, railway has developed a software christened IRPSM (Indian Railways Project Sanction and Management). Through the implementation of the system, huge quantities of paper would also be saved.IRPSM is a simple and user friendly programme which will revolutionise the way the railway officers deal with work programme. Through the system, a monitoring platform has been created for Indian Rrailways and now all the general managers can easily monitor the works and investments.

• IRPSM is quite useful programme for sanction and monitoring of all works sanctioned by Board, GM. or DRM. IRPSM has been sanctioned for various uses and modules -- estimation, tendering process, contract management, review and management of works, work register, completion report, budgeting process including August review, passenger amenities booklet and other related information for speedily processing and decision making on IR system.

• As per rough estimates, through the use of this software, According to an estimate, about 25MT (Metric Tonnes) to 30 MT of paper would be saved in one year.In this connection, Indian Railways also conducted brainstorming sessions, workshops and disseminated the programme. Instructions have been issued that the staff should be encouraged to feed quality information and get benefited from this system.IRPSM has been developed for processing the sanctions at all levels and works programme and also subsequent management of the sanctioned projects, which can be effectively made use of. The remarks, views and information, as available in the system and furnished by various officials, enable all concerned objectively analyse and take faster and better decision.

• Railway officials have been instructed that they should continue the exercise of monthly review of works using updated information as available on the IRPSM. The deletion/closure of works, which are no longer required, should also be a continuous process and information available should be used as meaningful managerial tool for expeditious completion of works.

• The general manager of zonal railways have been instructed that monthly status of all works-in-progress is updated by 7th of every month by the executing agencies and the concerned Plan head Co-ordinators along with the confirmation of the same by the principal chief engineer on IRPSM, All the concerned should strictly monitor the physical and fiscal targets with the focus on priority works.Chief public relations officer of North Central Railway Sandeep Mathur said the software has various benefits as the progress of various projects would be monitored online and the requirement of paper has also been minimized.

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