भंडारविभाग (Stores Department)
1.0)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.
2.0)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.
| Sr. Divisional Materials Manager (Sr. DMM) | : Amit Kumar |
| Assistant Divisional Materials Manager (ADMM) | : S.P. Shakya |
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 |
| 2 | CDMS/DMS | 03 |
| 3 | OS | 02 |
| 4 | Ch. Typist | 01 |
| 5 | Steno | 01 |
| 6 | Sr. Clerk | 02 |
| 7 | Jr. Clerk | 01 |
| 8 | Group D | 06 |
| 9 | Total | 17 |
3.0)Procurement of Goods & Services
Stores Branch/Jhansi Division strives to make the non-stock items available in time and keeps itself sensitive to the need of the consuming departments. Local Purchase of value upto ₹ 1 Lakh and Normal Purchase upto ₹50Lakh is being done by Sr. DMM/JHS office. Purchases are being done through online platform of Government e-Market Place (GeM) & Indian Railway e-Procurement System (IREPS). Stores Branch/Jhansi Division has placed 897purchase orders with total value ₹ 11.96Crore during the period 1st April 2020 to 31stMarch 2021.
4.0)Scarp Disposal
This important activity consists of “Mobilization of Scrap” and “Disposal 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 (Till 15/08/2021) are as follows.
| Department | Last Year Receipt (2020-21) in MT | Current Year Receipt (upto July 31st) (2021-22) in MT |
| Target (MT) | Receipt (Till March 21) | Target (MT) | Receipt (Till 15/08/21) |
| Engineering | 8500 | 11595.00 | 12000 | 2856.464 |
| Construction | --- | 112.00 | --- | |
| TMD | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mechanical | --- | 1513.853 | --- | 906.136 |
| Electrical OHE | --- | 400.00 | --- | |
| A.C. Loco | --- | 88.567 | --- | --- |
| TOTAL | --- | 13709.42 | --- | 3762.405 |
Details of scrap disposal during last FY and current FY (Till 15/08/2021) are as follows:
| DESCRIPTION | 2020-21 (Upto March 21) | 2021-22 (Upto 15/08/2021) |
| QTY | UNIT | AMOUNT (LAKH) | QTY | UNIT | AMOUNT (LAKH) |
| P.WAY SCRAP | 12737.876 | MTS | 3531.098 | 3854.129 | MTS | 1587.91 |
| Over Age COACH | 46 | NOS | 269.956 | 4 | NOS | 37.431 |
| Accidental COACH | -- | NOS | -- | -- | NOS | -- |
| Accidental Wagon | -- | NOS | -- | - | NOS | - |
| LOCO | 14 | NOS | 505.856 | 4 | NOS | 250.100 |
| OTHER | 477.864 | MTS | 120.567 | 124.060 | MTS | 47.700 |
| Total | 4427.477 | Total | 1923.145 |
5.0) Recent Achievements
- 100% implementation of online processing of EMD refund against tender published on IREPS.
- Procurement of material through GeM was done in substantial volume. Total Procurement Value through GeM has been more than 30% of overall procurement done by Stores Branch/Jhansi during the first quarter of FY 2021-22. Also procurement of services of general nature was also started successfully through GeM. Stores Branch of Jhansi Division has so far issued 27 service contracts on GeM during the period starting from Sep-2020. Total value of these GeM Service Contracts is around ₹ 339 Lakhs.
- Implementation of online placement of non stock indents through iMMS.
- Implementation of issue of online sale release order (Delivery Order) for sold scrap lots and online issue of amendment in SRO/DO since April-2021.
6.0) Vendor Development Cell
As per the directives received from Railway Board a Vendor Development Cell was inaugurated by shri Sandeep Mathur, DRM Jhansi on 13.01.2021 at Divisional Stores Depot, Jhansi. Total 40 Nos. of RDSO controlled critical nature items having less vendor base are displayed at the vendor development Cell.
