The parcel services of Indian Railways are geared towards offering little consignments’ transportation, more than a vast network of stations. These services are employed by little corporations and traders specially these in smaller sized cities and towns for transportation of their merchandise, and so on., in a rapid, low-cost and trusted manner from larger cities as nicely as production centres to the spot of their company. These services are also employed by typical guys for transportation of residence-hold goods, two-wheelers, furnishings, and so on., as parcel services for these products are the only easy mode of transportation. According to the Railway Ministry, the charging of parcels is only on the basis of volume and weight, and not on the basis of commodity-sort.
Under the modernization of the program, the computerization of the parcel management program is getting extended from 84 places to 143 added places beneath phase-2 and 523 places beneath phase-3. The Parcel Management System modernization will bring the following enhanced functions in the parcel program:
Enhanced user-friendly interface will be enabled for Parcel Management System public web site on www.parcel.indianrail.gov.in
In Parcel Management System, provision has been enabled for 120 days advance booking of parcel space
Displaying parcel space availability on the on line e-forwarding note module on the web site of Parcel Management System
Registered consumers can create forwarding note on line with fare estimate
Parcel or luggage booking at stations’ parcel workplace by means of computerized counters as nicely as automatic capturing of weight by means of consignment’s electronic weighment
For parcel tracking, barcoding on every consignment and status updation of packages by means of GPRS network information transmission from hand held mobile devices by means of barcode scanning
SMS to consumers on registered mobile provided at the booking time at every stage from the booking of parcel, loading, unloading to delivery
Package tracking by means of parcel web site, mobile app on Android platform for consumers to New Android-based app to allow feeding of loading, unloading as nicely as income information from non-PMS stations dealing with parcel visitors
FSLA module for on line manifest preparation for registered newspaper, magazine
For extended term, quick term parcel lease holders, lease module for on line manifest preparation as nicely as registration of lease holders
At the time of booking, on line GSTN verification of the sender by means of GSTN portal