Type: PIB Releases

January 16, 2018Railway Reforms Infrastructure

[pib] Launching of Smart Freight Operation Optimisation &

Real Time Information (SFOORTI) Application
Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
Prelims level: SFOORTI App
Mains level: Digitization in railways

News:
 In a major digital initiative to help plan the traffic flows and optimize freight
operations Railways has launched a new app
 Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information (SFOORTI)
App for Freight Managers which provides features for monitoring and
managing freight business using Geographic Information System (GIS) Views
and Dashboard
Features
 With this application, movement of freight trains on Geographic Information
System (GIS) view can be tracked
 Both passenger and freight trains can be tracked over Zones/Divisions/
Sections in single GIS View.
 Freight business can be monitored
 Comparative Analysis of Zonal/Divisional Traffic
 Analysis of new traffic captured and traffic lost
 This app provides a Bird’s eye view of all Freight Assets in a single window
 Provides end to end Rake movement on Geospatial view
 Expected Traffic at Interchange points to evaluate daily performance can be
viewed
 Performance of each zone and divisions with respect to loading and utilization
of freight assets can be viewed.
 Sectional performance monitoring for sections, divisions and zones shall help
in traffic routing
 Freight terminal and sidings can be better monitored to ensure better
turnaround of rakes
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[pib] Schemes for Farmer’s Welfare

Note4Students
From UPSC perspective, the following things are important:
 Prelims level: Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme
Mains level: Schemes for providing credit to farmers

News:
 Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme meets the financial requirements of
farmers at various stages of farming.
Aim:
 Providing adequate and timely credit support from the banking system under
a single window with the flexible and simplified procedure to the farmers for
their cultivation and other needs.
 To meet the short-term credit requirements for cultivation of crops;
 Post-harvest expenses;
 Produce marketing loan;
 Consumption requirements of farmer household;
 Working capital for maintenance of farm assets and activities allied to
agriculture;
 Investment credit requirement for agriculture and allied activities.
Provisions
 The facility of ATM enabled RuPay Card, one-time documentation, built-in
cost escalation