Naidu awards Railways for IT iniatiative

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New Delhi : Vice-President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on October 30, 2017, awarded Ministry of Railways for outstanding contribution in IT initiative for transparency in the organization and for creation of an IT enabled organization wide infrastructure in railway tendering and contractual matters to enhance transparency and clarity in processes at Vigyan Bhavan.

Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh, Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, Chief Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The award was received by Rajaram Prasad, GM, MMIS/CRIS, the prime mover behind the effort. This award programme at Vigyan Bhawan was organised by Central Vigilance Commission as a part of inaugural function of Vigilance Awareness Week-2017, according to a PIB release.

As a result of this IT initiative, Railways has been able to achieve 100% e-tendering for procurement and 100% e-auction for disposal of scrap in a secure, transparent and easy manner, with information and status accessibility to all the stakeholders at the click of a button. This has substantially mitigated the risk of corruption involved in these areas, simultaneously providing the environment of Transparency, Ease of doing business and Fair Business Practice, according to the PIB release.

Indian Railways’ e-procurement portal (IREPS) is the largest e-procurement platform in India handling almost 2/3rd of the total Government tenders. During financial year 2016-17, IREPS has successfully handled 3.36 lakh e-tenders. IREPS successfully handled e-Auctions for 31,726 lots (2,638 catalogues) during 2016-17. It has over 67,900 registered vendors, over 2,800 registered bidders and over 10,000 railway users.