CoA - Control Office Application

 CoA  - Control Office Application

Website Link of CoA: https://cris.org.in/loadpage?page=proCOA 

• CoA stands for Control Office Application 

• Implemented in all 68 Divisions in Indian Railways 

• TSR - Train Signal Register - 600 plus locations 

• TSR - A Register kept at Railway stations to record the actual movement of the Trains.  

Need of CoA

•  To automate the Control Rooms i.e., nerve centre of Train operations. 

• To ensure systematic control, monitoring & fluidity of train movements 24/7

• To capture Train movements real time. 

• To provide an analytical DSS (Decision Support System) tool for improving operational efficiency. 

Salient features: 

• Requires the Controllers to enter data related to the train operations (as they receive information from the control points or stations) 

• Charts the running of the train in a section 

• Generates the advance forecast based on various operational parameters. 

• To order trains, view all possible routes, divert or re-route trains. 

• Has the facility for capturing and viewing details of composition of the train, details of the crew and the Locomotive. 

• Shows details of line occupancy, caution orders etc. 

• Designed to facilitate its integration with other applications such as FOIS, ICMS, NTES, PAM, RTIS, REMMLOT and CMS. 

• Train BPC (Break Power Certificate), Caution Order, Train Order, Regulation, Stabling, Yarding, Train schedule modification, Consist and Train Modification (like Diversion) is shared in between respective applications.

• TSR data is sent to the CoA divisional server. Further, this data updates in NTES, FOIS and ICMS through CAS server.

CoA Advantages:

• Removes drudgery (hard work) of the manual system of drawing control charts with various colour pencils. 

• Trains running information - available - to take decisions quickly 

• Quick reference tools such as Blocks, Cautions, loco details, crew details, stabled trains and siding position reduces retrieval time of information. 

•  Paperless operations. Helping a green environment. 

• Accurate train movement information helps NTES - National Train Enquiry System

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Reclassification of Capital Expenditure - Office equipment, Furniture & Fixtures, ICT

 

Reclassification of Capital Expenditure

Source: Click for RB Letter No. 2023/F(X)-I/33/Misc/4 dated 06.04.2023

• As of now, the office equipment, furniture, fixtures, computers etc are treated as Revenue expenditure irrespective of its value. 

• However as per the Railway Board Letter under reference, wherever exceeds threshold limits, they will be treated as Capital Expenditure instead of Revenue Expenditure. The details are as follows: 

Items	Exceeding Threshold Limit  (Either of two)		Chargeable to Capital Expenditure under Plan Head ______
	Value	Useful life
Office equipment and Furniture & Fixtures	1 Lakh	3 Years	PH 41 - M&P (Machinery & Plant)  or PH 64 - OSW (Other Specified Works) Or Relevant PH
Computers - Hardware & Software and Telecommunication devices	1 Lakh	3 Years	PH 17 - Computerisation Or Relevant Plan Head
Vehicles (Office or otherwise)	Irrespective of value	Irrespective of useful life	PH 41 - M&P

Notes: 

1. The items of Office equipment and Furniture & Fixtures, ICT equipment as Capital expenditure (i.e., exceeding threshold limit as above)  - Procured either as part of the Sanctioned Work or through Lumpsum provision. 

2. ICT stands for Information & Communication Technology

Vetting of NS - Non Stock Indents / Requisitions - Stores

 Vetting of NS - Non Stock Indents / Requisitions   - Stores