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Summary

●MERS URL : https://mers.indianrailways.gov.in/

Text of the circular

Miscellaneous E-Receipts System
(MERS)

Introduction
●Miscellaneous E-Receipts System (MERS) is a system through which Zonal Railways can
digitally receive Miscellaneous Earnings from Railway Customers.
●In Phase – I, MERS is designed to receive various lease charges, way-leave charges, land
license fees, advertising, Electric prepaid meter recharge, etc.
●Money can be paid by Railway Customer through Challan at SBI (State Bank of India) branches
or through Net banking on SBI’s Payment Gateway.
●MERS URL : https://mers.indianrailways.gov.in/

Railway Customer Registration Screen

Sanction Entry Form (for Railway Users)

Approval Screen (for Railway Authority)

E-Receipt Types used by different Zonal Rly. 
Users till now
•
Various E-Receipts received digitally through MERS till now are:
Advertising
Electric Prepaid Meter Recharge
Land Licence Fees and Lease
Catering License Fees
Way Leave Charges
Advance Deposit (YTSK/JTBS)
Parking Charges
Tender Cost
Plan & Survey charges

MERS Flow Diagram

Approaches With

Proposal

MERS Generates a
Unique Transaction
ID and Gives Him the
Option of Making
Payment at SBI

Branch through
Challan or to Make
Online Payment
throueh Netbankine

|

New Customer
Receives SMS and E-
mail to Register in
MERS. Old Customer
Receives SMS and E-
mail to Initiate
Payment

Customer Logs in ta
MERS, Selects the
Payment to be Made
by Hinn and Clicks on
"PAY NOW"

MERS Data Flow Diagram & Integrations

MERS Payment Flow Diagram

MIS/Scroll Files Received from SBI
•
Daily MIS (in xml format) from SBI-INB, Mumbai Branch
•
Daily Settlement Scroll File (in xml format) from SBI-CMP, Hyderabad
•
Monthly Zone-wise DMS (in Text format) from SBI-CMP, Hyderabad

MERS-UTS Integration Flow Diagram
MERS and UTS (YTSK/JTBS) Integration Flow Diagram 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bank Response shared  
                                                                                                                                                                                                            through Web Service 
UTS 
MERS 
                                                               
                                                                              Acknowledgement  
                                                                                              Received from UTS                                                Failed Txns sent through   
                                                                                                                                            Y    different web service 
                                                                         Verification of JTBS/YTSK User                                                               
                                                                                            through web service                                                                         N                  
 
                                     Verification of user and amount through web service  
                                   Acknowledgement received from UTS along with UTS Ref. Id 
If details OK                             
JTBS / YTSK 
Agent 
MERS 
Registration 
Process of 
authorized 
JTBS/YTSK 
Users
Login 
Proces
Deposit 
Entry 
Screen 
Generate 
MERS 
Unique ID 
MERS 
Payment 
Page 
SBI Portal 
Payment 
Process 
Bank 
Response 
If 
Success

UTS-JTBS/YTSK Agent Registration Form

PRS-YTSK Agent Registration Form

UTS-JTBS/YTSK Advance Deposit Form

PRS-YTSK Advance Deposit Form

MERS Establishment Recovery Module
A new functionality of collecting Establishment Recoveries 
(PF/GIS/NPS/FSC/Rent/Electricity etc.) by PSUs for railway employees on 
deputation has been added in MERS for enhanced scope. List of 
deputation organizations using MERS 

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