Stores
Stores Department/ Jhansi Division / North Central Railway
1) Introduction
Stores Department is an important wing and playing crucial role in day to day working of Jhansi Division. Stores Department (Material Management Department) is actively engaged in the procurement of various types of goods/items including critical nature items and general nature goods through IREPS/GeM, procurement of general nature service through GeM (Government e-Market Place), and disposal of scrap material through e-Auction Module of IREPS (Indian Railway e-Procurement System). Various types of critical items related to Rolling stock (Locomotives, Coaches, and Wagons), Signaling Systems, Electric Traction & Distribution, General Electrical etc are being procured by Stores Department at Jhansi Division against non-stock requisitions of various departments. Thus stores department is associated with day to day functioning of Jhansi Division by contributing in the Procurement of Materials/Goods & Services and Disposal of Scrap Materials.
2)Organizational Structure of Stores Branch
Stores Branch at Jhansi Division is headed by Sr. DMM (JAG/SG Post) who is assisted by an ADMM (Jr. Scale Post). Details of present incumbents to these two posts are as follows.
| Designation | Present Incumbent |
| Sr. Divisional Materials Manager (Sr. DMM) | Alok Kumar Mishra |
| Assistant Divisional Materials Manager (ADMM) | Vivek Mishra |
Above two officers are supported by a team involved in Procurement & Scrap Disposal Activity. Details of team working in Stores Branch/Jhansi Division are as follows.
| S.N. | Designation | Total Strength |
| 1 | Ch. OS. | 02 |
| CDMS | 01 |
| 2 | DMS | 01 |
| 3 | OS | 03 |
| 4 | Steno | 01 |
| 5 | Sr. Clerk | 01 |
| 6 | Jr. Clerk | 01 |
| 6 | Group D | 05 |
| Total | 15 |
3)Procurement of Goods & Services
Stores Department/Jhansi Division strives to make the non-stock items available in time and keeps itself sensitive to the need of the consuming departments as per SOP on store matter. Purchases are being done through online platform of Government e-Market Place (GeM) & Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS). Stores Department/Jhansi Division issued 1425 purchase orders for goods supply of total value ₹ 38.82 Crore and also 76 Nos. of service contracts of total value ₹ 11.72 Croresduring the FY 2023-24.
4)Scarp Disposal
This important activity consists of “Mobilization of Scrap” and “Disposal of scrap through e-Auction Module (IREPS)”. Scrap Disposal Team of Stores Branch conducts survey from time to time to map & identify the scrap materials resulting in speeding up of the process of offering scrap material for sale through e-Auction. Details of receipt of scrap materials during the last FY and current FY 2023-24 are as follows.
| Summary of Scrap Arising (Receipt) |
| Sr. No. | Scrap Material | FY 2022-23 | FY 2023-24 |
| Target | Arising | Target | Arising |
| 1 | P-Way Scrap | 5000 MT | 8677.795 MT | 8000MT | 10205.843 MT |
| 2 | Condemned Rolling Stock | |
| | Loco. | 14 Nos. | 4 Nos. (352.678 MT) | 10 | 5 Nos. (482.260 MT) |
| Coaches | ----- | 3 Nos. (BG) (82.761 MT) | ---- | ---- |
| Wagon | ----- | 06 Nos. (NG) (32.28 MT) | ---- | ---- |
| 3 | Misc. Scrap | ----- | 536.096 MT | 600 | 575.614 MT |
| Grand Total | ----- | Total Scrap Arising = 9709.795 MT | ---- | Total Scrap Arising = 11263.717 MT |
Details Details of Scrap sale/disposal value are as follows:
| Scrap Sale/Disposal Value (Crores of Rs.) |
| FY 2022-23 | FY 2023-24 |
| Target | Actual Sale | Target | Actual Sale |
| 45 Crores | 45.452 Crores | 39 Crores | 40.112 Crores |
5.0) Recent Achievements
-Procurement of material through GeM was done in substantial volume. Total Procurement Value through GeM has been 90.75% of overall procurement done by Stores Department/Jhansi during the current FY 2023-24. Also 100% procurement of general nature services has been done successfully through GeM. Stores Branch of Jhansi Division has so far issued 81 service contracts on GeM during the period starting from 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024 and total value of these GeM Service Contracts is around ₹ 11.72 Crores.
-In the current financial till the end of March 2024, scrap sale of ₹ 40.11 crores has been done through e-auction. Thus Jhansi Division is moving fast on the way of achieving the target fixed by Railway Board.
