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Summary

Payment Advice screen shall list collection details and Bank transaction details.

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Online Freight Payment System 
  
User Manual 
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USER MANUAL FOR RAILWAYS  
ONLINE FREIGHT PAYMENT SYSTEM 
IMPLEMENTATION IN FOIS APPLICATION 
 
Disclaimer: The User Manual is only to be used for general purpose and for reporting in 
FOIS/TMS Application and is not authorised by Railway Board. In case of any conflict, or 
policy issues, the concerned Rate Circulars along with related instructions issued by Railway 
Board/ Competent Authorities from time to time shall take precedence. 
 
Based on the instructions issued by Railway Board to facilitate the Freight Customers to 
make payment of their Railway dues through Online Payment System via FBD Portal, the 
following new screens/changes have been made in FOIS/TMS Application and FOIS/TMS 
Zonal Queries Application for implementation of these instructions: 
A new screen in FOIS/TMS is designed to confirm / approve the freight outstanding amount. 
The amount thus confirmed by the Railway user shall be visible at FBD portal for customers 
to payment. 
The screen in TMS may be accessed as follows:- 
TMS Main Menu → Charges → Confirmation of Outstanding Amount 
 
Once the RR is generated, its outstanding amount with invoice details shall be visible in the 
screen. Railway user shall verify the outstanding amount and adjust the amount, if required. 
If the user ensures that the outstanding amount is correct, he may confirm the amount. It 
shall be mandatory to confirm the amount before RR collection irrespective of the payment 
mode.

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User shall select the invoice by pressing Shift and Space key together. More than one invoice 
may be selected to confirm the freight details. User may confirm the outstanding amounts 
of the selected invoices by using F2 key/ “Mark for Confirm” button on the screen. Then, 
System shall ask the user to re-verify the details and accept captcha to confirm the 
deliberation of user.

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A color indicator is given to identify the confirmed and pending outstanding amount against 
each invoice. Amount confirmation is mandatory before RR collection. Once the amount is 
confirmed, the same cannot be adjusted. so, the user has to be very sure to confirm the 
outstanding amount. After the confirmation of the amount, the same shall be visible on FBD 
portal for the customer, who has to pay the freight. 
 
If customer pays the confirmed outstanding amount through FBD portal using Online 
Payment option, RR number shall be generated, whose 2nd digit shall be “8” to mark the

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online payment. The payment advice of the same may be viewed in FOIS/TMS. The screen 
may be accessed as given below:- 
TMS Main Menu → Query → Charges → Online Payment Advice 
 
Payment Advice screen shall list collection details and Bank transaction details.

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User shall have an option to take printout of the Payment Advice. Its format shall be as 
given below:-

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FOIS/TMS ZONAL QUERIES APPLICATION 
A set of reports have been designed in TMS ZONAL QUERIES application for Railway Users, 
corresponding to online payments made through Freight Business Development Portal 
under Online Payment System. Following are the said reports: 
1. Daily Transaction Details 
2. Terminal wise Transaction Details 
3. Terminal wise Pending Transactions 
4. Online Payment Statement 
 
Daily Transaction Details 
This report shows the transaction details of both successful and pending transactions made 
at respective location according to the filters: location, period and primary secondary 
customer filters provided by the user.

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The details shown are: Customer (both Primary and Secondary)

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