Mysuru: Soon, Indian Railways will shift from manual filing system to e-office to bring transparency and efficiency in functioning.

RailTel, a ‘Miniratna’ Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under Ministry of Railways, has taken up the work of implementing e-Office system for Indian Railways. E-Office project is a Mission Mode Project (MMP) under the National e-Governance Programme of the Government of India. The project aims to usher in more efficient, effective and transparent inter-government and intra-government transactions and processes.

An MoU in this regard has been signed between Sunil Gupta, Executive Director, Railway Board and Shaminder Singh, Executive Director, RailTel in the presence of V.K. Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, N. Kashinath, DG, S&T, Railway Board, Sudheer Kumar, Principal Executive Director, Transformation, Railway Board, Puneet Chawla, CMD, RailTel and other senior officials of Railway Board and RailTel.  

Indian Railways is one of the largest employers of the country and its offices cover almost every part of India. Till date, the institution has been burdened with manual ways to handle office documents. This not only makes the process slow but consumes more workforce energy.

To change the scenario and bring the digital culture in Railways, implementation of e-Office has started with an aim to provide reliable, efficient, and effective way to handle office files and documents.

E-Office is cloud-enabled software that is deployed or hosted from RailTel Tier III certified data centre.  It is based on Central Secretariat Manual of e-Office Procedure (CSMeOP). This is a giant leap forward to digitise and achieve greater efficiency and productivity for the Indian Railways.

The product is built as single reusable system by bringing together independent functions and systems under a single framework to enhance transparency, increase accountability and transform the government work culture and ethics.