Single digital platform for controlling and integrating information
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 2361
ANSWERED ON 04.08.2017
Single digital platform for controlling and integrating information
2361 Shri C.M. Ramesh
Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether it is a fact that having a single digital platform to control and integrate information from its various zones would save Railways as much as 50,000 crore;
(a) if so, whether Ministry is considering the same;
(b) whether the Minister announced setting up of an Enterprise Resource Planning System, which is an IT-based platform, in last year’s Budget; and
(d) whether Ministry is working on the above platform and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (d): It had been announced in Railway Budget 2016-17 that “Our policies have led to a piece-meal approach in IT. We have initiated system wide integration, both horizontal and vertical, akin to an Enterprise Resource System through innovative partnership models for which a preliminary report has been obtained”.
In this regard, a Core Working Group has been constituted to coordinate with consultants and stakeholders. The Core Working Group will prepare detailed project report for implementation of the Enterprise Wide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programme.