ONLINE MONITORING

TRANSACTION

OF

EXPLOSIVE

Definitions :
ONLINE ERS:-Online Explosives - Returns System (ERS) is a
web based module developed by Petroleum and Explosives
Safety Organization (PESO) to do online transaction of
explosives. External stakeholders can do online explosives
transaction through PESOs Online ERS available in PESO website
i.e. http:/peso.gov.in. The online facility has been so developed
that relevant provisions of Explosives Rules are implemented
through checks and balances built in the software system. The
software will prevent the user from deviating from rules.

Manual System of Explosive transaction

Before Online system, explosives transactions were done
manually .Indents (RE-11) and RE-12 were raised manually and
whole process was done through posts and other means of
communication.

Drawbacks
Transaction

of

Manual

System

of

Explosive

No tentative date No. of days required for complete

explosive transactions up to receipt of explosives become
more. Also deviation in scheduled date occurs.
Underutilization of Magazine Capacity - Magazine Capacity
not utilized properly due to delay in receipt of Explosives in
the magazines as per scheduled.
Number of Queries arose.

 Unclear communication from the Supplier of Explosives .No

confirmation from Consigner side about the scheduled
dispatch, transport and receipt of explosives.
Problems during return of damaged explosives back to the
Supplier.
After manual system, Online ERS designed by PESO came into
being.
Online ERS:- Most of the implications of manual transactions of
Explosives were sort out by this online based module developed
by PESO. New facilities have been added to the existing Online
Explosives Returns System such as
Indent can be raised online
Issue of Online Pass for use of explosives and to receive
explosives online
Alerts for non-receipt of consignment of explosives
Notice for renewal of license
Real time stock position of the magazine

Features of the web based Online

ERS module

1) RECORD OF MANUFACTURE:- (RE2):- The record of

explosives manufactured (as per Rule 24) to be submitted
online everyday in Explosives-Returns System.
2) INDENTS (RE 11 )FOR PURCHASE OF EXPLOSIVES:Indents in Form RE 11 are raised by Consignees as per Rule
50 and 77.The Consignee can login ERS to generate indents.
He can view present stock (real time) of explosives in his
magazine before making indents. The approximate date on

which Consignee are ready to receive consignment of

Explosives shall be carefully entered.

Indent shall be generated when following criteria

are fulfilled:
License of Indenter should be valid & endorsed.
Detonators cannot be indented with other explosives in
the same Indent. Separate Indents for detonator and
other Explosives have to be made.
License is valid for particular class (division) of
explosives to be indented as per Rule 10(4).
Indented Quantity in a single Indent should not exceed:
Class 2/3: 15 Tonne, or Detonating Fuse: 6 lakh meter or
ED : 5.5 Lakh or OD : 20 lakh or Licensed capacity
whichever is less.
OTHER FEATURES
1) Readiness to receive date to be given in the indent
(which shall not exceed 45 days from date of
indent).
2) Indent shall expire after 45 days.
3) Provision has been made to cancel indent before
issue of RE12 by supplier.
4) Various filters have been provided to search status
of indents and summary of RE11 RE12.
5) You are required to upload names, addresses of
persons authorized to receive explosives and
upload their photos and scanned signatures
initially in the master list.
MASTERS FOR
EXPLOSIVES :

PERSONS

AUTHORISED

TO

RECEIVE

The user is required to upload the details (including photograph

and specimen signature) of all persons authorized to take delivery
of explosives at Consignees magazine. This will enable the user to
select the authorized persons from the dropdown at the time of
generating indents. Names of maximum four such authorized
persons may be selected at the time of making indent (RE11). One
of such authorized person is required to be present at the time of
taking delivery of explosives. New authorized persons may be
added to the master any time.

Here we can create New RE-11. But at the time of creating

RE-11 we have to select Persons authorized to receive
Explosives. For this we can add Persons authorized to
receive Explosives from Register Person(s) authorized to
receive Link.

RE

11

will be generated as-

3.PASSES (RE 12) FOR SALE OF EXPLOSIVES:

Passes in Form RE 12 are issued by consigners as per Rule 47 and
50.Pass shall be generated only against indents received online.
However Passes may also be generated against manual indents if
received from DM licensees and for export purpose. The indent
received online shall be displayed in all the licenses of the
Supplier/Consignor. The Supplier has the prerogative to supply
explosives or to deny. He may process the indents to sale
explosives and if does not want to supply may reject the indent
after giving reasons. The consignor may also supply various
explosives of an indent from his different magazines. This means
multiple passes may be made against the same indent.

Pass shall be generated when following criteria are

fulfilled:
1) Licenses of Supplier and Indenter shall be valid & endorsed.
2) Last QR uploaded online.
3) Explosives Van License shall be valid & endorsed.
4) Quantity of explosives in RE12 should not exceed capacity of
Explosives Van.
5) Quantity of explosives in RE12 should not exceed indented
quantity.

6) Quantity of explosives in RE12 shall not exceed licensed

capacity of the indenter.
7) Quantity of explosives in RE12 shall not result in exceeding of
monthly purchase limit of tender.
OTHER FEATURES
The online indent shall be displayed in all licenses of the
Supplier. The supplier can make multiple RE12 from the
same indent.
Only indented brand of Explosives can be sold.
Separate Pass for detonator and other Explosives shall be
made.
The supplier may process or Reject the indent.
Pass shall be generated on current date only.
Pass Nos. shall be System generated only. However optional
provision has been made for Consigner ref no.
Pass Management System with Record of Passes and
Summary of Passes issued against each indent can be seen.
Various filters have been provided to search pending indents
and summary of RE11 RE12.
In this system brands and quantity of explosives available in
stock of the consignor can only be sold.
Before making the pass, the consignor can view capacity
status of the consignees magazine to know whether the
consignee is eligible to receive kind and quantities of
indented explosives.
Passes are generated with unique nos.e.g.RE-12/2012/0001.
Route for transportation has to be made carefully.

Important Notes:
We can generate pass for Use for:

1. Explosives other than Detonators

Only when we have Online Stock of explosives other than

detonators.

2. Detonators
Only when we have any already generated Pass for use of
Explosives other
than Detonators and Online Stock of
Detonators.

3. Accessories for use of ANFO

Only when we have any LE-1(Old Form-38)(ANFO) license added in

our Profile. To add any Form-38(ANFO) license, go to User profile
then click on Add Doc Key No Link and Online Stock of
Accessories.

4. Accessories for use of SME/SME-ANFO

Only when our magazine license is attached with any of the SME
license profile and Online Stock of Accessories.

5. Gunpowder / Safety Fuse

Only when our magazine have Online Stock of Gunpowder / Safety

Fuse.

6. Oil Well Logging Explosives

Only when our magazine have Online Stock of Oil Well Logging
Explosives.

MASTER FOR ROUTES:

The user is required to make master of the transportation routes
in the system by selecting names of all districts coming in
between place of origin and destination .He may take help of map
for deciding the route.

In this screen we have to enter data related to RE12

If we are processing Online RE-11, we have to enter only

1. Consignor Ref. No.(optional)

2. Road Van Doc No.
3. Approximate date on which consignment should reach
in destination
and
4. Name of RE-12 Creator
5. Select Route from Master
After entering above details click on Save button to
proceed.
After click on Save bu tton, we have to enter explosives
details as below.
Here we can enter explosives details, we want to add in RE-12

Enter Brand ID or Select explosives name from Dropdown

list, enter
Quantity, No. of Packages, Batch Nos. and Batch Date and
then click on
Add New button for save explosives record. We can
Update or Delete explosive record using Update or
Delete option.

4.ACCEPT (RECEIVE) EXPLOSIVES ONLINE :

On actual receipt of explosives, the Consignee shall verify kind
and quantities of explosives with RE-12 and shall accept it online

in the system. If quantities are short/excess, the same shall be

correctly entered in the system. Once consignment is received
online, entries in this respect will be automatically effected in the
Quarterly Return of Consignee. The consignee should accept the
consignment on or before the date mentioned in Pass RE-12 of
the approximate reach date.
5.PASS FOR END USE OF EXPLOSIVE :
The licensee has to issue explosives online for end use and also to
return un-used explosives online. After logging in ERS the user is
required to select/ make necessary entries regarding site
particulars, blaster, purpose for use of explosives like mining, well
sinking etc, no. of holes to be fired, mode of transport, kind &
quantities of explosives to be used. The no. of cartridges shall be
automatically calculated and shown by the system after entering
quantity of a particular brand/ dimension of explosives. The
quantity of explosives which is likely to be consumed in a day
should only be issued. Excess issue of explosives should be
avoided. The pass for end Use shall be generated only when
followings checks are fulfilled:
License to possess explosives for use is valid & endorsed
[Rule 7, 107(3)]
Quarterly Returns as per Rule 24 uploaded online.
Quantity to be issued should not exceed licensed capacity.
Shot Firers Permit issued by PESO/ DGMS is valid.
Explosives Van License shall be valid & endorsed if
transported by Van.
Quantity of explosives transported should not exceed
capacity of Explosives Van.
Detonators issued are proportionate to the no. of cartridges
of high explosives.
Provision has also been made in the system to make
entries regarding return of the un-used explosives as required in
Rule 90(4) on completion of the blasting work the un-used
explosives has to be returned to the same magazine before
Sunset and necessary entries to this

effect are to be made online on the same day. The user will not be
able to make these entries next day.

Pass for issue of Oil Well-loging imported Explosives,

accessories for ANFO Mixing Explosives, SME/ ANFO
Bulk Explosives and Gun Powder & Safety Fuse:
Companies possessing license to manufacture and use ANFO
(license in For LE1) shall be able to issue pass for accessories like
boosters [explosives of Class 3(ii), Class 6 div.(ii)] & detonators
after adding dock nos. in their existing profile. While companies
possessing license for SME/ANFO bulk explosives (license in For
LE1) shall be able to issue pass for accessories like boosters
[explosives of Class 3(ii), Class 6div.(ii)] & detonators after
selecting option of SME/ ANFO bulk explosives. While licensees
possessing license for storage of well logging explosives and other
imported explosives will be able to issue such explosives after
selecting option for Oil Well-logging explosives.

Other Features:

In this system brands & quantity of explosives available in stock

can only be issued for use. Separate pass for detonator and other
Explosives to be made. Passes shall be made on current date only.
Pass Management System with Record of Passes and Summary of
Passes issued can be seen. Passes are generated with unique
nos.e.g.RE-13/2012/0001.

Masters for Site of Use and DGMS Blasters

The user is required to upload the details of all new sites of use of
explosives along with the names of Agent/ Owner of the site for
making master. This will enable the user to select the blasting site
from the dropdown at the time of generating Pass for end use.
Similarly the user will make master of DGMS blasters if he
proposes to do blasting work in areas covered under Mines Act
1952. The blasters photograph and permit issued by DGMS shall
be scanned and uploaded in the master.
For area not covered under the Mines Act the blasting shall

be done by Shot Firers whose permit have been issued by

PESO. All such shot firers are attached to certain magazine
and are already linked online to corresponding LE 3 license
for use of explosives. In case Shot firers permit is not
attached to LE3 license, he should be advised to get his Shot
firer Permit amended in this respect from the concerned
PESO office immediately. Details of Shot Firer Permit need not
be uploaded in the master, their names will automatically
appear in the dropdown at the time of generating Pass for
end use.

Step 6 : To Genera te Pass for Use.

First Create Master for DGMS Blasters

To add Blaster Name issued by DGMS (not by PESO) we

can click
the Link Add New DGMS Blaster Certificate
Shot Firers
granted by
PESO and attached to our
magazine shall be
automatically listed here. If Shot Fire rs are not found in
the List, Please
contact concerned PESO office for Amendment in Shot
Firers Certificate.
Here we can add DGMS Blaster Certificate by using
Link Add New DGMS Blaster Certificate. We have to enter
Blaster Name , Correspondence Address etc and most importantly

we have to upload Photo and Certificate file for this DGMS Blaster.

Fill all the above fields and then Press Save. We can add multiple
DGMS Blaster Certificate record.
Create Sites for Use of Explosives.
You have to enter Site Name (To identify the Place of Use), State
Name/District Name, Site Survey/Khasra No. etc., Village/Town
Name, Police Station Name etc and most importantly we have to
select Whether Site cove- red under Mines Act, 1952 Yes or No.

Fill all the above fields and then Save.

We can add multiple sites for use record.
If Site covered under Mines Act, 1952 Yes, then at the
time of creating Pass for
Use for this site, we can only select
DGMS Blaster
Certificate issued by DGMS.
If Site covered under Mines Act, 1952 No, then at the
time of creating Pass for
Use for this site, we can only select Shot Firer Certificate
issued by PESO.
Here you can see the final Print of Pass for Use.

This Pass is for Explosives other than Detonators .

After taking print of this Pass, we can print the Detonators Pass
using
Link Print Pass for Detonators

This is final Pass for Detonators.

6.QUARTERLY RETURNS(RE 7) :
The statement of explosives purchased, sold, used, destroyed,
stolen, short received shall be submitted online in the ERS
regularly and shall be uploaded in the system before 10 th day of
next quarter as per Rule 24(3).As the data of all transactions are
in the PESO online Explosives Returns System (ERS), we are
not required to submit print out of the complete Quarterly Return
to the concerned PESO Office. Instead, we are advised to submit
the system generated Acknowledgement to the concerned PESO
office. We are also advised to maintain printed and signed copies
of such Quarterly Returns (RE 7) in our office which may be
required by any government agency for investigation in future.
This is to apprise us that when we accept
consignments explosives online and issue explosives online
through PESOs Online Explosives- Returns System(ERS),all
entries regarding purchase, sale, use shall be automatically done
in the Quarterly Returns of the Consigner as well as Consignee.
We will be required to make entries of explosives destroyed,
stolen, short received if any and shall be uploaded in time. It is to
be noted if Quarterly Return is not uploaded in time the system
will not allow to make any transaction of explosives.
After uploading the Quarterly Return in the system,
officers of PESO shall check transactions and discrepancy report
shall be generated by the system automatically. When all the
transactions are made online, no discrepancy or minimum
discrepancies will be generated.

7.REAL TIME STOCK POSITION :

Facility have been provided to user to view stock position of his
magazines on Real time basis.

8. ALERTS :

Alerts shall pop up on the home page of PESO Online ExplosivesReturns System of the user if
a) Explosives not delivered to the consignee as per schedule.
On clicking the alert, suitable instruction with the list of such
undelivered consignments can be seen.
b) Explosives not received by consignee as per schedule. On
clicking the alert, suitable instruction with the list of such
undelivered consignments can be seen.
c) Due for renewal notice with list of all licences of the profile
which are going to expire on 31st March will be displayed.
This notice will be flashed wef 1st January till 31st March.
9.REPORTS :
Reports of manufacture, sale, transport of explosives may be
generated by the user.
10. Circulars issued by PESO can be seen and downloaded.
11. Mailbox containing last 5 letters issued by PESO to licensees
can be viewed
and downloaded.
12. To monitor / track explosives at any time in near future
Facility to monitor and track explosives have been developed is
being fine tuned. This will be made available in near future. This
will help investigating agencies to track the seized/unclaimed
explosives to its last legal source.

IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ONLINE
EXPLOSIVESRETURNS SYSTEM(ERS) AT DONIMALAI IRON ORE
PROJECT

1.INDENT (RE 11)

Already implemented
Purchase of explosives take place through generation of
online indents of explosives (RE 11)
With introduction of facility for cancellation of indent some
flexibility has come into the system to take care of delayed
supply or non-supply by some of the suppliers.
2.PASSES (RE 12) FOR SALE OF EXPLOSIVES
Already implemented
Mainly for explosive suppliers and RE 12 is generated online
them.
It allows explosive users to view position of explosives supply
with relevant details as soon as explosives are dispatched.
3.ACCEPT(RECEIVE) EXPLOSIVE ONLINE
Already implemented
Explosives are being received online
Presently in this module explosives are allowed to be
accepted online upto five days from approximate reach date
mentioned in RE 12 and entries in this respect are
automatically effected in Quarterly Return(RE 7).

ADVANTAGES
SYSTEM(ERS)

OF

ONLINE

EXPLOSIVES-RETURNS

Most of the implications of manual transactions of Explosives

were sort out by this online based module developed by
PESO.
New facilities have been added to the existing Online Explosives
Returns System such as
Indent can be raised online
Issue of Online Pass for use of explosives and to receive
explosives online
Alerts for non-receipt of consignment of explosives
Notice for renewal of license
Real time stock position of the magazine
At any time explosives quantity of Supplier, transit and
Consignee is known by PESO. Hence, chances of theft and
misuse of explosives reduced.

LIMITATIONS OF
SYSTEM(ERS)

ONLINE

EXPLOSIVES-RETURNS

1. Indent(RE 11)
Absence of mentioning detailed specification such as
diameter, delay timing, length, etc. while placing indent (RE
11).
2. Passes(RE 12) for sale of explosive
Licensees for possession and use of explosives have not
been provided transaction rights in this module.
In rare cases when explosives received have to be
returned back to supplier because of poor quality or any
unanticipated reason, there should be provision for
generating online RE 12 by users having LE-3 for
possession and use of explosive.

3. Accept (Receive) Online

Due to scarcity of manpower data is not entered on actual
received date but it is done as need basis in available free
time.
4. Batch particulars
For explosives till now batch particulars records are
maintained till receipt of explosive in magazine.
In online ERS pass for use and return has to be
generated on same day with batch particulars.
It is found that there is no standard practice followed by
explosive manufacturers for batch particulars (number
and date) based on quantity and packaging of
explosives.
Hence monitoring of explosive transaction based on
batch particulars will require very scrupulous
monitoring at the time of receipt, storage as well as
issue and return and time required for the same will
increase marginally as compared to that in existing
practice.
5. There is no provision in case of delay in same day data entry
system because of power and network failures.
6. Also there is no provision of Sleeping holes in the online ERS.
7. The new circulars of providing details of quantity to be issued
of explosive, site of blasting and other details prior to 3 days is
difficult for our project. The reason being

Big mine
Daily blasting
Difficult to plan 3 days before
No blocks available for blasting
No explosive van available to carry explosives
magazine to site of charging in case of breakdown

from

 There must a very accurate planning and communication

between inter departments like mining , geology , service
centre, etc.
8. SAFETY AND SECURITY ASPECTS
All data and information related to explosives are sensitive in
nature from safety and security point of view.
Also on real time basis explosive transactions details and
stock position details are available to the external statutory
agencies in Online ERS.

SUGGESTIONS
TO
IMPROVEMENT IN ERS

PESO

FOR

1) Indent (RE 11)

Provision of detailed explosive specification such as
diameter, delay timing, length, etc. while placing indent
(RE11).
2) Passes (RE 12) for sale of explosive
Provision of generating online RE 12 by users having license
(LE 3) for possession and use of explosive in case rare
instances of return of explosives to Suppliers.
3) Provision of Sleeping holes in the online ERS , if found
necessary during implementation.
4) Batch Particulars
A recording system (SOP) has to be developed for marking of
batch number of each box of explosive and monitoring its
receipt, storage, issue and return.
5) Provision of flexibility in same data entry system in case of
network and power failures.

6) Only restricted authorized persons should be allowed to

handle data related to explosive transaction details and
stock position details to ensure its accuracy and wholeness.
7) Provision of flexibility providing details of quantity to be
issued of explosive, site of blasting and other details prior to
3 days.
8) To monitor / track explosives at any time in near
future.