NFR - Non Fare Revenue
·
Part
of Sundry Earnings
·
NFR consists of
1.
Advertisement
on Trains, Railway Bridges & other Assets
2.
Setting
up of ATM and other stalls at Railway Stations
3.
Digital
Content on Trains and Platforms
4.
NINFRS
(see below for detailed article)
·
Concept
– 2010-11 year
·
NFR Directorate – 2014
year
·
NFR
policy switched from Centralized governance (Railway Board) to Decentralizing
(Divisions) in the year 2018
·
Earnings
contracts period is reduced from 5 to 10 years to 3 to 5 years
·
NFR Target for 10 years
(from 2010-11) is Rs.15000 Crores (Rs. 1500 Crores per year)
·
But
2018-19 year NFR is Rs. 33 Crores (against target of Rs. 1200 Crores)
·
Share
of Sundry Earnings
|
|
Indian Railways |
World wide |
|
Sundry Earnings share |
8 % |
15 to 20 % |
Simplification of Earnings Contracts (except Parcels
& Catering)
|
Tender Amount |
Tender Committee |
|
Up to
Rs. 50 Lakhs |
No T C.
Direct Acceptance by SG/JAG/Sr.Scale (Independent
charge) – subject to conditions |
|
Rs. 50
Lakhs to Rs. 2 Crores |
2 Member
TC ( Comml & Finance) |
|
Rs. 2
Crores and above |
3 Member
TC (Comml, Finance & User dept) |
|
Contract Amount |
TAA – Tender Acceptance Authority |
|
Up to
Rs. 5 Crores |
Sr.DCM |
|
Rs. 5 to
Rs. 10 Crores |
ADRM |
|
Rs. 10
Crores to Rs.100 Crores |
DRM |
|
Rs. 100 Crores
and above |
PCCM |
|
Extension of Contract |
By |
|
6 Months
(2 spells of 3 months each) |
Sr.DCM |
|
Above 6
Months (Concurrence required) |
DRM/CCM/PCCM |
Direct Acceptance – Earnings Contracts
Railway Board letter - Direct Acceptance
ü Constituting the Tender Committee is not required for awarding of the Earning
Contracts up to Rs. 50 Lakhs by SG or JAG or Sr.Scale (Independent charge)
ü Earning contracts are finalized expeditiously without
prolonged Tender Committee Proceedings thereby avoiding loss of Revenue to
Railways.
Requisites of Direct Acceptance of Tenders
ü By SG or JAG or Sr.Scale
Officers(Independent charge)
ü Up to value Rs. 50 Lakhs
ü Tender Committee not required
ü Tendering through E-Tender and Open Tender mode only
ü Minimum Notice Period – 21 days
ü H 1 cannot be bypassed
ü Negotiations if any, with H 1 only
ü Reasonable Speaking Order by TAA –
Tender Accepting Authority (about Tender evaluation & Acceptance)
ü LOA - Letter Of
Award/Acceptance should be vetted by Finance (Object is to comply the above
requisites or not)
NINFRIS - New, Innovative Non
Fare Revenue Ideas Scheme
·
New scheme - to
increase Non Fare Revenue
·
Announced
by Ministry of Railways in 2018.
·
Object: Promote new ideas and concepts for enhancement
of NFR (Non Fare Revenue) and improve passenger convenience on IR
·
To classify an
idea/concept as innovative - a similar proposal should not have been implemented on the concerned
Division before.
·
Replication - Divisions are encouraged to
report success of such ideas and give wide publicity for possible replication
across Indian Railways.
Salient features:
ü At Divisional level
ü DRM – Divisional Railway
manager -Full powers.
ü Nodal Officer – Branch
officer of Commercial Dept (Sr.DCM / DCM)
ü Committee of Branch Officers of Commercial Dept,
Finance Dept and Dept holding the assets to be used scrutinizes the proposals received
and recommended to DRM for approval.
ü Terms & conditions of the
Agreement are accepted by the such committee with the approval of DRM
ü Savings in expenditure if any, is added
notionally as “deemed earnings” for the purpose of evaluation of project.
ü Token non Refundable application fees Rs. 1000
– should be accompanied to each proposal.
Object of levying such fees is to avoid non serious ideas/concepts.
ü Based on the importance of the proposal, DRMs are authorize to decide
the EMD –
Earnest Money Deposit of not less than Rupees 10,000 /-
ü Projects may be executed directly by
the Divisions using their own manpower or through any Railway PSU or outside
agencies such as NGO – Non Governmental Organisation, SHG – Self Help Group,
Cooperative society etc.
ü Period – One year or part there of.
Can be extended beyond one year with the approval of DRM. If Extended,
Licence fees for extended period may be decided depending on the realization of
the earnings of the Project.
Safeguards/Precautions
·
Should
not be political or religious in nature.
·
No
permanent structure should be constructed
·
Not
violating the norms of aesthetics, environmental concerns, decongestion, safety
and security, free movement of passengers, sanitation standards, temporary
structures, fire, safety etc as prescribed under Railway rules.
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