Pension Schemes such as OPS, NPS & UPS - Key Dates

 

Pension Schemes – Indian Railways

Old Pension Scheme (OPS): Effective from 01.04.1957; introduced on 16.11.1957 with retrospective effect. Railway Board letter dated 16.11.1957.

National Pension System (NPS): Effective from 01.01.2004. Railway Board letter dated 31.12.2003 (RBE 225/2003).

Unified Pension Scheme (UPS): Effective from 01.04.2025; an option under NPS for eligible employees. Railway Board letter dated 18.03.2025 (RBE 22/2025). UPS is an optional scheme under NPS, not a replacement for NPS.

Primary Units - Controllable

 

The data of Controllable Expenditure  - Revenue PUs (Primary Units)  provided is for the year 2021-22. 

We will share the latest data as soon as it becomes available.

Bookkeeping - MCQ Practice - Youtube Video Bilingual

 

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GK for LDCE - Total Number of Zonal Railways and Divisions as on 23.10.2026

 

Total Zonal Railways: 18. Latest / 18th Zone: South Coast Railway (SCoR)Headquarters: Visakhapatnam

Total Railway Divisions: 70 - Latest / 70th Division: Rayagada, under East Coast Railway (ECoR)

Effective from: 1 June 2026

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Appropriation Accounts – Annexure ‘D’ Statement of Expenditure on Important Open Line Works and New Constructions.

Appropriation Accounts – Annexure ‘D’

Statement of Expenditure on Important Open Line Works and New Constructions.

Revised Financial Limit: From Rs. 2.50 Crore to Rs. 50 Crores

Effective from 2025–26 onwards

Authority: Railway Board RBA No. 17/2026, dated 07.08.2026.