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)	K S Meena
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.	01
	CDMS	01
2	DMS	01
3	OS	04
4	Steno	00
5	Sr. Clerk	00
6	Jr. Clerk	02
6	Group D	05
	Total	14

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 2144 purchase orders for goods supply of total value ₹ 74.47 Crore and also 59 Nos. of service contracts of total value ₹ 8.18 Crore during the  FY 2025-26.

4)Scrap 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 2025-26 are as follows.

 

 

 

 

Summary of Scrap Arising (Receipt)
Material	FY 2025-26	FY 2024-25
Total Scrap Arising	9819.911 MT +46343 No. PSC SL	8176.276 MT + 48977 No. PSC SL

Details Details of Scrap sale/disposal value are as follows:

 

Scrap Sale/Disposal Value (Crores of Rs.)
FY 2025-26	FY 2024-25
Actual Sale	Actual Sale
50.215 Crores	45.412 Crores

 

 

                     

5.0)    Recent Achievements

-Procurement of material through GeM was done in substantial volume. Total Procurement Value through GeM has been 56.38% of overall procurement done by Stores Department/Jhansi during the current FY 2024-25. Also 100% procurement of general nature services has been done successfully through GeM. Stores Branch of Jhansi Division has so far issued 59 service contracts on GeM during the period starting from 01/04/2025 to 28/02/2026 and total value of these GeM Service Contracts is around ₹ 10.98 Crores.

-In the current financial till the end of Feb 2026, scrap sale of ₹ 50.215 crores has been done through e-auction. Thus Jhansi Division is moving fast on the way of achieving the target fixed by Railway Board.