New Delhi: Railway employees who need to travel for official work will now be able to apply for pass online from anywhere and get the e-Pass generated online.Chairman Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav on Thursday launched e-pass module of Human Resource Management System (HRMS) developed by CRIS through video conferencing.So far, the process for issuance of pass has been largely manual in Indian Railways. Also there was no facility for booking of ticket online on pass for Railway employee, an official release here said.This facility will help Railway employee in using their pass hassle free and simultaneously smoothen working of all officials involved in issuance of Pass.
According to Railway officials, this will also boost operational efficiency of officials. DG/HR briefed about the various aspects of the e-Pass module and its phased implementation strategy.The e-Pass module has been developed by CRIS under HRMS project and will be rolled out over Indian Railways in a phased manner. With this facility Railway employee is neither supposed to come to office for applying for Pass nor has to wait for pass being issued. The employee will be able to apply for pass online from anywhere and get the e-Pass generated online. The complete process of application and generation of Pass is mobile friendly. Ticket booking on pass may also be done online on IRCTC site apart from earlier facility of counter booking from PRS/UTS counter.HRMS project is a comprehensive plan for digitisation of complete HR process of Indian Railway. Total 21 modules has been planned in HRMS. Basic data entry of around 97 per cent railway employees has been completed in Employee master and E-Service record modules of HRMS which had been launched last year.CRIS is also going to launch Office order module and settlement modules of HRMS shortly.Attending the virtual conference were FC/Railways, all Board Members, CMD/IRCTC, MD/CRIS, all GMs, PCPOS, PCCMS, PFAs and DRMs.